In this episode of The Purposeful Strategist, Belden Menkus speaks with Marina Stenos, Managing Partner of FINN Partners’ Global Education Practice. Marina has spent her career working at the intersection of education, public affairs, and strategic communications—supporting foundations, school systems, universities, philanthropies, and education organisations as they navigate complexity, reform, and change.

With experience across K–12, higher education, public affairs, and STEM, Marina shares how she and her team support clients navigating complexity, scrutiny, and reform. She explains the essentials to lasting change: protecting the integrity of process, creating space for expert work, and maintaining narrative discipline.

In this episode, Marina reflects on education as a system of trust: how representation and storytelling shape who sees themselves as learners and leaders; why access to learning—across pathways, geographies, and lifetimes—is central to human potential; and how communicators can act as stewards of purpose in an age of noise, misinformation, and AI.

Supported by Norman Broadbent: https://www.normanbroadbent.com/