Grace Westermann is driven by her passion for impactful storytelling and effective communication strategies. She is a senior specialist in strategic communications and visibility for WestEd's early learning, health, and human development initiatives. At WestEd, Grace collaborates with her colleagues to develop and implement communication strategies that amplify the agency's work. In this role, she helps shape programmatic messaging to align with agency goals while developing and executing strategic communications plans for local, state, and national audiences. Partnering daily with leadership and staff, she produces engaging content for blog posts, news releases, media pitches, videos, podcasts, and websites, often as part of multichannel campaigns.WestEd is a nonpartisan research, development, and service agency that works to promote excellence, achieve equity, and improve learning for children, youth, and adults.Before joining WestEd, Grace developed, designed, and managed communications campaigns and projects for her region's largest primary care group, and a national assessment consortium for the University of California, Santa Cruz—supporting state education agencies, districts, teachers, and students in 14 member states.With a diverse professional background, she brings unique experiences to every project. Skilled at distilling complex information into accessible stories, she excels in strategically planning and developing ways to engage audiences. Grace's dedication to creativity and innovation allows her to anticipate challenges and ensure her communication strategies remain effective and influential at all times.
Listed skills include Leadership, Microsoft Office, Public Relations, Social Media, and 5 others.