• Lead a team of three that provides communications support for one of six business units at Argonne, a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) national laboratory that had a $1.1 billion budget in FY22.• Managed Argonne’s role in joint announcements and PR campaigns with dozens of organizations, including AT&T, Exxon Mobil, bp, FEMA, Pacific Gas and Electric Company, Rockwell Automation, the New York Power Authority, and Commonwealth Edison Company. Campaigns have resulted in 2,000-plus mainstream media placements, including the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, BBC, CNN, Associated Press, Washington Post, CBS, Bloomberg, Reuters and Forbes, and 350-plus trade media placements.• Managed outreach and media relations efforts that have generated 200-plus qualified leads, with those leads directly leading to more than $18 million in research funding from government and industry sources.• Led Argonne’s communications/outreach efforts (government relations, media relations, social media, etc.) as a member of the Midwest Alliance for Clean Hydrogen (MachH2), which successfully bid to be one of DOE’s Regional Clean Hydrogen Hubs. As one of seven Regional Clean Hydrogen Hubs across the U.S., MachH2 will receive up to $1 billion in funding from DOE, of which Argonne will receive $33 million. • Co-lead Argonne’s “Impacts State by State” campaign, which highlights Argonne’s impact on every U.S. state and territory. The campaign has become an invaluable tool for engagement with Congress, which determines annual funding for DOE and the national lab system. The campaign has also been emulated by other DOE national labs.• Have led support (planning and promotions) for more than 120 Internal webinars/trainings aimed at building critical skills in Argonne researchers and promoting awareness of and engagement with key DOE and Argonne programs and funding opportunities. To date, webinars/trainings have reached more than 3,500 staff members.

• Managed the global launch of Argonne's Oleo Sponge technology for oil spill cleanup and harbor maintenance. The PR campaign resulted in worldwide media coverage (Wall Street Journal, CNN, CBS News, ABC News, etc.), viral social media engagement/reach, and hundreds of organizations contacting Argonne about investing in further development of the technology or licensing of the tech. For this campaign, the team I led won the following honors:- Gold Quill Award of Excellence (Media Relations) from the International Association of Business Communicators (IABC)-B2 Award of Excellence (Demand Generation) from the Association of National Advertisers (ANA)-Skyline Award (Media Relations) from the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA), Chicago chapter-Argonne Director’s Award and Argonne Pacesetter Award• Argonne Pacesetter Award for managing Argonne’s 2018 Intellectual Property Symposium. The symposium helped Argonne employees better understand important points and processes related to intellectual property development and management.

• Silver Trumpet Award (Community Relations) from the Publicity Club of Chicago for managing Argonne's first-ever "Energy Slam." The event was part of the Argonne OutLoud public lecture series, and it was the most well-attended event in the history of the series (600-plus attendees).• Argonne Pacesetter Award for media relations/social media/event support of launch of Argonne's first-ever startup incubator, Chain Reaction Innovations.• Argonne Pacesetter Award for managing an internal campaign to increase awareness of the value to Argonne of researchers submitting entries in local, national and international technology award programs and also to increase the number of submissions.

• Bronze Quill Best in Show Award and Award of Excellence (Special Events) from International Association of Business Communicators’ Chicago Chapter for co-leading Argonne’s first-ever small business fair. The event drew 85 local small businesses, generating new partnerships that helped Argonne reach DOE goals regarding the amount of business the lab does with small businesses. Argonne also won a Small Business Award from DOE’s Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization.

• Bronze Quill Award of Excellence (Publications) from International Association of Business Communicators’ Chicago Chapter for transforming the ASSH weekly newsletter from a text-only, one-way publication into a multimedia, interactive space for member engagement. In one year, increased open rate by 7% and click rate by 5%. In addition, turned newsletter into a revenue stream by selling ad space to the medical equipment industry.

• Regional Headline Writing Award from the Associated Press for a collection of headlines written for the daily section as well as special sections.