Kerri Neis

Kerri Neis is the Director of Marketing for KPMG’s Midwest regional offices including Chicago, Milwaukee, Detroit, Minneapolis, Kansas City, St. Louis, Des Moines, and Omaha. Based in Chicago, Kerri has over 25 years of experience in marketing, management consulting, accounting, finance, and business development. In her role at KPMG, Kerri leads a team of marketing professionals responsible for elevating the KPMG brand, driving relationship development, creating market connectivity, and fueling business growth across all lines of business including advisory, tax and audit. The team delivers strategic marketing initiatives through account based marketing, strategic relationship management, business associations, sponsorships, and digital marketing utilizing various channels including events, advertising, social media, conferences, email, and web. Leveraging her experience as an accountant and management consultant, Kerri leverages her understanding of company operations and executive challenges to bring the full firm to solve client needs.

Kerri is active in the Executives’ Club of Chicago and has chaired various Forums including the Marketing, Sales and Communications Forum at the Club. She serves on the Chicago chapter leadership team of 100 Women in Finance, and is active with KPMG Family for Literacy and other volunteerism in the community. Kerri was named as Urban Alliance Mentor of the Year in 2020 and as a Crain’s Chicago Business 2020 Notable Executive in Marketing.

Kerri earned her Bachelor of Business Administration from the University of Iowa and her certificate of Certified Public Accountant at the University of Illinois.