Since 2000, Ryan has worked to increase brand awareness, create full-scale public relations/marketing campaigns, and architect crisis and emergency communications plans. He has provided media training and coaching for corporate executives, public relations firms, police officers and non-profit groups. He’s built the best teams for the best organizations. And Ryan gets results.Ryan has extensive experience in strategic marketing and communications, proactive media relations, crisis communication and public relations.Ryan specializes in advanced social marketing to compel behavior change and is an expert in crisis communications planning and execution. He has drawn on his experience as an Emmy Award-winning broadcast journalist to lead crisis and emergency communication teams during the H1N1 pandemic response, a national foodborne disease outbreak, several public health emergencies, and he served as a public relations and marketing consultant for a variety of Fortune 500 corporations and nonprofit groups. In 2001 Ryan would be among the nation’s first to implement new and emerging media during his work to launch Blackberry®.With teamwork and trust as mantras, Ryan’s teams have been honored with numerous awards and distinctions in the areas of crisis management and social marketing, including 20 Awards of Excellence from the CDC’s National Public Health Information Coalition and a Web Health Award, while also sharing a Technology Innovation Award from the Georgia Technology Authority and recognition for Individual and Community Preparedness from FEMA. Ryan was a contributing team member to win a Silver Anvil award from the Public Relations Society of America.He served on the founding board of directors of the Georgia Alliance for Health Literacy and is one of two individuals in Georgia to hold a CCPH (Certified Communicator in Public Health) credential from the CDC’s National Public Health Information Coalition.