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Minneapolis

Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

Leader of Padilla's expanded coaching practice that provides clients with the latest best practices, tools and techniques for strengthening their communications skills and improving their effectiveness as the face and voice of their brand.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

As Senior Director of Padilla's Corporate Advisory Group, I excel in creating and executing results-driven integrated communications strategies: from record-breaking national and local media coverage, to high-visibility product and campaign launches to high-impact customer-engagement tactics. For clients facing heightened media interest or reputation.

Chicago, Illinois

Responsible for creating and managing print, web and visual communications around company's premier, web-based health management products.

Tunheim

Leads account teams in strategic communications and crisis communications strategies, media relations and media training. Adept at placing client news in prominent print and broadcast media including TIME magazine, the Washington Post, NPR and ABC, NBC and CBS network affiliates nationwide. Counsel and expertise resulted in record-breaking media coverage.

Target Corporate Headquarters

Worked on-site with corporate leadership to revise executive media training curriculum; developed and implemented media training strategies for store managers nationwide; provided corporate media relations counsel and support.

Reported and produced in-depth, long-format videos on issues of national concern: alleged rights violations in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina; the need for medical liability reform; state “right-to-carry“gun laws. Required extensive research and writing. Live reports on satellite radio. Frequent national and international travel.

Extensive live and breaking news reporting. Excel in generating story ideas. Specialize in health/medical issues. Anchored and co-produced weekend morning show for entire two-year run. Regularly fill-in anchor during vacations and holidays.

Investigated, produced and reported national medical stories and interviewed experts live during daily national news program.

Anchored and co-produced weekday morning news; extensive general assignment reporting, live shots, and breaking news coverage.

Anchored and co-produced weekly national health policy program out of Washington, D.C. Extensive investigative reporting and on-set interviews with national policy experts. Also wrote and produced educational medical programs for the American Medical Association. Also the company's senior producer/writer of videos for corporate, govenrment and.

Chicago, Illinois

Researched, scheduled and field-produced news segments for CNN's Chicago Bureau.

Rochester, Minnesota

Hired as news photographer, immediately promoted to newscast producer, then reporter, then anchor.