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Gainesville, Florida, United States

• Responsible for enhancing UF Health’s reputation and executing comprehensive, innovative communications programs developed to inform key stakeholders of advances in health science research, education program, patient care and community service.• Identify and implement leading edge, multimedia communications apporaches to tell the UF Health story in creative and compelling ways.• Oversee and serve as executive editor of a wide variety of print and electronic materials and complex projects.• Oversee public relations aspects of issues and crisis management planning, implementation and evaluation. Identify potential issues that could affect the academic health center, its clinical enterprise and its reputation.• Supervise a team of professional communicators.

Mobile, Alabama

• Provide strategic direction to the overall marketing and communications effort for the academic medical center and its components, which include University Hospital, Children’s & Women’s Hospital, the Mitchell Cancer Institute, the College of Medicine, the USA Health Physicians group and the Health Care Authority. This includes development and refinement of internal communications, brand standards, media relations, publications, social media, publications, special events and more.• Serve as a member of the senior leadership team for the health system• Collaborate with varying internal and external partners in the development of strategic communications to meet the communication need• Serve as liaison to university marketing and communications office• Provide executive communications support for key administrators

• Provide professional counsel about media relations, advertising, publications, the internet and other communications & marketing tools• Oversee media relations on behalf of assigned units• Work closely with affiliated hospitals, university units and other staff to coordinate the completion of projects• Provide executive communications support for key administrators• Coordinate and integrate university-wide messaging into HSC communication efforts, especially as it relates to university mandate and comprehensive campaign• Coordinate with government relations representatives on appropriate issues.• Supervise staff of 7 FTE

Birmingham, Al

• Develop and execute strategic, integrated communications for the university’s campus and health system and serve as official spokesperson for the university• Manage multimedia programs targeting external audiences, particularly potential students, alumni, local health care consumers, community and legislative supporters plus state and national media• Direct responsibility for staff of 23, comprising award-winning media relations, broadcast news programs, electronic media, and publications• Serve as official liaison to external institutions and agencies• Advise and counsel senior administrators, faculty and staff on media-related issues, particularly crisis communications• Develop, implement and administer departmental goals, objectives and budget

Birmingham, Al

• Direct and supervise a four-person comprehensive media relations program for one of the nation’s premier academic research health centers• Develop an overall strategic plan for the media relations division that supports the strategic objectives of the UAB Health System and six academic schools comprising the health center• Oversee the production and implementation of strategic action plans for the identified priority service lines for the Health System• Produce communication plans for special events• Coordinate crisis and disaster communications and serve as health center spokesperson• Serve on institution policy and implementation committees

Chicago, Il

• • Develop and direct a four-person, comprehensive media relations program that serves the corporate public relations goals of the medical center• Develop the strategic media relations plan for the medical center and the seven Rush Institutes of Excellence• Serve as the chief press officer, direct crisis and disaster communication responses and serve as the medical center spokesperson• Develop and oversee the implementation of strategic media relations plans surrounding medical center special events• Serve on medical center policy and procedure committees

Maywood, Il

• Responsible for national media relations program, establishing and maintaining contacts with national publication and broadcast outlets, providing expert sources, seeking story ideas, evaluating best distribution methods and writing news releases• Assist with strategic planning of public relations program for the medical center• Serve on university-wide program development and strategic planning committees• Assist in creation of university promotional video• Coordinate and execute media relations training program for faculty and staff• Assist in the planning and execution of media plans for health center special events plus new services and programs

Iowa City, Ia

• Manager of publications division• Supervise five-person, award-winning publications production staff• Oversee production of monthly magazine, monthly in-house newsletter, bimonthly specialty publications, patient education publications, and physician and patient recruitment brochures• Write and edit for all publications emanating from the publications division• Establish and oversee systematic news release program• Develop media plans for news events affecting the hospital• Develop communications plans for new and existing programs

Gainesville, Fl

• Supervise three-person, award-winning staff• Editor and contributing writer for corporate annual report• Supervise production of bimonthly in-house newsletter• Coordinate publications for new product lines within the hospital• Coordinate special events

Gainesvile, Fl

Served as student writer for more than two years beginning in January 1984• Write news releases and serve as media contact for research and patient care successes within the University of Florida Health Science Center• Coordinate and execute functions promoting the health center and its entities• Serve as interim editor/designer for weekly newsletter within the health science center• Formulate public relations efforts for colleges of Pharmacy and Health Related Professions• Editor/Designer for quarterly alumni newsletters for the colleges of Pharmacy and Health Related Professions• Promote alumni event

Bachelor Of Sciences, Journalism

Master Of Public Administration (Mpa)