Strategic Communications
Develops clear messaging, campaign strategy, public-facing content, and communications plans that support trust and understanding.
Experience & Credentials
Communications leadership for trust, reputation, and resilience.
A career overview for strategic communications, crisis communications, executive communications, public affairs, issues management, stakeholder engagement, business continuity, and organizational resilience.
Professional Summary
Strategic communications + crisis leadership.
I bring experience in strategic communications, crisis communications, public affairs, executive communications, reputation management, issues management, digital engagement, campaign planning, public information, stakeholder engagement, and trust-building.
My background spans education, local government, emergency management, public safety, and community-facing communications. I am strongest in roles that require clear judgment, calm coordination, executive-ready counsel, and the ability to translate complex operational information into messages people can understand and use.
My strongest work happens where clear messaging, operational awareness, reputation, and stakeholder trust all have to meet. I customize resume materials for each opportunity so the most relevant experience is easy to see.
Leadership Profile
Experience built across communications, leadership advisory, and public trust.
Crisis Communications
Supports urgent messaging, sensitive-topic communication, internal guidance, and responsible public information practices.
Executive Communications
Prepares leadership messages, talking points, public-facing statements, and decision-support communications for high-visibility moments.
Reputation + Issues Management
Helps leaders navigate sensitive issues, align messaging across stakeholders, and protect credibility when attention is high.
Public Affairs + Media Relations
Connects organizational priorities with the information needs of media, community members, partner agencies, and public-facing audiences.
Organizational Resilience
Brings an operational lens to crisis readiness, continuity planning, cross-functional coordination, and after-action learning.
Executive Communications & Leadership Advisory
Practical counsel for leaders in visible moments.
I have supported senior leaders, city leadership, school leadership, public safety leadership, and elected officials with communications that require judgment, accuracy, and calm. That work includes leadership updates, public-facing statements, talking points, message framing, stakeholder alignment, and communications support during sensitive issues and crisis-ready planning.
Reputation Management & Issues Management
Protecting trust when complexity becomes public.
My work often sits where operations, public perception, stakeholder needs, and leadership decisions overlap. I help turn complexity into clear, credible communications while supporting leaders through issues that require sensitivity, consistency, and trust.
Protecting Trust
Builds messages that are accurate, human, and aligned with organizational values.
Navigating Sensitive Issues
Supports communications around topics where timing, tone, privacy, and public confidence matter.
Stakeholder Alignment
Helps align messaging across internal teams, public audiences, partner agencies, and leadership groups.
Credible Public Communication
Translates complex decisions, operational realities, and high-interest issues into language people can understand and use.
Professional Experience
Roles and leadership scope
Safety and Communications Supervisor
Leads communications and sensitive operational messaging for a public organization, balancing everyday stakeholder engagement with high-visibility issues and crisis-ready communication needs.
- Built the district's first formal communications program from the ground up, establishing public-facing messaging, website governance, social media strategy, campaign planning, media support, executive communications, and stakeholder engagement systems where no prior dedicated function existed.
- Lead communications strategy across crisis communications, digital engagement, executive communications, public information, and community updates.
- Support crisis readiness initiatives through clear staff guidance, public information planning, and interagency coordination.
- Develop award-winning campaigns that connect operational priorities with accessible community messaging.
- Create and support website copy, district news, media releases, social content, and campaign materials for families, staff, students, and the broader community.
- Coordinate communications for readiness projects, recruitment needs, awareness campaigns, performance storytelling, and reputation-building initiatives.
Emergency Preparedness Manager
Managed preparedness, public information, and continuity work in a municipal environment, supporting leadership, interdepartmental readiness, and community resilience.
- Managed emergency preparedness programs, public information, executive advising, and continuity planning.
- Advanced community resilience through planning, training, stakeholder engagement, and crisis leadership.
- Translated technical emergency management concepts into clear guidance for leaders and the public.
- Supported crisis coordination, public information, and stakeholder communication during the Downtown Bothell Mercantile Fire, a major structure fire that temporarily closed multiple downtown businesses and required coordination with city leadership, public information staff, King County Emergency Management, ATF, SBA, local businesses, media, and community stakeholders.
- Recognized by the Small Business Administration for assistance supporting local businesses affected by the fire.
- Supported emergency planning, public education, preparedness outreach, and communications that helped residents and internal teams understand readiness expectations.
- Collaborated across departments and partner agencies to strengthen continuity, coordination, and public-facing communication.
Deputy Director of Emergency Management
Supported county-level emergency management operations and public information work in a multi-agency environment.
- Supported emergency operations, preparedness planning, coordination, and response activities.
- Worked across agencies and community partners to strengthen readiness and operational alignment.
- Contributed to planning processes that required accuracy, collaboration, and calm communication.
- Supported public information and coordination during incidents and preparedness activities involving multiple response partners.
- Built experience in emergency operations, incident coordination, public safety messaging, and the practical demands of response communication.
Communications Scope
Work that connects strategy with execution.
- Executive messaging, leadership updates, talking points, and public-facing statements
- Crisis communications, issues management, sensitive-topic messaging, and urgent operational updates
- Website copywriting, content strategy, social media planning, and digital campaigns
- Media relations, press materials, news releases, feature writing, and community storytelling
- Organizational resilience, business continuity communications, exercise coordination, and after-action communication
- Public affairs campaigns tied to funding, recruitment, crisis readiness, well-being, and stakeholder trust
Core Skills
Keywords and strengths
Strategic CommunicationsCrisis CommunicationsExecutive CommunicationsPublic AffairsMedia RelationsReputation ManagementIssues ManagementStakeholder EngagementBusiness ContinuityOrganizational ResilienceDigital StrategySocial Media StrategyCampaign PlanningMessage DevelopmentInternal CommunicationsExternal Communications
Recognition Snapshot
Selected awards
- Georgia School Public Relations Association Gold Award - Emergency Procedures Flipchart
- Peach Award - Bus Driver Recruitment Campaign
- Peach Award - ESPLOST Communications Campaign
- Best of School Social Media - Staff Recruitment