Laura Braden Email & Phone Number

Strategic storyteller and problem-solver for Fortune 10 companies, professional associations, political organizations, and nonprofits. • Global expertise working with major industries, including healthcare, energy, technology, infrastructure, professional sports, and cannabis• Mentored and/or managed 100+ interns, staff, and consultants with annual budgets $1M+• Worked for Democrat, Republican, and Independent campaigns/elected officials at the local, state, and national levels• Launched rebrand and modernization of a 50,000+ member association’s communications, its subsidiaries, and 20 county associations, including logo, website, messaging, internal processes, mobile app, media surrogate database, pride in profession campaign, and social media ambassador program• Developed trauma-informed internal and external communications for a national advocacy organization, including website, messaging, social media, content, media relations, podcast/video production, advocacy, and resources (e.g., policy- or industry-focused reports)• Ran and implemented communications for an NBA team’s business operations to secure the City of Sacramento’s financing/approval for a new downtown arena (Golden 1 Center and DOCO)• Supported advance, events, and media relations for NBA-sponsored trips to China and India• Spent six months in the Gulf Coast assisting BP with their oil spill response efforts, which included managing state consultants and executing stakeholder events and news conferences throughout Louisiana, Alabama, Mississippi, and Florida• Served as advance and press secretary for a delegation of experts and journalists to international United Nations' global warming conferences in Buenos Aires and Montreal• Spearheaded communications for Building America's Future, a bipartisan infrastructure coalition co-chaired by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger (R-CA), Governor Ed Rendell (D-PA) and Mayor Michael Bloomberg (I-NYC)

Listed skills include Strategic Communications, Public Relations, Political Campaigns, Public Affairs, and 35 others.