Leonard Cox Email & Phone Number

Leonard Cox is a freelance writer and is currently working on rewriting a play. As of 26 May 2023, Cox completed what he refers to as "give back year" during which he taught History at a high school located in Irving, Texas. As with all his "give back years," Cox firmly believes he gained more than he gave. Cox is an experienced communications professional. He has spent the majority of his career helping organizations initiate change through the strategic communications process and planning internal communication campaigns based on the data from qualitative research methodologies. Cox is a past senior researcher at the Center for Oral History at Columbia University. Before joining the Center, Cox served as the Assistant Vice President for Strategic Communications at Columbia. Cox served in that capacity for 15 years.Prior to Columbia, Cox worked as a Senior Vice President at Applied Research and Consulting (ARC; formerly KRC), where he managed the firm’s organizational communications and media entertainment practices.During his fourteen years working with ARC, Cox developed and managed large-scale communication campaigns. Prior to ARC, Cox was Director of Corporate Communications at the National Broadcast Company (NBC). In this capacity, Cox managed the network’s internal communication initiatives and change management efforts. In addition, he directed several public and governmental affairs campaigns and served as a producer at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. Before moving to New York in 1987, Cox served as the Assistant Press Secretary to Indiana’s Lieutenant Governor.Cox is an award-winning documentary filmmaker. His film, THE KILLER WITHIN, was nominated for an EMMY. Cox received Purdue's 2004 College of Liberal Arts Distinguished Alumni Award and the Gold Medal for creativity from the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE). For 35 years, Cox was a volunteer at the Dwelling Place, a shelter for homeless women located in Hell’s Kitchen in New York City. Cox is a past member of the Advisory Board for the Brian Lamb School of Communications at Purdue University and has served on the Board of the Columbia University Community Service initiative.Cox holds a Master's degree from Columbia University. In addition, he holds a Bachelor's degree and Master's degree from Purdue University.

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