• Media Relations and Crisis Communications Director for the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s 988 & Behavioral Health Crisis Coordinating Office supporting their mission to save lives as they work to transform America’s behavioral health crisis care system.• Communications Director for the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency's Cyber Defense Education & Training branch aimed at addressing our nation’s ever growing cyber workforce gap. • Communications and Campaign Project Manager for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s public-health domestic terrorism and targeted violence prevention-focused office, the Center for Prevent Programs and Partnerships.• Account Manager for impact-based communications projects for U.S. government agencies, including the Department of Justice's Office for Victims of Crimes, Health and Human Services' Office of Infectious Disease, National Cancer Institute, Department of Energy, General Services Agency, CDC, FDA, and USAID.

Led a communications team focused on proactive earned media and outreach to suicide prevention coordinators across the health system for the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs' Office of Mental Health and Suicide Prevention, as they work to reduce suicides in Veterans.

• Developed a communications program for the Chief Medical Officer for the Defense Health Agency (DHA) in advance of the transition of military medical treatment facilities (MTFs) to DHA management.• Speechwriting, media relations, public affairs and legislative communications support for the Department of Defense's Sexual Assault Prevention and Response office.• Social marketing program dealing with behavior change initiatives surrounding destructive behaviors and healthy decision making for the Department of Defense. • Strategic communications and outreach for Airmen with mental anguish and traumatic brain injury for the U.S. Air Force’s Invisible Wounds Initiative, included feature writing combined with video storytelling to help change stigmas surrounding care-seeking behavior.

Provided executive leaders with communications support and strategic counsel to engage and inform their staff. Responsible for the communications supporting the extension of clinical operations and patient care beyond the Texas Medical Center to extend the mission to eliminate cancer. Also provided strategic communications support to Information Technology division.

Developed and implemented community relations and stakeholder engagement activities for the local community and provided communications support for Shell’s largest research and development facility. This included working to help develop STEM programs with Alief ISD, hosting community recycling programs and holding annual hurricane preparedness information sessions.

Strategic marketing, communications and branding consultant with expertise in marketing communications, as well as branding and advertising. Private client list includes both B2B and B2C clients.

Created and led an organizational change management communications program for a $46 million project.

Established and managed internal communications, executive communications and change management. Managed all creative and messaging changes for a rebranding and repositioning project.

Columbia Pipeline Group (formerly NiSource Gas Transmission & Storage), Communications SpecialistDec 2009 – May 2011Created and managed all internal and external communications for a natural gas transmission and storage company with more than 1,200 employees, which included employee communications, brand management, executive communications support, public relations, event management, media relations, social media strategy and crisis communications.GDF SUEZ Energy North America, Marketing and Communications Rotational AssociateJune 2008-December 2009Participated in a rotational program with roles in marketing communications, corporate communications and health and safety communications. Achievements included implementation of corporate rebranding following merger, collaboration on employee communications, marketing collateral development, corporate event coordination, creation of a health and safety internal newsletter and the development of a brand visibility strategy.The Richards Group, Brand Management InternMay 2007-August 2007Responsible for client relations, competitive research and assisting the creative design team for the largest independent advertising agency in the U.S.Texas A&M University Mays Business School, Student Marketing Consultant August 2006-May 2008Participated in a marketing consulting program, which included a brand valuation project for ConocoPhillips, the development of a product launch, online advertising campaign for Fossil and a Houston-area market selection project for HEB grocery stores.Texas A&M University Mays Business School, Graduate Teaching Assistant and InstructorAugust 2006-May 2008Managed course content and grading for undergraduate marketing courses, and taught weekly lab-style sessions to Introduction to Marketing students to enhance the learning process.