Andre Garner Email & Phone Number

Chicago, IL, US

United States

Developer and majority owner of a new construction 100-plus room, Hampton by Hilton Hotel in Chicago’s Pullman Community scheduled for groundbreaking in the summer of 2024 and opening in 2025. The property will be the first national-branded hotel on the far south side of Chicago.

United States

As the leader of this strategic consultancy, my responsibilities include, business development, project management, editorial and speech writing, media relations, economic development strategy, community relations, government relations and public speaking.

11107 South Longwood Drive, Chicago, IL 60643

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• My responsibilities and accomplishment included:
• Serving as the primary point of contact for Cook County’s business development and retention activities in more than 55 communities in South Cook County.
• Working with government agencies and businesses to market tax incentives, subsidies and financing options.
• Developing and marketing prototypes for new business assistance programs offered by Cook County.

• My responsibilities and accomplishments included:
• Managing the organization of regular news conferences, news releases and media opportunities.
• Managing the monthly production and air time schedule for Cook County’s cable television show.
• Reviewing issues reports and media inquiries while strategizing responses and proactive messages.

• My responsibilities and accomplishments included:
• Serving as the primary point of contact for EDS media relations and community relations for a 13-state region.
• Strategically managing local relationships in each state, particularly in Michigan and Illinois as the firm's Midwest Headquarters relocated from Detroit to Chicago.
• Raising the company's profile in Chicago which included arranging a local media blitz, high profile meetings and speaking engagements for local leaders and the CEO.

• My responsibilities and accomplishments included:
• Developing civic and public affairs strategy for the company’s Chicago area executive team.
• Placing key executive team members on local nonprofit boards and garnering local recognition for our corporate citizenship efforts.
• Attracting national media attention for the company’s sponsorship of a science program that allowed four grade school students from a Chicago public housing community to travel and participate in a research mission in.

• My responsibilities and accomplishments included:
• Developing guidelines for managing the company’s $1 million annual corporate contributions program.
• Strategically aligning the $200,000 annual budget for corporate sponsorships.
• Developing and managing relationships with elected officials, community groups and government agencies.

• My responsibilities and accomplishments included:
• Writing speeches, news releases and editorial statements for Chicago’s Mayor Richard M. Daley
• Providing daily briefings for the Mayor and staff on current news cycle issues.
• Working with special project teams, strategy groups, and crisis teams including the 1996 Democratic National Convention and the City’s response to more than 700 deaths during the heat crisis of 1995.

Served as chief media spokesperson, executive speech writer and outreach specialist for the nation's second largest public housing agency.