Dawn White Email & Phone Number

Oak Ridge

Maryville, Tennessee

Develops key messaging, branding and positioning statements for Vanquish Worldwide, LLC and sister and subsidiary companies: Vanquish Logistics, Peak Technical Institute, Business Owners Benefits Association, Front Range Training & Consulting, and LexLin Gypsy Ranch.Creates and implements communication strategies for key company initiatives. Ensures brand consistency and quality of internal and outbound communications. Collaborates with managers and executive staff to effectively convey business strategies, new initiatives, project results, and policy changes to the global workforce.Principle contact and lead designer on print, online and social media communications designed to promote company brand, image and values to both internal and external stakeholders. Generates and oversees creative and technical content for quarterly and annual employee newsletters, digital presentations, internal and external website updates. Creates engaging, accurate and effective press releases, company case studies, fact sheets and promotional collateral.Established and maintains internal & external communications calendar, and manages scheduled assignments. Serves as the primary point of contact for media requests. Speech and script writer for public and video communications, oversees public appearances and corporate communications. Serves as an on-camera spokesperson as needed. Company representative at weekly East Tennessee Economic Council meetings, Chamber of Commerce and other community meetings.Manages social media platforms (Hootsuite, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, etc.) and provided research on communication trends for the Vanquish family of companies. Developed and continues to expand on internal best practice policies for marketing/communication personnel. Internal lead for company events including; budgeting, sponsorship coordination, vendor oversight, promotion. Hosts events ranging in size from 15 to 250+ employees and guests.

Maryville, Tennessee

Provided technical writing and communications support for Vanquish Worldwide, Peak Technical Institute, Front Range Training & Consulting, and LexLin Gypsy Ranch. Drafted and submitted detailed technical proposals for government cost-plus and fixed-price contracts. Researched past performance history and created a comprehensive and engaging story of Vanquish Worldwide for use in proposals and presentations.Creative content creator for employee newsletters, internal and external communications and presentation and website updates. Spearheaded business development initiatives by effectively communicating services and capabilities to domestic and international corporations through written and verbal communication.Company representative at weekly East Tennessee Economic Council meetings, Chamber of Commerce and other community meetings.

Mascot & Gordonsville, Tennessee

Managed technical group of 22 which supported daily operations as well as long-term corporate growth and business strategy goals. Hiring manager for geology group responsible for: creating and communicating position descriptions, organizing training, preparing development and succession plans, communicating company policies and initiatives.Drafted articles and success stories for use in corporate presentations and quarterly internal newsletters. Prepared presentations on project results, schedules, and costs and delivered to management on a quarterly basis. Prepared internal weekly reports to track actual vs. planned progress. All technical projects were completed on schedule and aided in attaining business growth goals and objectives.Led geology group in the generation of SOPs for critical activities to ensure high quality, reproducibility of data and samples. Develop quality control sampling programs to comply with industry guidelines. One of fifteen on the company leadership team. Developed a 5-year corporate business strategy and 1-year business plan for the organization focusing on Zero Harm, People & Organization, Reliability, and Growth. Responsible for communicating strategic growth goals to the entire workforce to get buy-in, engage and motivate employees. Implemented the business plan and tracked progress and milestones achieved within the technical services group.Oversaw drilling programs and contracts, authored professional correspondence to landowners and regulatory agencies. Communicated corporate initiatives, objectives and outcomes to community stakeholders.Executed over $2.5M in business improvement projects which included a $500k database implementation project for thirty years of data (over 60k records). The project was completed on schedule, under budget and increased corporate compliance with stringent industry reporting standards.

