Kyle Henley Email & Phone Number

Fort Collins, Co, Us

Fort Collins, Co, Us

Los Angeles, Ca, Us

• Chief communications officer for one of the nation’s leading private research universities, with 47,000 students, 22 schools and colleges, a multi-hospital health system, more than $1 billion in research expenditures, and nearly 450,000 living alumni. • As a member of USC’s Senior Leadership Team and reporting directly to the president, served as the primary counselor to university leadership on communications strategy, crisis communications, issues management and reputation management.• Led the central communications team responsible for all internal and external communications, media relations, branding, web, video and photo, social media, publications, graphic design and campus filming.• Oversaw the presidential events team that produced 200+ events per year, including community engagement activities, donor and stakeholder events, tailgates and game-day activities, and major academic events such as convocation and commencement.

Eugene, Or, Us

• Chief communications officer for one of the nation’s leading public research universities, overseeing a 70-member team that includes all internal and external communications, media relations, web, video and photo, social media, publications, alumni and development communications, graphic design, branding and licensing, and KWAX, the university’s classical music radio station.• As a member of the UO’s Senior Leadership Team and reporting directly to the president, serve as a strategic counselor to university leadership on communications strategy, crisis communications, issues management and reputation management.• Lead University of Oregon to a modern communications model that leverages the institution’s brand authority to promote academic and research activities to external audiences.• Conceive and implement communications integration initiative that has improved coordination and collaboration across campus, enhanced messaging and visual consistency, and reduced reputation risk caused by decentralized communications structure.

Fort Collins, Co, Us

• Oversee public relations, community engagement and Denver communications for Colorado State University. In that role, work to lead CSU's PR team to a contemporary communications model that leverages brand authority of 30,000-student, land-grant university to reach key audiences across both internal and external communications channels.• Position CSU as a digital content leader through the launch, execution and strategic oversight of new communications platform – source.colostate.edu – that modernized and streamlined CSU’s storytelling capabilities and integrated social media tools into digital media platform.• Develop, oversee implementation of integrated communications and marketing programs for the university and individual colleges focused on achieving strategic engagement goals in the key Denver market, including sponsorships, business partnerships, advertising, public relations, events and other forms of nontraditional public relations.• Manage and oversee all public relations, branding, advertising, crisis communications for CSU System, including the Chancellor and Board of Governors. The System includes CSU in Fort Collins, CSU-Pueblo and the 100 percent online CSU-Global Campus.• Work with senior leaders – including Chancellor, President, vice presidents, deans and other campus leaders – to conceive and execute strategic communications to support vital university and system initiatives.

Fort Collins, Co, Us

• Serve as a senior member of the CSU communications staff, working to project all aspects of the university’s brand through integrated communications strategies in Denver, throughout the state of Colorado and across the nation.• Serve as the communications lead for CSU’s Denver Initiative, a strategic, cross-functional team working to improve the university footprint and market position in Denver.• Serve as liaison between CSU and the Denver region’s chambers of commerce and other business entities.• Manage and oversee all communications for the CSU System, including the Chancellor and Board of Governors. The System includes CSU in Fort Collins, CSU-Pueblo and the 100 percent online CSU-Global Campus.• Serve as a member of the CSU System's legislative strategy team.• From October 2011 until February 2012, serve as interim spokesman for the university, including management oversight of the PR staff in Fort Collins.• Manage and oversee staff of Ram Tracks, CSU’s VIP tour service.

Greenwood Village, Co, Us

• Maintain strong brand image for external and internal audiences through effective and strategic management of media relations, shareholder communications and internal communications.• Work with CoBank’s executive leadership team to develop strategy and execute critical corporate communications, including press releases, earnings statements, webcasts, articles, white papers, letters, memos and more for internal and external audiences.• Effectively manage and direct $60 billion bank’s nationwide media messaging during the worst economic downturn and banking crisis since the Great Depression.• Increased national media coverage 500 percent between 1Q08 and 4Q08, with more than 96 percent of coverage having positive or neutral tonality.• Manage, oversee and implement the company’s digital media strategy, including websites, corporate intranet, social media, video and photographic assets and more.• Manager, oversee and implement all aspects of the bank’s external publications, including annual report and monthly shareholder newsletters.• Write and distribute detailed, high-level executive talking points for use with members of Congress, the media, analysts, customers and general public.• Worked as an integral member of communications team to successfully launch new CoBank corporate identity and brand standards.• Manage staff and vendors that support media relations, corporate communications, internal communications, marketing and graphic design.• Successfully implement and manage an electronic, email delivery system for customer communications• Play leadership role in coordinating the bank’s $1.2 million-a-year corporate giving program, including planning and execution of sponsorships and events

Denver, Co, Us

• Coordinate external media relations for retail, community development, banking, food service and construction clients on a local and national level.• Serve as strategic consultant on media relations and political issues.• Conduct media training seminars for C-level executives.• Assist with crisis communications and write crisis communications plans.• Media placements include CNN, CNBC, Fox News, Today Show, MSNBC, Primero Impacto, ABC World News, Yahoo, AOL, Associated Press, San Francisco Chronicle, Denver Post and Rocky Mountain News.• Analyzing ROI, publicity value and quality of media overage.• Build and implement long-term PR plans based on assessment of business goals and objectives.• Execute brand strategy with coordinated PR and marketing tactics.• Wrote award nominations for Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year, Inc. 500 and DBJ Women in Business.• Winner 2007 PRSA Silver Pick Award and 2007 ICSC MAXI.

Colorado Springs, Co, Us

Covered state politics and government.

Covered city hall and higher education.

Covered city hall and politics.

Salem, Or, Us

Covered state government.

Executive Education Progam, Crisis Leadership In Higher Education

Ba, Journalism And Mass Communications

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