Craig Bohnert Email & Phone Number

Various Locations

Served as a U.S. Olympic Committee Press Officer at 10 Olympic Games. Developed and managed the Breaking News Bureau at the 2004, 2008, 2012 and 2016 Olympic Games and the 2006, 2010, 2014 and 2018 Olympic Winter Games. Press Officer, basketball and squash, 2003 Pan American Games. Press Officer, canoeing and athlete village, 1996 Olympic Games. Press Officer, canoeing and table tennis, 1995 Pan American Games. Press Officer, modern pentathlon and canoeing, 1992 Olympic Games. Press Officer for a variety of sports, U.S. Olympic Festivals, 1987-95.

St Petersburg, Florida, United States

Providing notary public services in the state of Florida.

Pass-A-Grille, Fl

Co-owner and proprietor of a fabulous ice cream and coffee shop located steps from the beach in Pass-a-Grille, Florida.

Excelsior Springs, Mo.

Offering wildlife and scenic photos as art prints, greeting cards, and smartphone cases. http://craig-bohnert.artistwebsites.com/?tab=artwork

Intercollegiate and interscholastic soccer referee. Certified by the Kansas State High School Activities Association and the Missouri State High School Activities Association. Named Kansas High School Referee of the Year for the 2007 boys season, two-time conference Referee of the Year. Selected to serve at 22 Kansas state high school championships. NCAA tournament experience includes women's Division II playoffs in 2006 and 2008 and men's Division II and Division III playoffs in 2011.

Excelsior Springs, Mo

Involved in all business activities for a 10-room, 22-acre bed and breakfast establishment, including guest relations, reservation management and facility maintenance.• Managing a part-time staff of as many as five as well as additional third-party service providers.• Creating website content and social media efforts to generate greater awareness through Facebook and Instagram.• Efforts have led to media visibility and recognition, establishing the Inn as a regional destination.

Covering Olympic and Paralympic sports TeamUSA.org, for the official website of the United States Olympic Committee.

Kansas City, Missouri Area

Directed all communications efforts for the world’s largest coaches association, including conceptualization and design of advertising and marketing materials. Staff oversight of awards program that presents nearly 10,000 individual awards annually. Managed one full-time assistant and coordinated volunteer efforts. Department was under budget every year.• Helped membership double to more than 30,000 during tenure through a variety of activities, including trade shows, collateral materials (printed and digital) and campaign development. Developed marketing messages that established the association’s identity and communicated its core mission.• Managed the collaboration with National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS) in the development of its first sport-specific online education course. Program recovered development costs ahead of schedule.• Conceptualized and managed development of music highlight video for annual convention.• Managed two successful transitions to new Internet service providers and provided regular content and quality control of site. Annual traffic increased 270% during tenure to more than 2,700,000 visits. Developed online education course and membership, convention and awards registration systems.• Brought design of bi-monthly magazine and all other publications in-house, realizing substantial savings. Expanded magazine page count and evolved to a full-color publication while keeping production costs in check.• Worked with advertising agency to update association’s logo and develop a graphics and standards manual.

Indianapolis, Indiana Area

Hired as the company’s first communications specialist.• Directed revision of company’s brand identity and website and managed industry media relations efforts.• Managed team that developed presence at biennial metalworking trade show, including messaging and booth design.• Worked directly with chief executive officer and other senior leadership to develop annual report.

Indianapolis, Indiana Area

Developed and implemented internal and external communications strategies and positioning for the organization, including news releases, organization statements and talking points for executive presentations; created press kits and media guides; contributed to organization's publications; hosted media at all major events.• Created campaign strategy and coordinated local organizing committees to stage extensive 1997 news conference tour awarding bids for all major events through 2000, with front-page coverage in every market.• Successfully managed crisis communication situations, including a catastrophic injury event.• Wrote organization’s Media Skills Manual and provided ongoing feedback on media relations performance.• Placed stories with national media outlets, including cover stories in USA Today.

Indianapolis, Indiana Area

Developed and implemented communications strategies to build awareness of Olympic canoeing and its athletes among internal and external audiences. Hosted media at all major events, including two Olympic Games and a Pan American Games, as well as international competitions within the United States.• Generated unprecedented media coverage, including record levels of network television coverage at the Barcelona and Atlanta Olympic Games. • Helped grow the sport to a top-five ranking by the USOC for sponsor attractiveness entering the 1996 Olympic Games.• Responsible for management of organization’s image/positioning in all media forms. Developed organization’s media training program. Formulated and managed media response to negative situations.• Created all collateral printed materials for organization’s programs, including media guides, sponsor proposals, membership brochures, forms and recruitment materials.

Murray, Kentucky

Created and directed communications plans to position the Division I athletics department with internal and external audiences, including NCAA post-season appearances in basketball and football. National exposure included a feature article in Sports Illustrated and coverage in USA Today.• Produced video and printed collateral materials that generated $20,000,000 in state funding for new basketball facility.• Supervised office staff of up to six workers and events staff of up to 10 volunteers.• Led the first department on campus to commit to desktop publishing technology. Created all athletic department printed materials, including media guides, game magazines, advertising and booster newsletters. • Used emerging technology to facilitate event reporting, resulting in direct placement of stories with regional newspapers and Associated Press. Submissions often were used verbatim by AP.• Created and administered Division I-AA college football recognition program in conjunction with The Sports Network, including a national player of the week program and pre- and post-season All-America selections.

Morehead, Kentucky

Directed all communications efforts for the Division I athletics department, including media relations for an NCAA Basketball Tournament appearance.• Media director for 1984 Ohio Valley Conference Men’s Basketball Tournament.• Facilitated first live television broadcast from home basketball facility.

Bs, Journalism And Advertising

Bachelor's degree conferred with majors in journalism and advertising, minor emphasis in radio production. Funded college education.

Master Of Science, Communications

Master's degree conferred by the School of Communications with emphasis in mass communications, organizational communications.