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Durham, North Carolina, United States

Helping to bring compassionate hospitality to North Carolina residents through an amazing end-to-end healthcare company that is NC born and NC led.

Fuquay-Varina, North Carolina, United States

Pursuing a dream to provide support for families with children who have complex mental health special needs. This is a passion project born from our own family's experiences over the past decade. You are not alone. We hear you and want to support and advocate for you.

Fuquay-Varina, North Carolina, United States

I *get* to come alongside families that are experiencing unbelievably hard situations and offer them resources and more importantly, hope.

• Providing full-service consultation and communications services to individuals, non-profits and small businesses• Strategic and crisis communications consultation and planning• Deliver media relations services with attention to coaching, pitching, planning and response• Writing, editing and content planning and delivery including articles, speeches, social media, etc

Fuquay-Varina, North Carolina, United States

Part-time, remote position planning and booking travel for leisure, missionary and humanitarian clients. This position was a wonderful opportunity to provide for my family while we navigated intense medical issues at home.

Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area

• Cultivate and establish relationships to advance key objectives through earned media pitches and placements • Coach subject matter experts for interviews and manage response strategy for media inquiries• Coordinate public engagements and write speeches for members of the Board of Commissioners • Develop external and internal strategic communications priorities for assigned county departments• Produce social media opportunities to maximize positive storytelling and educational opportunities• Advise departmental leadership on communications strategy in coordination with county-wide initiatives• Ensure a timely response to public records requests and citizen inquiries• Work with outside contractors and intra-agency partners on creative media productions • Write and edit news releases, web content, published materials and other content for public release

Rdu Airport, N.C.

• Serve as primary spokesperson for the Airport Authority to local, national, international and trade news media• Lead communications efforts to proactively prepare for and respond to a wide array of potential crisis scenarios• Develop and implementation of external and internal communications strategies• Advise senior leadership and board members on communications strategy for day-to-day and hot-button issues• Prioritize, calendar and on-board employees to adopt multiple communications campaigns and initiatives• Gain an understanding of potential threats/risks and quickly develop communication response strategies• Plan and implement public engagement processes for major capital projects including public meetings and forums• Produce timely and relevant content for all communication mediums in close coordination with creative staff• Create and manage the airport’s social media strategy, implementation and daily management• Filter and respond to public records requests from media outlets based on best practices and public records laws• Manage procurement of produced services including brochures, posters, display signage, etc• Administer a six-figure budget including oversight of multiple creative agencies and intern/temporary employee work

Raleigh, N.C.

• Cultivate relationships with media outlets from across the state as well as national and trade organizations• Coordinate, respond and staff media interviews and provide responses to inquiries• Produce a weekly radio program focusing on transportation initiatives and projects• Write public-facing content including news releases, speeches, web content and printed publications• Coordinate and staff regional public involvement sessions and hearings• Prepare content for internal and external communications initiatives

Sanford, N.C.

• Assist as public spokesperson for the college to local, national, international and trade news media• Write and edit news releases, web content, published materials and other content for public release• Determine communications priorities for academic departments in line with strategic objectives• Provide copywriting services to departments for promotional materials• Execute campaigns to increase registered student growth, including preparing advertorials for local newspapers • Manage procurement of produced services including brochures, posters, display signage, etc

Education record

B.A., Mass Communication

Activities and Societies: Public Relations Student Society of America; Baptist Student UnionI received a Bachelor of Arts in Mass.

High School

Activities and Societies: Naval Jr. ROTC