Scarlett Bouder
Vice President
Scarlett directs strategic communication planning, government relations and advocacy efforts, policy analysis and strategy development for ACS clients.
Scarlett has 15 years' experience in government relations and communications. In 2007, she left ACS to join the administration of Governor Ted Strickland, where she was appointed as Director of Communication & Marketing and later Chief of Staff at the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services, the state's largest agency. Scarlett rejoined ACS in 2009.
Scarlett also has held government relations and communication positions for:
- The Cleveland Municipal School District
- Planned Parenthood of Greater Cleveland
- The Greater Cleveland Film Commission
- Ohio Alzheimer Council
- Ohio Democratic House Caucus Races
She has strategic communication, legislative and administrative experience at the local and statewide levels representing corporate, government and non-profit entities. Scarlett has also developed and led strategic communication efforts for more than 20 local and statewide candidate and issue campaigns.
Recently, she concurrently developed and led communication and marketing strategy for two cabinet level agencies, including Ohio’s largest state agency with an operating budget of $18-billion, responsible for Medicaid, workforce and child welfare programs.
Previously, she secured a seven-year joint venture contract at Cleveland Hopkins Airport for the nation’s leading transportation retailer to provide all the retail concession services.
Scarlett has authored an analysis of the impact of the “No Child Left Behind” Act on Ohio school districts that was published by Cleveland’s leading human services research organization.
Scarlett has been a Trustee of the Greater Cleveland Gay & Lesbian Center and Environment Ohio. She previously served on the Ohio Healthcare Workforce Advisory Council, and Cuyahoga County Health & Human Services Levy Steering Committee.
Scarlett earned a bachelor’s degree in Political Science from The College of Wooster. Scarlett, her husband and their son live in the city of Columbus.
scarlett@advocacyandcommunication.org