51st Annual KACo Conference & Exposition
Nov. 12-14, 2025 | Galt House Hotel | Louisville, KY
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The Kentucky Association of Counties
51st Annual KACo Conference & Exposition
Nov. 12-14, 2025
Galt House Hotel | Louisville, KY

Mark Weaver

Mark Weaver | Crisis Communications Expert and former Deputy Attorney General of Ohio

Mark Weaver is a battle-tested media law attorney and crisis communications expert with more than three decades of experience guiding clients through difficult and high profile communications challenges. NBC News in Charlotte, North Carolina, hailed him as “one of the nation's foremost experts in crisis communications.”

 

As the former Deputy Attorney General of Ohio, Mr. Weaver helped managed that agency and dealt with a front page legal issue every week. His early career also included serving as public information officer for his hometown in Pennsylvania and Spokesman for the U.S. Department of Justice in Washington, D.C.

 

He has advised hundreds of county leaders across America. Mr. Weaver is an Adjunct Professor at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill School of Government and regularly lectures around the country. His opinion columns often appear in national news outlets including Newsweek, the Washington Post, and USA Today.