Adam Kintopf Email & Phone Number

Saint Paul, Mn, Us

Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

● Board Treasurer● Chair, Strategic Planning Committee● Led process to create, develop, pass, implement and evaluate organization-wide strategic plan● Recommend new activities, course corrections, etc., based on strategic plan evaluation ● Provide strategic direction to executive director, board and staff● Lead communications activities including development and release of annual report● Provide strategic guidance and direction on communications activities to executive director, staff and board● Member, Advocacy Committee● Member, Events Committee (past)● Member, Development Committee (past)

● Published fiction in publications including Lake Street Stories, Secrets of the City, and The Rake● Edited and copyedited fiction and nonfiction manuscripts on a freelance basis● Performed as a soloist on the Scottish Highland bagpipe at hundreds of local events● Member, Macalester College Pipe Band (1998-2011)

St Paul, Minnesota, United States

● Led communications, digital/social media, paid/earned media, public affairs and branding activities for publicly funded organization ($202 million endowment)● Led reputation, crisis management and strategic planning activities● Created budgets and workplans for department overseeing $3 million in contracts● Engaged in institutional policy development including conflict-of-interest, retention and dissolution policies● Led public affairs team of six and social media team of seven to pass health policies at the city, county and state level● Provided strategic direction to executive management and board● Created digital communications program for ClearWay Minnesota and Minnesotans for a Smoke-Free Generation (coalition of 60 organizations)● Managed DEI collaborations including major projects in Minnesota's Indian Country● Represented organization in media interviewsACCOMPLISHMENTS● Served as final communications director for major life-limited organization, overseeing reputation/crisis management activities leading up to its sunset● Let strategic planning process and created long- and short-term strategic plans● Developed and wrote communications, public affairs and social media plans● Built digital media program from a website into a multi-platform presence across three brands● Led collaborations to improve ClearWay Minnesota's ability to serve Indigenous people● Led partnership with Twin Cities PBS and tribal partners to produce a 30-minute documentary, Reclaiming Sacred Tobacco (2016)● Received Best Topical Documentary Emmy Award for Reclaiming Sacred Tobacco (2017)● Wrote over 100 press releases and ghost-wrote over 100 published opinion pieces and articles for major publications● Authored articles under my own name in The Milbank Quarterly, The Foundation Review, The Routledge Handbook of LGBTQIA Administration & Policy and MetroDoctors● Presented on strategic planning, social media, media analysis and DEI outreach at national conferences

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

● Hands-on experience in all aspects of organization’s communications and public affairs work, including public relations, media, and public policy initiatives● Oversaw organization’s reputation management program, including crisis management and media monitoring/analysis● Coordinated organization-wide strategic planning activities with executive management and board ● Managed major public affairs contract● Managed public affairs team of six and social/digital media team of seven● Managed production of all written materials, including press releases, op-eds, reports, presentations, speeches, and online communications● Created strategic plans, communications plans, and budgets● Represented organization in media interviews

● Planned and scripted development events● Wrote speeches for speakers including University Presidents● Wrote and edited donor relations materials● Managed relationships between UMF and college development officers

● Managed editorial staff of five● Worked closely with authors on fiction and nonfiction manuscripts

Burnsville, Mn

• Wrote, edited and transcribed reports for private investigative clients

Bachelor'S Degree, English Language And Literature/Letters

Activities and Societies: ● Received Tichenor Prize for best student essay of the year (all-school award) (1996) ● Sang principal role.

English Language And Literature/Letters

Two years of coursework completed toward Master's degree in English (4.0 GPA - no degree taken)