• Spearhead strategic communications and crisis management for the second-largest prosecutor’s office in the U.S., enhancing public understanding through effective media relations and public engagement initiatives.• Lead all aspects of media relations, strategic communications, and internal communications for over 1,200 staff across more than a dozen offices, ensuring cohesive and clear messaging aligned with the office’s mission and values.• Utilize GovDelivery to manage complex communication flows, ensuring targeted and timely messaging to diverse stakeholders and community groups.• Develop and execute high-impact crisis communication strategies that maintain the integrity and public trust of the office during high-stakes incidents and public scrutiny.• Enhance community relations and transparency through strategic outreach initiatives, media engagements, and public education efforts, significantly improving public perception and support for prosecutorial initiatives.

• Led the strategic rebranding of the department as a standalone entity, utilizing omnichannel marketing strategies, including Salesforce, to maximize reach and impact.• Managed the application and distribution processes for COVID-19 emergency rental assistance, efficiently processing over 26,000 applications and distributing more than $100 million in grants using marketing automation tools.• Oversaw a comprehensive database of over 100,000 residents, enhancing targeted communication efforts which significantly improved the outreach and efficiency of housing programs.• Directed community engagement initiatives, deploying multilingual marketing materials and radio ads in Spanish, ensuring program accessibility and enhancing engagement across Chicago’s diverse communities.• Developed and executed comprehensive marketing campaigns that included materials translated into six languages, broadening the impact and accessibility of crucial housing information and support services.

• Led crisis communication strategies during the COVID-19 pandemic, focusing on equitable support for minority and disadvantaged communities through precise, data-driven outreach using Salesforce.• Spearheaded communication efforts for the Racial Equity Rapid Response Team, implementing effective omnichannel marketing strategies that included a heavy digital presence and personalized audience segmentation.• Managed targeted messaging through omnichannel marketing strategies, enhancing public education and outreach during the pandemic, including content translated into multiple languages to ensure accessibility for all community sectors.• Organized and directed educational initiatives for the Racial Equity Rapid Response Team, utilizing multilingual materials and diverse communication platforms to address the impact of COVID-19 on black and brown communities disproportionately affected by the virus.

Euyeveia Media & Events (pronounced you-YEH-vee-a, the Ancient Greek spelling of Eugenia), provides exceptional content design and writing services for marketing, social media, business and academic needs. Euyeveia also offers full-service event planning focusing on corporate events and meetings, as well as outdoor festivals. For any successful meeting or event to occur, organizations need to have their mission, values, goals, & direction firmly established. Euyeveia expertly provides writing and marketing/social media communication creation to help organizations discover or maybe just uncover their purpose and articulate that message to clients but also as a means to focus the business and the powers that be. From strategic planning to website content to social media platforms to marketing and promotional material, Euyeveia crafts messaging that effectively expresses the who and the why behind the what of businesses. For corporate meetings, conferences and other events the Euyeveia team provides a highly organized and action packed schedule that anticipates the needs of the attendees while considering each aspect of the event to create an entire experience for the workers, volunteers, speakers, and guests.

Promoted to Chief to Staff after nine months of employment due to strategic leadership execution of large scale events resulting in the largest crowds to date of key signature events and organization which lead to maximization of sponsorship dollars. o Implemented the technological advancement of the communications plan of WVON via Google Platform and implementation of new website for both station. o Responsible for backend updates of wvon.com and wrll.com.o Strategic leadership execution of all station events, including planning and execution of the largest local neighborhood festival hosted which resulted in an estimated crowd of 20,000, demonstrating 30% attendance increase over previous year.o Plans & directs administration and operational activities including strategy formation, oversight, &guidance for all projects; including: event planning, coordination and logistics manager for program funding; staff over site & management; staff training; communications and marketing coordinator; media and press release creation & distribution; digital content manager; social media content creator & supervisor; volunteer coordinator; internship program supervisor; voice overs/commercials.

Planning of events and meetings, including 700-attendee Senior Breakfast and 500-attendee multi-panel discussion forum. Managed portions of social media resources. Daily digital content management of Word Press based website. Coordination and management of 100-person volunteer club and coordinator of internship program. Maintenance of communication outlets, coordinate station communication outlet, such as distribution of press releases and other promotional materials.

Home Staging expert. I conduct monthly seminars on Staging/Designing 2 Sell and Home Organization. October I will add seminars on Do It YourSelf Design, Designing on A Budget and Seasonal Design. In addition to design, I focus on 1st Time Homebuyers and Real Estate Developers.

Editorial Contributor with articles focused in Interior Design, including research, personal experience and interviews with other industry professionals. Position features include:Profiled on cover issue May 2008: Designing Women: Interior Designers Turn Your Home into a HavenIndustry Interviews: Top Interior Design Celebrities: Ty Pennington, ABC’s Extreme Makeover Home Edition, May 2008; Ryan Brown, Bravo’s Flipping Out, September 2009Event Reporting: Beverly Home Tour, 2008, N’Digo Annual Gala 2008; Up and coming neighborhoods within Chicago. Article topics include; Efficient appliances; bathroom makeovers; de-cluttering; green living; dorm décor; wedding décor and appliance upgrades.Chicago Now’s The Haven Maven, Real Estate, Interior Design & All Things Chic.

Specialized in commercial space planning and fixed seating facility planning. Active in planning and bidding stages of project acquisition.

Redeveloped design, construction and documentation standards for nursing homes and assisted living facilities. Mentor, direct, & train junior designers and purchasing agents.