Katherine Weller Email & Phone Number

Washington DC-Baltimore Area

Herren Navy OE Portfolio (Dec. 2021 - Present):Serves as the program manager for a diverse operational energy (OE) portfolio executed across five Navy clients. Responsible for the planning, allocation, and execution of resources (funding and staffing) to ensure quality support and deliverables are executed according to contract. Also leads the annual.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Provided program management and strategic communications support to the Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) 05T2 Technology Maturation & Transition Office.

Provided full-time on-site strategic communications (StratComm) support and coordination as the StratComm lead for the U.S. Marine Corps Expeditionary Energy Office (USMC E2O).

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Provided full-time on-site public affairs support to the Navy's Energy and Environmental Readiness Division (OPNAV N45). Responsibilities included social media management, environmental awards coordination, ceremony planning, and energy and environmental outreach support.

Greater Boston Area

• Worked directly with five account teams as an integral part of media relations program with a focus on clients in the pharmaceuticals and supply chain management industries
• Created daily news monitors to track client coverage, drafted briefing documents for media and analyst outreach initiatives, researched and maintained relevant media contact lists and speaking and awards databases.
• Participated in weekly client calls, updated weekly action documents, assisted in setting up monthly reports
• Developed social media programs—built Twitter databases, assisted in the creation and maintenance of the SHIFT Facebook Page: created and contributed content (videos, notes, and relevant links)
• Participated in creative process to brainstorm ideas/opportunities for clients in consumer product industries

Radford, VA

• Developed and executed promotion and marketing of Main Street Radford, a non-profit organization dedicated to the revitalization of downtown Radford
• Designed and produced outreach and promotional materials, including posters, flyers, postcards, gift cards, and newsletters
• Assisted in corporate sponsorship and fundraising for events that unified and promoted the businesses of downtown Radford and raised money to ensure the continued efforts of MSR, Inc.
• Completed administrative and clerical work

Naples Area, Italy

• Worked on the PC workstation internal components, rebuilt non-working PCs using spare parts, and helped organize storage, IT equipment, and supplies
• Set-up workstations, changed monitors, created several PowerPoint briefs for CIO, and completed other administrative and clerical work

M.A., Communication, Public Relations And Advertising

B.S., Media Studies, Advertising

Activities and Societies: Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society, National Society of Collegiate Scholars, Advertising club, Mentor for Appalachian.

Education record

Spring 2007 Study Abroad Program: Limerick, Ireland