Andrea Gumm has a strong facilitation and public outreach background with extensive communication, consensus-building and public relations experience. She excels at building positive relationships with stakeholders and recognizes that those relationships lead to successful projects and solutions. Andrea enjoys working with clients and communities to evaluate process, identify needs, and develop and implement strategic plans and projects.Andrea’s public involvement and facilitation skills allow her to develop clear decision making processes, encourage participation from stakeholders, and successfully bring people together to influence projects and decisions. With a balance of structure and flexibility, Andrea establishes an environment where people can discuss difficult topics, prioritize efforts, collaborate on ideas and implementation, and build consensus. In addition to her work with communities and stakeholders, Andrea creates award-winning media kits, websites and other creative digital communications. She understands how to develop and manage public involvement activities and how to design processes to help stakeholders, communities and clients work together to make decisions and accomplish goals.Specialties: Public involvement, public relations, large and small group facilitation, strategic planning, mediation/conflict resolution, media relations, writing, event management, campaign planning