Background

Hinda Mitchell brings to CMA more than 20 years experience in agency, corporate and media work and manages the firm’s Columbus, Ohio office. She provides ongoing communications counsel to a number of commodity organizations and food producers in individual states and across the country.

Hinda’s areas of expertise include issues management, crisis communications, agriculture and food policy, legislative communications, community and media relations, image and reputation management, and strategic communications planning. She is a sought-after public speaker and has addressed state and national organizations across the country.

Hinda is a proven senior communications strategist with demonstrated experience in building trust between the farm community and key constituencies. She led communications strategy and execution for Ohioans for Livestock Care, the statewide coalition that advocated for passage of a constitutional ballot initiative to create the Ohio Livestock Care Standards Board and that recently secured an unprecedented negotiated agreement with the Humane Society of the United States, preventing a statewide referendum from reaching the Ohio ballot. Hinda has supported farms and food companies across the United States in responding to the release of undercover videos by animal rights activist groups and counsels clients in crisis preparedness for those issues.

Hinda is an officer of the Ohio Agricultural Council (OAC) and sits on the organization’s executive committee. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in communications from Ball State University. She is the proud mother of Courtney and Nick and a committed volunteer for church, school and hunger relief programs.

What special power would you like to have?

If I could have one Superpower, I think I would like to fly, because it seems I’m always in a hurry.

What are you most passionate about?

I am passionate about ending hunger across the United States and in my own community. In this land of plenty where farmers work tirelessly to produce food, no one should ever go hungry. Politics don’t matter; policies must be effective; and people in need must have access to safe, wholesome food. That’s how I feel.