Mascot, Tennessee

Responsible for managing exploration personnel and capital contracts across six East Tennessee sites. Underground production geologist at Immel mine 2008, 2009.Successfully developed scope, budget, and schedule for district-wide exploration programs and managed >$1M in exploration field projects. Provided daily technical oversight of contracts, field staff and contractors. Developed scopes of work, bid reviews and bid acceptance procedures. Conducted interviews for technical services candidates. Provided routine written and verbal correspondence with landowners and regulatory agencies. Drafted drilling updates and interesting stories for quarterly company newsletters and internal memos. Prepared reports and presentations highlighting progress, success and return on investment details. Communicated mineral resource estimates and findings to mine personnel and management. The success of exploration projects increased company assets and achieved annual growth goals set for geology group.Worked with Middle TN mine manager and engineers in 2010 to pull together and review historical data files and maps. Assisted in setting up geology group and drilling priorities at Mid TN mines during ramp-up / re-start campaign. Managed mineral right leases for Middle Tennessee Zinc Co. and communicated with landowners to coordinate lease payments, property transfers, etc. Began research for a business proposal to complete $2.5M of capital improvement projects and drilling. Included cost estimates, schedule, resource and training requirements, return on investment potential, project justifications and objectives. Presented proposal to local and corporate management.Note: December 2009 Nyrstar Tennessee Mines bought East Tennessee Zinc Co., LLC. Promoted to Chief Geologist in June 2010.

Knoxville, Tennessee

Responsible for RCRA and CERCLA investigations and remediation activities at DOD and DOE facilities. Two main sites supported were VOAPP (former ordnance manufacturing facility Chattanooga, TN) for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Redstone Arsenal (Huntsville, AL). Conducted work under fixed-price and time and material contracts. VOAPP Project:Executed sampling and drilling work, provided health & safety and technical oversight of field geologists, technicians and drilling contractors. Assisted in development and execution of subsurface field investigations at explosives manufacturing facility. Included the completion of over 1,000 soil borings, collection of 8,000 soil, sediment and water samples and complete delineation of nitroaromatics and metals contamination in soil. Developed site work plans and sampling plans. Used data to evaluate transport models for contaminants in soil and sediment. Surveyed soil borings using Trimble GPS.Redstone Project:Key team member in Site and Remedial Investigations. Generated cost proposals, schedules, and sampling plans to fully characterize sites, oversaw field implementation, interpreted and reported results with recommendations for further actions.Managed 2000 - 2003 Continuous Water Level & Surface Water Monitoring programs. Lead author on work plans and report of findings, used graphing software to present data results and to determine and present trends.Created and communicated SOPs for drilling and data collection/ logging.Field responsibilities included; drilling and sampling in compliance with federal, state and company procedures, trained field geologists on core logging and drilling procedures, oversight of contractors utilizing a variety of drilling technologies, installed monitoring wells, sampled soil, groundwater, surface water, sediment and springs. Supported other projects in GA and KY by executing and overseeing field investigations, techncial proposal and report writing.

Tennessee, Missouri, Arizona, Colorado

Supported East TN Zinc Mines, Mid TN greenfield projects, Sweetwater MO Lead Mine, Black Cloud Mine (Leadville, CO), Silver Bell Mine (Tuscon, AZ) and South & Central America exploration projects. Western US, South & Central America projects: Performed data validation and mineral resource data audits before constructing 3D statistical models of mineral deposits. Estimated mineral resources using geostatistical software, created and presented reports.Prepared presentations and presented exploration project results at quarterly & annual exploration meetings at global headquarters in Manhattan, NY.Lead geologist for 1999 rotary drill program at Silver Bell Mine. Daily safety and technical supervision of contractors, responsible for all aspects of drilling and sampling. Logged samples. Followed quality control procedures, reported results to management. Mapped geologic structures in surface pits.Compiled drill hole database for Black Cloud Mine. Digitized data from mine maps, used data and drilling results to construct a 3D model of mine to assist in future exploration and development.Eastern US projects: Assisted with surface and underground drilling in East and Mid TN Zinc districts. Logged core and prepped for analysis. Created isopach maps to depict favorable drill targets which assisted in increasing ore body drilling success rates. Prepared cross-sections, CAD maps and 3D models to locate favorable targets.Interpreted geologic data and complied data into Excel workbooks or Acess database for Mid TN (Jackson and Fentress Co.) and Sweetwater Lead Mine.Began working at Eastern US Exploration office in 1994 while in college. Performed clerical, data entry and mapping tasks. Manipulated data in FoxPro, Excel and Access formats and performed data QA/QC functions. Hired full-time by Asarco Exploration near graduation in 1995.

Master’S Certificate, Contract Management

Bs, Geology