Strategic, focused marketing and public relations campaigns that impact client or business reputation and the bottom line. We build communication strategies that link with, support and deepen an organization's sales and marketing objectives to engage, motivate and activate stakeholders and prospects. We also help encourage clients to be brave enough, often enough and anticipate the courage it takes to sometimes fail. We help our clients figure out what intelligent risk taking looks like and what it takes to stand back up, regain footing, test courage, and forge values. In doing so, we successfully support the business goals of any organization -- for profit or a not-for-profit.

Senior counselor to ad, PR, marketing, and digital firms seeking to acquire a company to grow or wants to sell or merge a firm.

Www.historycolorado.orgManaged all public relations, communications, content management and digital strategies, and media outreach for this 138-year-old historical society, office of historic preservation, and educational institution of the State of Colorado. Served as the organization's public information officer. History Colorado -- formerly the Colorado Historical Society -- engages people in Colorado's heritage through collecting, preserving, and discovering the past in order to educate and provide perspectives for the future. The organization is entrusted to care for the state's historical items and places for the benefit of Colorado's citizens.

Served as PRIME's Director of Marketing and PR for two years. In that time, overhauled the firm's marketing strategy, launched aggressive public relations and thought leadership campaigns, managed industry and client relations, and launched PRIME's integrated content development and management strategies including a new website, social media campaigns and video applications.

Managed, wrote and produced editorial content for daily e-newsletter focused on marketing and communications (including advertising, investor relations, events, public relations, internal communications and more).

Consultant and Team Director on various clients and the agency's public relations efforts; lead the award-winning Ketchum team for the IBM Centennial celebration, a 14 month worldwide effort that garnered every public relations and cause marketing award in the industry. http://www-03.ibm.com/ibm/history/ibm100/us/en/

Oversaw and managed all client service, financial performance, staff training, and new business development. Managed four offices, over 100 staff and $15 million annual fee revenues. Business sector focus included consumer healthcare, consumer products, retail, insurance, education, not-for-profit, transportation, and food and beverage. Represented the firm’s interests in all industry facing organizations, events, and thought leadership. In less than one year, achieved a 130 percent growth in revenues for the firm.

Opened and built Stanton’s New York City office from startup to a significant presence in the market within four years. Developed and managed media, presentation, social media, and trade show communications training modules and capabilities. Launched and manages a robust Practice Partners network. Created firm-wide employee training program along with a mentor/mentee program coaching modules.

Chief Operating Officer of New York-based financial relations firm. Headed corporate and marketing practice areas, managing 25 full-time professionals and $6 million in revenues.

Owned and operated one of the largest, independent marketing communications firms in the Rocky Mountain Region. Key clients included Honeywell, General Mills, Johns Manville, ATC Time Warner Cable, R.L. Polk and IBM.

Managed the firm’s B2B and consumer clients, the agency’s corporate practice, national and international affiliate firm partnerships and led the firm’s new business and marketing efforts.

Managed key national accounts’ media relations, crisis and issues management programs at this largest Denver-based advertising agency.