Gretchen Andersen Email & Phone Number

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Washington D.C. Metro Area

- Cultivated relationships with media contacts and aggressively pitched stories to secure desired TV, radio, print, and online coverage.- Ran point on Presidential and VP visits to Nevada and worked with White House officials to execute events.- Helped manage open press events and speaking engagements with Las Vegas, Reno, and national media.- Prepped and staffed Senator for interviews, campaign rallies, and speeches across Nevada.- Generated ideas and draft targeted emails to key audiences and e-newsletters to 900,000 subscribers.- Wrote and produced constituent mailer to nearly 200,000 households in Nevada.- Drafted 10 op-eds placed in senior monthly publications, the Reno Gazette Journal, Nevada Appeal, and Las Vegas Review Journal.- Wrote press releases, statements, scripts, and talking points.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

- Served as the official, on-the-record spokesperson for two senior Republican members of Congress.- Placed and wrote 12 op-eds in Tampa Bay area newspapers, including the Bradenton Herald, Sarasota Herald Tribune and Tampa Bay Times.- Wrote press releases, talking points, and speeches.- Drafted targeted e-newsletters to constituents.- Pitched and booked top-tier media for MOCs on a variety of subjects including mental health, tax reform, and veterans.

New York, New York

-- Pitch CEO and IAVA leadership for interviews on networks including NBC, CBS, FOX, CNN, MSNBC and BBC-- Generated over 5,400,000,000 media impressions in 2014, a 70% increase from 2013 and over $8,700,000 in ad value, a 61% increase from 2013-- Implement successful media campaigns with maximum exposure where IAVA serves as an expert; IAVA’s VA reform campaign resulted in more than 1.9 billion individual impressions -- Coordinate urgent interview requests with TV producers as well as defense, national security, congressional and White House reporters-- Develop relationships with veterans’ affairs and political reporters-- Co-manage press conferences with communications team -- Execute exclusives ahead of launching IAVA campaigns (BuzzFeed, CBS This Morning, Variety and more) -- Place op-eds in Variety Magazine, USA Today, Defense One, The Hill and more-- Organize spokesperson lists of vets who are comfortable sharing their stories-- Write daily press releases, advisories, talking points and media briefs and serve as an official spokesperson

Greater New York City Area

Greater New York City Area

Greater Pittsburgh Area

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Fort Washington, Pennsylvania