Oversees Philanthropy Roundtable’s marketing and communications department, including the team’s overall strategy, goals, and performance. Responsible for managing the organizational brand, messaging, and community-building efforts, including defining strategic growth areas and opportunities for the organization.

Tocqueville Project: https://www.manhattan-institute.org/tocqueville-projectCivil Society Awards: civilsocietyawards.com

All things communications for the Vice Chair of the House Republican Conference, member of the House Ways and Means Committee, and the only female member of the Kansas delegation. Responsibilities: Speechwriting. Press Outreach. Spokesperson. Social Media Management. Media Training. Brand Manager.

Manage media relations portfolio on spending and budget issues for economic research center. Coordinated strategic research release and product roll-out to garner more than 1000 media hits.Established and maintained key relationships at major news outlets including with The Wall Street Journal, MSNBC.com, The Economist, Fox News and Fox Business Network, CNN Money, Reuters, Investor’s Business Daily, Huffington Post, and U.S. News and World Report.Created and maintains op-ed writing, editing, and submission process. Leads op-ed writing workshops for staff. Edited and placed more than 100 op-eds.

Created and maintained strong relationships with key journalists at national and local news outlets: The New York Times; The Wall Street Journal; Washington Post; Bloomberg News; Associated Press; National Public Radio; Los Angeles Times; Reuters; Politico; C-SPAN; and Fox News. Revamped and upgraded media tracking process: increased efficiency, reduced the labor cost of the process, and created a better measure of successful media strategies.

Selected to participate in a competitive, non-profit management training program. Completed weekly training sessions and team projects that employed market-based management techniques to improve the efficacy of non-profit organizations.

Assisted with development of client presentations/materials, campaign communications, and built media lists for practice groups: Digital, Food & Agribusiness, Healthcare, and Clinical Trials Division.