David Burch Email & Phone Number

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Manage external and internal communications for Volunteers of America's national organization. Plan and execute ongoing media relations, paid advertising, social media and other marketing efforts aimed at communicating.
• Coordinate crisis communications strategy as needed, working with teams that include affiliate communications staff, legal counsel and C-level executives throughout the organization.
• Oversee marketing staff at 32 Volunteers of America affiliates to coordinate national communications initiatives and strategy, ensuring consistent branding and messaging throughout the organization.
• Manage ongoing marketing relationships with corporate and government partners. Ensure that marketing requirements and project goals related to these partnerships are fulfilled.
• Orchestrate annual panel discussions at the National Press Club aimed at identifying solutions to problems faced by vulnerable communities including homeless veterans, low-income families and frail seniors. The events.

Greater Atlanta Area

• Developed and executed regional and national public relations campaigns at mid-sized Atlanta PR firm. Client sectors included financial services, real estate, higher education and technology.
• Media relations account leader for large financial services firm in the Atlanta market. Secured almost 60 media placements focused on a variety of financial topics. Because of these efforts, Atlanta ranked 2nd out of.
• Coordinated media relations campaign for national real estate firm in a half-dozen markets throughout the southeast. Presented agents and company executives as experts on real estate topics in a variety of media.

Greater Atlanta Area

• As news editor at 25,000-circulation daily newspaper in suburban Atlanta, duties included day-to-day management of the newsroom, copy editing, story and photo assignment, and supervising a staff of six reporters.
• As a staff writer, duties included education, local government and political reporting, writing an average of 8-10 articles per week. Assignments included the activities of two public school boards, local legislators.

Master Of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Strategic Management & Public Policy

• GPA: 3.7/4.0 • Relevant courses – Consulting Skills & Process; Strategy Formulation & Implementation; Business & Public Policy.

Ba, Political Science

• News Editor, Vanderbilt Hustler (twice-weekly student-run newspaper) • The Fund for American Studies: Institute on Political Journalism.