Elisa W. Email & Phone Number

Portland, Or, Us

Salem, Oregon

Lead communications for the $4.7 billion Aging and People with Disabilities program, including setting the strategic direction for external and internal communications. Develop executive communications, provide media relations, social media messaging and issues management. Projects include communications plans for new legislation and initiatives, community outreach and change management. Promoted to serve as a lead communications officer in 2022 and provide strategic communications support to… Show more Lead communications for the $4.7 billion Aging and People with Disabilities program, including setting the strategic direction for external and internal communications. Develop executive communications, provide media relations, social media messaging and issues management. Projects include communications plans for new legislation and initiatives, community outreach and change management. Promoted to serve as a lead communications officer in 2022 and provide strategic communications support to other Oregon Department of Human Services programs. Show less

Oakland, California

Developed, led and executed communications strategy to engage health systems in the program and to attract fellowship applicants. Projects included developing a case statement, annual report and email newsletter.

Portland, Oregon Area

Communication plan development and implementation; strategic media relations support for departments involved in vaccine development and research, cardiovascular treatment and research, eye diseases and gene therapy, nutrition and ethics; grant editing; crisis communications; and, management of photo and video development.

Portland, Oregon Area

Developed and executed communications strategies to support the OHSU Knight Cancer Institute’s goals through two significant expansions. Focused on raising the institute’s national profile through media relations and influencer strategies as well as improving internal communications to support strategic goals. Led the institute's communications team in addition to a diverse range of projects that supported the university's cancer research mission.

Portland, Oregon Area

Responsible for meeting communications and media relations needs for a range of OHSU departments including oncology, diagnostic tests, dermatology, urology, technology transfer and business development.

Vancouver, Washington

Responsible for leading two departments that produced online and print editions as well as an email newsletter. Managed a variety of weekly sections including related website and social media content.

Vancouver, Washington

Helped manage a staff of more than 20 employees, including 6 direct reports; supervised coverage of investigations, social issues, the environment, county and city governments, courts, education and crime.

Greater Los Angeles Area

Developed stories on publicly traded entertainment, biotechnology, retail and technology companies as well as a variety of large privately held companies. Interviewed business leaders including Microsoft’s Bill Gates, Texas Instruments’ Thomas Engibous and Richard Kovacevich of Wells Fargo.

Portland, Oregon Area

Covered the technology industry and related economic development issues. Helped establish the newspaper as a national source of information on the semiconductor industry.

Wrote about the technology industry in Southern California. Helped conceive and launch a consumer-oriented news section on technology and its impact on the community. Wrote features and product reviews as well as a weekly column. Reported on the computer game industry as well as more than 40 publicly traded companies including Western Digital and Ingram Micro and the U.S. operations for international conglomerates such as Samsung and Toshiba. Contributed travel stories and book reviews as well… Show more Wrote about the technology industry in Southern California. Helped conceive and launch a consumer-oriented news section on technology and its impact on the community. Wrote features and product reviews as well as a weekly column. Reported on the computer game industry as well as more than 40 publicly traded companies including Western Digital and Ingram Micro and the U.S. operations for international conglomerates such as Samsung and Toshiba. Contributed travel stories and book reviews as well as provided coverage of local crimes and community issues. Show less

Covered national and local economies, tourism and publicly traded hotel and retail companies including Marriott, Choice Hotels, Giant Food and the Haft family’s Dart Group. Followed federal legislation, local economic development projects and international trade issues.

Davenport Fellowship In Business And Economic Reporting, Journalism

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), English Language And Literature, General

Activities and Societies: Contributor to the Miami Student newspaper; member of PRSSA.

Digital Communication And Media/Multimedia

Pursued coursework to expand my skill set in digital content development.

Accounting And Finance

Pursued coursework to expand my skills in financial news reporting.