Strategic Business Development And Communications
CurrentJoanna Caplan is a strategic communications advisor and business development consultant who brings many years of deep and cross-functional client expertise to the table. Using her natural ability to connect with people, her keen interest in who they are, she effectively engages her clients, business prospects and reporters by drawing deeply on her skills as a relationship builder and communications and operations expert--- a behind-the-scenes person who affects change at all levels of business, government and politics. As a communication’ advisor, she serves as an advocate, mediator and conduit, demystifying roadblocks and offering creative solutions. Joanna has a wide range of contacts covering corporate, political and government relationships which she uses to great effect in her professional life. She has an uncanny ability to size up where a company is, where it is heading and to execute a plan to achieve the desired results. She is a strong, assertive advocate for whatever the corporate mission--whether it's advocating for a person, product, or company. Joanna's most recent success was taking a boutique communications training firm and growing the organization's gross earnings over time from $150K annually to $4.4 million annually. From cold-calling to building 1:1 and ultimately long-lasting relationships with executives at Fortune 100 companies, Joanna proved over and over again that interpersonal relationships, whether over the phone or in person, are the key to growing a small company into a top tier one. Among her clients at Sheehan Associates were: American Express, Facebook, Google, JP Morgan Chase, Visa North America,, Baltimore Aquarium, The Honest Company, Symantec, Thermo Fisher, l, Citigroup, Bank of New York, PNC Bank, and the top financial PR firms in New York, Chicago and San Francisco including Joele Frank Willkinson Brimmer Katcher, and Sard Verbinnen. Contact Joanna to learn more about her services.
