Christian Goff Email & Phone Number

Christian is a seasoned communications and public affairs professional specializing in stakeholder relations, issue advocacy and reputation management. She has a proven track record of successfully tackling extremely complex, highly charged issues. Prior to joining the Railroad Commission of Texas as Director of Public Affairs, Christian ran a boutique communications firm, Pure Energy PR, LLC, for more than 15 years. In that role, Christian used her extensive experience and deep-rooted knowledge of the energy and natural resource industries to represent a broad spectrum of organizations. Before founding Pure Energy, Christian served as vice president of corporate affairs at the Austin office of Cohn & Wolfe Read-Poland (currently Burson), an international public relations firm. She was responsible for managing the corporate/public affairs team on a variety of client accounts.Christian also served as a public affairs specialist for Marathon Oil Corporation in Houston, Texas, where she managed the public affairs activities of three core production business units. At Marathon, most of Christian’s time was spent in the Powder River Basin of Wyoming and Montana, where she spearheaded several coal-bed methane communications campaigns.In her earlier career, Christian spent close to three years working for Edelman Public Relations Worldwide, the world’s largest independent public relations firm. There she managed multiple consumer accounts, including the famed Butterball Turkey Talk-Line, Equity Office Properties Trust, Texas Beef Council, SC Johnson and Claritin.Christian began her career as a project coordinator at a nationally recognized educational nonprofit organization. In this role, she promoted the organization’s environmental goals to national media.She graduated magna cum laude from St. Edward’s University with a BA in communications studies. Her love for public affairs and the legislative process began while working as an aide to Texas State Sen. Don Henderson.Specialties: Public Relations, Public Affairs, Crisis Management, Reputation/Issues Management, Coalition Development, Media Relations, Stakeholder Relations

Listed skills include Digital Strategy, Social Media, Marketing Communications, Digital Marketing, and 46 others.

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  St.Edward'S University

  Communications Studies, Magna Cum Laude