Leadership

Christina Capadona-Schmitz is a marketing communications leader with over two decades of professional experience in the field. With early career experiences in PR, advertising, marketing and journalism, today she blends a strategic mix of media, digital technologies, sales enablement, and client experience into her corporate administration practice.

Schmitz is Chief Marketing Officer for Unison Risk Advisors, a high growth, privately held and majority employee-owned insurance brokerage and risk management firm established in 2020. She serves as an executive team member and concurrently as Chief Marketing Officer for Oswald Companies.

She oversees the marketing, communications, and sales enablement functions across URA’s collaborative shared services team. She directs the strategy and execution of platform-wide efforts, including: business units, specialty divisions, regional market offices, corporate communications, employee engagement, strategic planning and community relations. She is the founder of OswaldCLIMBS, Oswald’s Young Professional organization and an alumni member and advisor to the Oswald Women’s Leadership Council. She also serves on the Assurex Global Brand Committee and as a Marketing Working Group member of The Council of Insurance Agents & Brokers (CIAB).

She serves on the Board of Trustees and marketing committee for St. Edward High School. She has previously served on the Board of Directors for the West Side Catholic Center Cleveland social services agency, the Insurance Industry Charitable Fund (IICF) Ohio Chapter and on the Safe Sleep Heroes committee of First Year Cleveland.

Additionally, she has special interests in supporting professionals at all stages of their careers, development and entrepreneurship, with an emphasis on women’s leadership, including: promotion of talents and businesses within communities, protection and reputation management through advancement, and the progression and journey of individuals into leadership.