Katharine (Katie) Stenz Email & Phone Number

Madison, WI, US

University Of Wisconsin-Madison

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Madison, Wisconsin Area (promotion)

• Managed all public relations and media relations for the State Bar – a 25,000-member organization
• Led the organization’s Message Team, a group dedicated to producing successful messaging tactics, talking points and crisis communication strategies for events and products
• Managed onsite media relations for state Supreme Court debates, legislative talks and attorney events with more than 400 attendees
• Coordinated communication between reporters and subject matter experts. Managed more than 40 spokespeople, and trained incoming presidents to speak on behalf of the organization
• Developed promotional strategy for the State Bar’s public policy and public education programs
• Created and executed a social media plan for promotion of State Bar public events through Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn

Madison, Wisconsin Area

• Edited and wrote articles for Rotunda Report, a government affairs e-newsletter distributed to legislators, State Bar members and the public
• Maintained working relationships with the staff of the Wisconsin Supreme Court, state Legislature and U.S. Congress
• Organized attorney office visits to Capitol Hill for the annual American Bar Association Lobby Day
• Coordinated and managed attorney general and supreme court candidate debates
• Collaborated with members to create and edit video clips to be used as promotional pieces and teaching tools
• Planned and implemented a joint leadership orientation for more than 50 State Bar leaders

Madison, Wisconsin Area

• Wrote, designed and published press releases, action alerts, mass emails, catalogs, brochures and newsletters using Adobe software
• Created and maintained webpages using Joomla and Expression Engine
• Managed and moderated all social media outlets including Facebook, Twitter, Reddit, YouTube and online forums
• Fostered mutually beneficial relationships between FFRF and its more than 19,000 members and volunteers
• Managed national media contacts and news coverage
• Placed radio, print and TV ads in national news outlets such as The New York Times, Washington Post, CBS and MSNBC

Chippewa Falls, WI

• Taught and developed 12 middle school enrichment classes on diverse subject matter
• Taught 120 5th grade classes in six elementary schools as a tobacco prevention educator for the B-Free Puppetry program
• Facilitated three support groups for at-risk middle school students
• Led two, year-round reading intervention groups and increased students’ reading levels by three points