Senior communications executive developing, managing and initiating creative public relations and communications plans and events for clients ranging from travel/tourism to residential roofing to pharmaceuticals and more. Services offered include strategic public relations, writing/voice talent, event management, developing press releases, press conferences, brand marketing, website development, crisis communications, and social media management.Member PRSA Dallas

As a senior leader on the public relations/marketing team with The Agency at Brown Books Publishing, I helped develop and execute creative public relations campaigns for our Brown Books published authors and for authors published elsewhere. I helped develop and execute creative public relations strategy to promote and brand authors and their books across diverse corporate and professional industries. Additionally, I helped lead new acquisitions efforts and identify and create collaborative relationships with outside companies and causes to brand and promote Brown Books Publishing Group and the Agency.

Provide senior-level executive leadership for national public relations agency, including management of client media relations, crisis communications and account operations. Lead account teams and manage creative public relations efforts for agency clients that include consumer, B2B, economic development, destination and hotel properties. Assist agency president with leading crisis communications management for all clients. Work includes media pitching, press materials, media familiarization tours, crisis communications, new business development/presentations and account management. Provide supervision for other team members and collaborate externally with client management and communications teams to provide positive branding through impactful public relations campaigns. Joined agency as account executive in 2010 and have been promoted to senior account executive, vice president and now senior vice president in just over five and a half years. Significant accomplishments include:  Coordinating national media coverage of Wildcatter Ranch & Resort’s participation in the Wounded Warrior Project for NBC “Today” show.  Managing DevelopAbilene economic development national media opportunities on FOX Business Network with separate day-long series of live reports covering Abilene’s economic development impact of the B-1 Bomber program and also how the fast growing wind energy industry is putting Abilene on the national map.  Managing a team to create and execute a digital branding promotion campaign, partnering Interstate Batteries and Major League Baseball. Tourism destination account management experience includes: Beaumont (Texas), Plano (Texas) and Carrollton (Texas) Hotel property account management experience includes: Wildcatter Ranch (Graham, Texas) Consumer product account management experience includes: Interstate Batteries Economic development account management experience includes: Abilene (Texas) Industrial Foundation (DevelopAbilene)

Founded public relations and business management company designed to work with entrepreneurial business development and investment group. Provided business venture viability research and creative business plan documents for possible investment opportunities.

Assisted in all media relations operations for speedway, including event preparation for NASCAR and Indy Racing League events. Responsibilities included pitching media opportunities, planning and hosting conferences, preparing press materials, media website management, editor of award-wining souvenir program, broadcast media contact.

Directed all media relations operations for NCAA Division II Lone Star Conference. Assisted Commissioner with NCAA legislative matters in relation to member institutions.

As News Director of WMVY radio, I gathered news stories and delivered on-air newscasts daily for the radio station serving Martha's Vineyard and Cape Cod. Additionally, I produced and anchored a monthly public affairs interview program.

Directed the media relations/communications for the University of North Texas men's and women's athletics programs.

Directed media relations for Dallas Sidekicks Soccer Club of the Major Indoor Soccer League. Announcer on team radio and television broadcasts.

Assisted in all media relations operations for NCAA Division I athletics program. Primary men's basketball contact.

Anchored daily midday sportscasts on 50,000 watt major market radio station in Dallas, Texas. Producer for award-winniing nightly sports talk show, Sports Central Dallas. Producer for Dallas Cowboys Radio Network pre-game studio show, Dallas Cowboys Countdown. Producer for college football broadcasts for Southwest Conference Radio Network.