Christina Sebastiao is a Senior Director at DGA Group and is based in New York. As a leader in Issues Management and Crisis Preparedness, she specializes in counseling executive teams and global organizations facing high-stakes reputational challenges.  

Prior to joining DGA Group, Ms. Sebastiao was a Vice President in Edelman’s Crisis & Risk practice, where she advised over 100 organizations, including Fortune 500 companies, emerging market leaders, universities, and nonprofit institutions. She brings a decade of experience managing complex, enterprise-level challenges through strategic crisis response, scenario planning, executive communications, and stakeholder engagement. 

Her work includes crisis management for award-winning campaigns and product launches, as well as critical incident response across product recalls, litigation, internal investigations, leadership transitions, and cybersecurity and data privacy events. As part of this work, she plays a leading role in developing comprehensive risk assessments, playbooks, crisis simulations, and other training exercises.  

Ms. Sebastiao holds a B.A. in Communication from Villanova University. A 2023 recipient of PRSA-NY’s 15 Under 35 Award, she is also a Fulbright Scholar and served as an English Teaching Fellow in Brazil.