David Vance Email & Phone Number

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Works with program and communications staff at the national and state level to amplify the voice and strategically advance the democracy reform agenda of the national organization and its 35 state offices.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Provide clients with a range of public relations, public affairs and consulting services including strategic guidance and messaging; developing and enhancing media relationships and securing media coverage; public relations planning and implementation; writing and editing press materials, website content, institutional materials, op-eds, and speeches; and providing media training to spokespeople.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Guided all aspects of the organization’s communication strategy and messaging; led and executed outreach campaigns to the media, legislators, decision makers, funders, influencers, and the general public; utilized traditional and emerging channels and partnerships to achieve maximum impact; quickly distilled complex legal and public policy issues into concepts that are easy to grasp and share; proactively and significantly increased CLC's reach and recognition, which contributed to a 2014 MacArthur Award for Creative and Effective Institutions.• Strategic Messaging: advised and conferred with senior staff regularly on most effective means of communicating organization's positions to diverse audiences • Media Relations: built and maintained strong relationships with reporters at top media outlets, served as liaison and spokesperson; placed stories on breaking, enterprise, and day-to-day situations for national, Capitol Hill, local, and legal media outlets on a daily basis• Public Relations: authored and edited materials, including press releases, op-ed columns, editorial board memos, blog posts, social media outreach, collateral materials and website content• Government Relations: developed strategy documents and advised congressional, White House, and agency contacts regarding message points for the organization and related coalitions• Third-Party Relations: worked with allied organizations on messaging to advance organization's issues; recruited non-traditional allies to organizational causes • Funder and Board Relations: maintained regular communications with the organization’s board and funders to ensure they were kept abreast of important developments in the organization's work • Social Media: planned and executed social media activities with emphasis on expanding following and re-Tweets by leading influencers and media in organization's issue areas

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Led legislative group’s media, constituent and third party communications programs; increased support for initiatives at grass roots and national levels and with reporters and Congressional Members and staff; developed organizational recognition and relationships through attendance at key conferences and events; and furthered the mission of a non-profit trade association representing more than 500 international dairy food manufacturers, marketers, distributors and industry suppliers.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Provided strategic consultation, litigation support, grassroots outreach, media placement, and crisis communications services for public relations/lobbying arm of DC-based law firm.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Advised clients on communications, government relations and crisis matters for public relations firm.

Burlington, Vermont Area

Researched and reported news for WCAX-TV (Burlington, VT)

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Master Of Science In Journalism (Msj)

Master Of Fine Arts (Mfa), Creative Writing, George Mason Fellow