David Small Email & Phone Number

Washington, District Of Columbia

- Oversees a staff of writer/editors and graphic designers supporting the agency's mission to ensure that national banks and federal savings associations operate in a safe and sound manner, provide fair access to financial services, treat customers fairly, and comply with applicable laws and regulations.- Supervises the editing, design, and publication of.

Langley AFB, Va.

Air Force Reservist in the rank of Colonel. Augmented the leadership team of Air Combat Command Public Affairs when on Reserve Duty.

Pentagon

Air Force Reservist in the rank of Colonel augmenting the leadership of the Air Force Press Desk when on duty.

New York, NY

• Air Force Reserve Officer
• Led office in absence of director; responsible for all national media and civic outreach to the New York metro region on behalf of the Secretary of the Air Force.
• Helped lead multiple event-based outreach campaigns including 2 “Air Force Week NYC” and 7 Veterans Day events, achieving reach to millions of people over short periods.
• Successfully executed multiple civic and media engagement itineraries for Air Force senior leaders including the Secretary of the Air Force, Chief of Staff of the Air Force, four-star general officers and various other.
• Built and maintained relationships with significant national influencers in the NY region including late night TV and morning show media, members of the academic community, and New York City government officials.

Reston, Va.

• Led team conducting full spectrum of internal/external communication activities for federal agency.
• National agency’s primary on-the-record spokesman—managed all outreach for 2,000-person Dept. of Defense agency. Topics included intelligence, scientific data and initiatives, operational research, trends and technology.
• Led engagement process for all think-tank, conference-speaking and other outreach activities for the organization at a strategic level, ensured messages and events synchronized across the enterprise.
• Coordinated with the Office of the Secretary of Defense, combatant commands, services, Dept. of Homeland Security and the FBI on the release of information regarding improvised explosive devices (IEDs), domestic and.
• Evaluated impact and effectiveness of outreach programs, conducted root-cause media and audience analysis.
• Regularly prepped three-star director and executives shaping organization’s strategy through proactive engagement.

Arlington, VA

Arlington, VA

• Led team of 35 volunteer writers and editors to produce a bimonthly, 48-page, digital magazine with 80,000 circulation and 30,000 monthly online views; with publisher, managed ~$45,000 annual budget.
• Led social media strategy to ensure widest dissemination, increasing advertising revenue through extended reach.
• Wrote, edited and shaped the editorial content, often submitting official media queries through Department of Defense public affairs channels and interviewing senior officials within government.
• Managed an editorial board of global thought leaders to shape direction of the magazine’s positions on key issues.
• Crafted editorial calendar, working with the advertising department to attract revenue through quality content.
• Served as freelance journalist, associate editor and copy editor before becoming Editor and Chief in April 2012.

• Managed public affairs activities for 1,200-person, geographically separated federal financial regulator with responsibility over the safety and soundness of federally insured credit unions.
• National spokesman authorized to speak on behalf of the Chairman and Board to media, translating complex financial Board actions for public and congressional consumption.
• Speechwriting contributor for the Chairman and Board Members.
• Proactively engaged various publics to communicate agency and interagency messages affecting the credit union industry and the nation’s financial stability; wrote and distributed press releases and other products.
• Established embargoed information agreements for sensitive issues requiring thorough, timely media coverage.
• Interagency public affairs working group lead communicated key messages after 2008 financial crisis.

• Provided strategic communication council and public affairs actions to membership-driven organization comprising 65,000 members: communicated to the Congress, the Executive Branch, members and the American public.
• Monitored and coordinated association legislative and military policy affairs regarding Air Force issues including coordination with reserve component senior leadership, and congressional members and staff.
• Led staff of 11 responsible for full range of products including a professional, glossy magazine with 55,000 circulation and online communications. Managed nearly $1 million budget and multiple contracts.
• Established social media strategy for organization and quantifiable methods to analyze measurements of success.
• Wrote and published numerous thoughtful, academic and journalistic articles in The Officer Magazine and blog.

• Served as Acting Deputy Chief, Current Operations Division for 6 months, filling a needed leadership void for a team of 36 personnel including press operations officers, media engagement team, national media outreach.
• Substituted for the Chief, Current Operations in her absence during tumultuous media issues such as Air Force Chief of Staff and Secretary resignations, nuclear enterprise surety and fleet wide F-15 maintenance.
• Key team member orchestrating Air Force messaging with DoD and Air Staff for major acquisition programs.
• Strategic communications advisor to The Secretary and Chief of Staff of the Air Force's legal, human relations, operations and plans, and international affairs senior executives, Inspector General and Chief Information.
• Helped mitigate negative coverage of multiple high-visibility sexual misconduct and religious intolerance issues through active, responsive and timely media engagement.
• Provided media training for Department of Defense senior officials for media engagements.

- Oversaw $5 million in communications projects spanning 20 locations supporting over 2,000 personnel- Provided guidance on project management for multi-million-dollar Air Force mission systems- Maintained $60,000 operational budget and led a team of 10 information technology specialists- Conducted compliance inspections of 20 subordinate units’.

Ba, Journalism And Mass Communications

Activities and Societies: ROTC, Arnold Air Society, Baptist Student Union

Ma, Computer Resources And Information Management

Air War College

Air Command And Staff College

Certificate In Public Affairs, Public Affairs Qualification Course

Master'S Degree, Management Information Systems, General