Marsha Mitchell-Bray Email & Phone Number

Los Angeles Metropolitan Area

South Los Angeles

Develops brand communications, marketing, public relations, and government relations strategies to achieve measurable communications, visibility and engagement goals at the city, county, and statewide level;Manages a very high-volume production calendar of print and digital content, event collateral, appeals, and program collateral, as well as other internal and external organizational content, in close partnership with the Executive Management Team;Writes and produces high-quality, compelling content including member stories, organizational messaging, press releases, articles, newsletters, appeals, annual reports, presentations, case statements, impact language, videos, and other such deliverables as needed.Supervises Communications staff, as well as external public relations, graphic design, web design, web management, and print production contractors;Responds to media inquiries, manages media opportunities and associated deliverables, develops and disseminates press kit materials, news releases, op-eds, and FAQs; cultivates relationships with reporters, bloggers, editors.

Marsha D. Mitchell-Bray was named Director of Community Services & Family Support in 2010. Her division was comprised of the Community Services Department, Community Relations, Fair Hearing, and the Family Resource Center. The division was responsible for interfacing with all of SCLARC’s stakeholders, which included 16,000 families, 300 staff members, and compliance and oversight of more than 900 service providers who assisted in and supported the agency’s mission to provide the highest quality of services to persons diagnosed with a developmental disability under SCLARC's contract with the state.

South Central Los Angeles Regional Center (SCLARC) is one (1) of 21 private, non-profit centers contracting with the State of California, specifically with the Department of Developmental Services, to provide diagnosis, evaluation, case management, and life-long service coordination to individuals who are developmentally disabled. Currently, the agency serves over 16,000 individuals who have been diagnosed with a developmental disability.

Strategy Workshop was a small boutique PR firm specializing in city/county public works projects for organizations that include the Department of Sanitation, DWP, AQMD, and the Los Angeles International Airport.

African American weekly newspaper serving the Greater Los Angeles Area. Positions held during my 10 year tenure included:--Section Reporter--Young Ideas Editor--Entertainment Editor--City Editor

Common Ground Communications produced Common Ground, a community youth newspaper which was delivered to middle and senior high schools throughout Los Angeles, Inglewood and Compton Unified School districts. The multi-ethnic, multicultural periodical presented issues from a young, urban perspective and allowed the voices of its young audience to be heard.

B.A, English/Emphasis In Education

Activities and Societies: NOMMO News Magazine, Editor-n-Chief; Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. 1990 UCLA Riordan Scholar

Ma, Conflict Resolution, Negotiations & Peacebuilding

Activities and Societies: Pi Lambda Theta