For more than 20 years, Amber Taylor has been providing strategic communications planning and execution for a wide range of clients, focusing on launching and building communications programs for groups working on education, environmental, research, technology, labor and economic issues.Amber provides strategic communications counsel and leads the traditional and social media efforts for a number of clients. Her clients tend to stay for years because of successful partnerships that generate positive media coverage, attention on social media and marketing and communications products that meet their needs.Amber spent more than six years as a Vice President at Tricom Associates where she served as the social media expert for the firm, providing advice and guidance on incorporating social media into all clients' communication plans and campaigns. In addition to managing client work, she provided strategic guidance and all levels of media services including messaging, writing, media pitching, social media outreach, development of written and web-based materials and spokesperson training. Some of her clients have included Alliance for American Manufacturing, American Institutes for Research, BlueGreen Alliance, Disney Teacher Awards, MAPA Group, National Environmental Education Foundation, Presidential Awards for Mathematics and Science Teachers, Project Tomorrow and YWCA USA.She was the director of outreach and media relations for Child Trends where she established the organization as a national source for the media and policymakers looking for unbiased data and trends on American children. Working closely with researchers, Amber helped translate social science research for media, policymakers and the public, and trained researchers to do the same.