A senior public affairs and communications expert with a proven track record working as a member of senior leadership teams to successfully develop communications plans, launch PR campaigns, raise executive profiles, and manage crisis communications. Effective at strategic planning and tactical engagement through a career that has progressed from U.S. Army tank platoon leader to foreign correspondent to communications professional. Fluent Spanish speaker with a multicultural background. • Public Relations• Strategic communications planning and implementation• Media relations• External communications• Crisis management• Storytelling• Thought leadership• Coaching• Communicating organizational change• Social Media• Internal communications• Army Veteran• Trail Runner