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Lulu Cheng Meservey

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Board Member at Shopify
📍 Washington, District of Columbia, United States

Lulu Cheng Meservey is the Founder and CEO of Rostra, an advisory firm specializing in founder-led communications. A board member at Shopify, she previously served as EVP and Chief Communications Officer at Activision Blizzard. She holds a B. A. from Yale University and an M. A. from The Fletcher School at Tufts University.

Lulu authors the "Flack" newsletter, where she proposes a new playbook for modern communications. Her professional focus is on helping founders "go direct" and craft their own narratives without relying on traditional gatekeepers. She draws communication insights from diverse fields like psychology, physics, and even the military to shape her strategies.

She believes traditional PR is dead and champions a new model where founders, who hold the "secret knowledge" of their enterprise, communicate directly with their audience.

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Experience
9 Years
Current Role
Board Member
Job Level
Leadership
Location
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
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Founder-Led Comms
Her firm, Rostra, exclusively works with founders to help them control their own narrative, a philosophy she calls "going direct. "
Narrative Strategy
She is a proponent of crafting compelling stories, believing that storytelling and human conviction are crucial for companies to attract talent, customers, and investors.
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Career

Work history

6-2024
Board Member
Shopify
3-2024
Founder and CEO
Rostra
10-2022 - 1-2024
Executive Vice President, Corporate Affairs and Chief Communications Officer
Activision Blizzard
8-2022
Writer
Flack Newsletter
4-2022 - 10-2022
Board Member
Activision Blizzard
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Education
B.A.
Yale University
M.A. in Law and Diplomacy
The Fletcher School at Tufts University
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