Liz Sheets is Chief Growth Officer at Tunheim, a strategic communications consultancy and storytelling agency, where she leads the firm’s marketing and business development strategy, oversees the full sales pipeline, and serves as the company’s EOS Integrator, aligning leadership, vision and operations. Her role sits at the intersection of growth, client strategy, operations and organizational leadership, giving her a broad perspective on how organizations build trust, navigate change and turn communications strategy into business results.
With experience spanning consumer, B2B, government, nonprofit, and mission-driven organizations, Liz brings expertise in strategic communications, crisis/issue management, marketing, digital strategy and helping organizations anticipate and navigate business and industry change. She is known for quickly understanding complex business and stakeholder environments, identifying opportunities and challenges, and bringing the right people and disciplines together to move organizations forward.
Liz is also an active civic and community leader. She is past president of the COMPAS board of directors and has served on the board for 10 years. She currently serves as a Natural Resources Commissioner for the City of Mendota Heights and previously served as a Creative Placemaking Commissioner for the City of Bloomington, experiences that have given her firsthand perspective on municipal engagement, public process and community service.
In 2020, Liz was named a Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal 40 Under 40 honoree. She is also a member of the publication’s Bizwomen Leadership Council.
Prior to joining Tunheim in 2012, Liz led social media strategy at Spyder Trap and worked in event marketing at Best Buy, with experience spanning product launches, sponsorship activation and localized brand marketing. She began her career in entertainment publicity and the startup world.
