New Chief Business Development Officer TaKeysha Sheppard joins Bricker & Eckler

TaKeysha Sheppard has joined the law firm of Bricker & Eckler LLP as Chief Business Development Officer. Stepping into a reinvented role for the firm, TaKeysha will assist in building business connections and fostering client relationships.

“Bricker takes great pride in its valued and long-standing client relationships, its unique client service model and its industry-level expertise,” said Managing Partner Jim Flynn. “TaKeysha’s experience and skills fit really well with those strengths of ours. This is a strength on strength fit for us.”

Having developed and implemented business development initiatives within the health care, government and energy sectors, Sheppard has nearly 20 years of experience driving new sales, public relations and marketing initiatives. She is the former director of community and member engagement for a Columbus-based health insurer. In that role, she oversaw brand awareness, marketing and public relations initiatives and developed organization strategy using research, analytical data and marketplace trends. Sheppard is also the founder and former CEO of “The Women’s Book,” a community-based, directory of local resources for women that contained categorized lists of nonprofits and women-owned businesses, products and services, and the profiles of a diverse range of inspiring women leaders. 

Kit Murphy, Chief Operating Officer, is especially eager to welcome Sheppard to Bricker. “Excitement surrounding TaKeysha’s arrival – and the skills and depth of experience she possesses – is felt across the firm. We look forward to gaining the insights she has acquired through her work in other, non-legal environments which we believe will be a catalyst to elevating our business development efforts.”