WORK EXPERIENCEStrategic Communications Manager• Develop marketing themes and messages for an array of initiatives to further business development objectives. • Design and manage exhibits at major industry tradeshows and other conferences and educational events for engagement, outreach, and marketing objectives. Ensure standard Laboratory branding and themes are incorporated into messaging.• Manage external website content for the sector. Write, organize, and get approvals on content describing missions and instruments under development and in production. • Event and marketing lead for New Horizons Pluto Flyby activities in July 2015 and 2018/9. Design themes and messaging, secure funding, and coordinate organizational details of multiple teams. • Education/Communications lead for NASA’s DART mission, a planetary defense mission in development at JHUAPL; and team member for the Radioisotope Power Systems, a multicenter, interagency, E/C team. Both projects have significant risk communication elements and a variety of governmental and international stakeholders.• Target communications for the National Security Space business area for defense and intelligence sponsor base.• Build social media outreach through various channels; compose and monitor content.• Track legislative activities relevant to activities; arrange and execute congressional engagement.• Position continues most responsibilities listed below as communications manager for the civil space mission area.

• Manage a range of communications and outreach efforts, including public events, webcasts, web sites, print materials, educational activities, and multimedia products to enhance the visibility of the NASA focused efforts.• Coordinate media activities for public events, develop media releases, target articles for placement, and assess and maximize upcoming opportunities.• Propose and conduct activities under grant award to the government, including conferences, events, and associated outreach. Lead teams to establish goals, design activities; oversee budget, staffing, schedule and publications for each effort.• Lead trade show activities. • Produce engaging, award winning multimedia products.• Content manager of multiple internal and external websites.

• Managed the workload and editorial process of all major company proposals. Partnered on NASA science mission proposals requiring inputs from all sources. Ensured complete, timely submittal of each proposal.• Worked with business area managers to develop presentations and fact sheets appropriate for their customers; developed and wrote content for marketing collateral and company web site.• Wrote responses to RFI’s and market surveys.