Bashon Mann Email & Phone Number

Washington, Dc, Us

Washington D.C. Metro Area

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Fort George G. Meade, Maryland

Pentagon

Washington Dc

The Navy Office of Community Outreach (NAVCO) is the Chief of Information's (CHINFO) national community outreach field activity. It serves as the central point of coordination for Navy community outreach programs throughout the continental U.S. with the exception of Fleet Concentration Areas and the New York metropolitan area. Its mission is to conduct and align national Navy image, awareness and branding efforts by coordinating existing assets for maximum community-relations impact.

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Washington Navy Yard

Public Affairs Officer - Responsible for all public affairs outreach activities for a command that manages foreign military sales to 173 foreign countries. Established a command internal and external communications process. Efforts linked command activities to the broader Navy security capability development efforts. Coordinated inter-agency and public messaging on major acquisition and security cooperation programs, including the $20B Saudi Navy Expansion Program (SNEP II) and the $850M DoN FY-12 ship transfer legislative proposal. Efforts established a robust and responsive communications posture and provided leadership with a pathway to effectively and proactively pursue public relations objectives.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Bashon W. Mann, Senior Counsel with Susan Davis International is a Navy veteran with 15 years of professional experience in crisis communications and media relations. Mann provides counsel to SDI clients in strategic communications and has particular expertise and a strong track record in developing and executing communications strategies to reach both military and minority audiences.Mann has served as an integral component to the execution of events surrounding the MLK Memorial dedication. His communications skills along with his military public affairs foundation provide the underpinning for strategic campaigns and initiatives benefitting clients such as the Marine Corps Heritage Foundation, Employer Support of Guard and Reserve and National Museum of the Army. Mann held a pivotal role in the execution of media relations for SDI’s DoD nationwide support campaign America Supports You, in which Mann had responsibility for management of relationships with national sports, and entertainment supporters of the America Supports You program. His participation with the 2007 Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowl assisted ASY in gaining national visibility during ESPN’s game broadcast. Mann’s outreach to national sports leagues and organizations has garnered ASY coverage on national and local television and radio broadcasts reaching an audience of more than a million viewers and listeners. Mann communicated directly with Washington DC sports team executives at the Washington Nationals and Washington Capitals in support of their Military Appreciation games on behalf of America Supports You. Mann also managed branding and messaging components for ASY during the Tiger Woods Foundation’s sponsorship of AT&T National Golf Tournament held annually at the Congressional Country Club in Bethesda, MD.

Kabul, Afghanistan

• Lead HQ ISAF action officer for Combined Joint Interagency Task Force Shafafiyat and Task Force 2010, dedicated to ISAF anti-corruption and contracting efforts. • Spearheaded a Transition PA plan and messaging guidance for use by senior leaders across ISAF and was used as a starting point for the Afghan government’s own communication plan to address transition across the country. • Skillfully engaged with media to clarify ISAF’s position on numerous high-profile contentious issues from the collapse of Kabul Bank, corruption impacts to the Gardez-Khost Road project, Torkham Gate shipping route closures and Host Nation Trucking contract disputes.

Served as Deputy Director for Navy Community Outreach, providing direction, coordination, and support of the Navy's public affairs community to include Outreach: America's Navy.- Navy liaison and team leader for DoD's Joint Civilian Orientation Conference. Planned and coordinated the "Navy Day" experience, singularly responsible for an influential group of 50 business leaders and educators being exposed to the best of the Navy.- Coordinated and executed the Navy's Salt Lake City Navy week in 2010. Responsible for planning the 10 day Navy expose for a 3-star and 2-star, engaging key local leadership at the municipal, judicial, educational, and corporate level to further educate the American public about their Navy.

San Diego, Ca -- Washington, Dc

- Navy Office of Information Public Affairs officer assigned as media relations lead for all current Navy operations, Anti-Terrorism/Force Protection, Political/Military coordination policy as well as Navy budget and Homeland Defense media portfolios. The Navy news desk position is a high visibility/fast paced job interacting with high level Department of Defense officials and Pentagon press corps on a daily basis; providing key talking points and response to query for media both nationwide and across the globe as needed.- Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, Washington DC Jul 2004 - Feb 2006Duties included managing in accordance with Office of Secretary of Defense Health Affairs leadership the promotion of the role of Navy Medicine to national and global media outlets and highlight the first class healthcare administered to our Sailors, Marines, Veterans and their families. Served as PAO aboard USNS Comfort in support of Hurricane Katrina and charged with coordinating all media availabilities and press conferences for local and national affiliates covering Navy Medicine efforts throughout the gulf region. I provided production coordination for Discovery Health Channel’s documentation of disaster relief from the hospital ship and its role in the recovery effort.Served as PAO aboard USNS Mercy during Operation Unified Assistance in support of the tsunami-devastated region of Banda Aceh, Indonesia and tasked with directing daily media coverage in Thailand, Singapore, Indonesia and surrounding areas from January to June 2005. Responsible for establishing unprecedented media relations with Indonesian media, enhancing political relations, national news coverage and continued support of the Navy medicine healthcare system on a global scale which have led to successful follow on deployments to area.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Earned the Humanitarian Service Medal for participation in Operation Unified Assistance I & II in the spring of ‘05. • Navy medicine production liaison for MTV documentary of the tsunami recovery aboard the USS Lincoln and Banda Aceh, Indonesia. • Managed, in conjunction with the office of the US Ambassador to Singapore, the production of an unprecedented panel discussion of medical leaders for the KK Women’s and Children’s hospital of Singapore and USNS Mercy leadership to discuss the role of global humanitarian relief efforts and medical practice in tsunami recovery efforts. • Directly supported successful media relations and field interviews for Operation Iraqi Freedom & Operation Enduring Freedom in Iraq and Afghanistan from January ’03 to June ’04. • Provided coordination in support of numerous books, film and television projects involving Naval Special Warfare, most notably, The Only Easy Day Was Yesterday, by Richard Schoenberg, published in conjunction with the 24/7 - Day in the Life of America series. • Navy Special Warfare liaison for studio production and Navy public relations campaign release support for motion picture film, “Tears of the Sun.” • Principal Navy Special Warfare liaison for Sony’s PlayStation2 video game release, SOCOMII. Integral in all aspects of production, marketing, commercial development and subsequent follow-on media productions of SOCOMII.

Bachelors, Journalism

University of Virginia 1991 to 1995

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