• Supervise all front-facing and internal communication efforts of Tennessee's lead law enforcement agency• Manage a team of regionally-based communications professionals• Answer a variety of media inquiries from across the state regarding the TBI's law enforcement activities, act as a spokesperson in print and on-air interviews, write press releases, and advise senior staff on crisis management strategies• Supervise a robust, strategic, and proactive social media presence, with an eye on audience growth and engagement• Train internal staff and external partners on media affairs• Develop internal communication strategies and assets to support a variety of initiatives, including employee wellness, human resources, and employee engagement

• Answer a high volume of media inquiries from across the state regarding the TBI's law enforcement activities, act as a spokesperson in print and on-air interviews, write press releases, and advise senior staff on crisis management strategies• Supervise agency social media efforts, including audience growth and content strategies• Launched public affairs video suite to enhance ongoing outreach efforts• Developed, market, and maintain ITHasToStop.com, a statewide, multi-platform campaign to raise awareness of human trafficking• Train internal staff and external partners on media affairs• Spearheaded a comprehensive overhaul of the agency's website, including a migration to a web-based CMS, with particular emphasis on a brand-consistent voice and tone• Negotiated vendor agreements on outsourced video and website production projects with an eye toward cost savings and timeline• Selected for leadership training opportunities, including TBI Director's Academy and LEAD Tennessee

• Enterprised, elemented, wrote and fronted multiple stories daily for all platforms of NBC affiliate• Collaborated with newsroom management to refine presentation of stories to capitalize on audience research objectives• Consistently led in contributions to station social media efforts• Filled-in as news and weather anchor as assigned• Received Emmy awards for coverage of historic 2010 flooding in Middle Tennessee and the murder of former Tennessee Titan Steve McNair

• Co-anchored and supervised production of top-rated weekend morning newscasts• Enterprised, elemented, wrote and edited multiple stories daily for all platforms of ABC-owned affiliate• Filled-in as news and weather anchor as assigned• Consistently chosen from reporter ranks to pilot new news-gathering technologies• Named Michigan Association of Broadcasters 'Reporter of the Year'

• Solo-produced and anchored top-rated weekend evening newscasts for NBC affiliate, with an eye toward audience growth and innovative presentation• Enterprised, wrote and edited multiple stories daily• Filled-in as news, weather, and sports anchor as assigned