Gabriela Dow Email & Phone Number

San Diego, California, United States

Gabriela helps to lead the dedicated, award-winning Public Affairs and Community Relations team at Ardurra, consisting of former journalists and public agency staffers (like herself) along with creative and technology experts who create unified messaging and branding to deliver consistent information to stakeholders and the world at large. She helps to increase awareness, deflect misperceptions and protect public and private sector projects from schedule slip, cost creep and other unnecessary delays. Her focus is on infrastructure innovation, water/wastewater, transportation, sustainability and serving diverse, multi-lingual communities. With an incomparable team at Ardurra, Gabriela engages emerging startups and difficult to reach audiences, earns accolades and contributes to industry improvements via services that include: Strategic Planning, Media Training, Branding, Website/App Development, Video Production, Social Media Campaigns, Public Meetings, Bilingual Facilitation, Familiarization Tours, Groundbreakings, Ribbon Cuttings, Dedications, Collateral Materials, Special Events, Media Tours and Crisis Communications.

Greater San Diego Area

Partnering with principals of StartupCircle and Interwest Capital, Plug and Play San Diego has a goal of accelerating entrepreneurial companies in the San Diego area, increasing their access to the dynamic resources of Silicon Valley and San Diego, and increasing the chances of commercial success. Since 2006, Plug and Play has raised over $1.8 Billion for more than 200 startups worldwide and San Diego is the first US satellite location.Gabriela is one of three founding partners for Plug and Play San Diego and manages communications and strategic initiatives. http://sandiego.plugandplaytechcenter.com/

Greater San Diego Area

Deliver quality, innovative consulting solutions for clients that range from Fortune 500 global corporations, to national firms, tech startups and government agencies. http://www.moradowconsulting.com

Greater San Diego Area

Launched a new Community Relations / Public Affairs division with a talented team of highly experienced professionals that bring over 100 years of combined experience. Recognizing the critical role of community, government and media relations in high-profile engineering, construction and environmental programs, NV5 offers value solutions for public and private infrastructure, real estate and the environment; serving federal, state, municipal and local governments as well as private property owners and quasi-public agencies for the fields of education, healthcare, energy and utilities.Gabriela’s work is focused on strategic planning and implementation of comprehensive public outreach programs and public participation plans to provide a decision-making role to stakeholders, leading to better projects. Additional services include construction relations, environmental outreach, government and media relations – all with a unique focus on incorporating technology and digital engagement for innovative outreach programs that integrate mobile tools and social networking platforms.

Greater San Diego Area

StartupCircle is a leading resource for entrepreneurs, incubators and public/private agencies. Through proven Accelerator Programs, we focus our advisory efforts and strategic partnerships to achieve measurable growth.Our recent partnership with Plug and Play Technology Center in Silicon Valley let to the formation of Plug and Play San Diego -- the first US satellite program, which let to eight San Diego startups funded as a result of our first pitch event for PNPSD StartupCamp in Sunnyvale. See http://sandiego.plugandplaytechcenter.com/ for more details.

San Diego, Ca

GovPartner is a leading provider of e-Government software and services for public agencies throughout the U.S. and abroad. For over a decade, the firm focused 100% on serving the government market as the only e-Government firm to offer mature systems that address the core needs of Community Development, Service Request & Work Order Management, as well as Parks & Recreation.Gabriela was the first employee at GovPartner and helped to build a client list of over 100 agencies that includes the City of Houston, Abu Dhabi UAE and likely a city or county near you!

Friends With Class is an online catalog of classes and events in San Diego offering quality experiences, unique learning opportunities and giving back to the community. The company was profitable within the first 90 days and operated a roster of over 40 instructors and 200 classes and activities with partnerships ranging from the Children's Museum, to Napa Valley Grille, Ameriprise and the W Hotel.

San Diego, Ca

Gabriela served on the Board of Directors for San Diego County Habitat for Humanity from 1999 to 2007, and was elected to serve as the organization’s Board Vice President and President.

La Jolla, Ca

Gabriela specialized in developing and implementing public outreach programs for major environmental and public works projects through La Jolla-based Katz & Associates. Her focus was on the El Paso Water Utilities, New Mexico / Texas Water Commission, Calfed, CSLB and City of San Diego Water Repurification. Gabriela also worked as a Facilitator, with training in facilitation and mediation from Prudential Community Interaction Consulting. She served as the facilitator for Monsanto/Kelco’s Community Advisory Panel (CAP) from 1998 to 2000.

District Of Columbia, United States

As an appointed Intergovernmental Affairs Officer for Governor Pedro Rossello's federal affairs agency in Washington DC, Gabriela collaborated with officials from the government of Puerto Rico and at all levels of US Government. She prepared briefings for Congress, The White House, federal departments, the National Governors' Association and community groups – which led to securing more than $300 million in health care funding.

White House Office of Public Liaison was focused on assisting Hispanid Liaison and Business Liaison offices, coordinating national conference calls and outreach campaigns. Gabriela completed White House advance training in 1996 to provide press advance for the presidential campaign and subsequent inaugural ceremonies in Washington.

General news assistance and field work at KCBS-TV.

A seasoned media relations practitioner, Gabriela worked for CNN's Los Angeles and Washington DC bureaus. Her focus was assisting field producers and "Capital Gang Show" in DC and "Larry King Show" and assignment desk in LA.

Bachelor Of Arts, Communications

Ucla Study Abroad, Journalism And Communications

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