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Chicago, Il, Us

Greater Chicago Area

Began a public relations consulting firm to provide communications counsel and support for prospective organizations. Current work includes stakeholder engagement management strategy development in higher education and internal communications support for an engineering firm.

Merrillville, Indiana, United States

Strategic, results-driven communications leader for one of the largest fully regulated utility companies in the United States, serving nearly 4 million natural gas customers and electric customers across six states through its local Columbia Gas and NIPSCO brands.• Led and mentored a 17-member team including six direct reports overseeing strategic communications for the organization to provide consistent messaging across all internal and external channels.- Achieved top rankings in J.D. Power perception surveys and sustained industry-best corporate reputation scores in RepTrak from the design and execution of external communications and strategies aligned with company aspirations. - Responsible for managing $10 million budget and multiple outside agency partners to maximize a positive profile.- Led internal change communications strategies to drive positive employee experience, an informed workforce and an enhanced safety culture which led to becoming one of only two companies globally to achieve LRQA’s industry safety certification. - Developed and implemented an integrated communications campaign that focused on the energy transition, which included an Emmy Award-winning advertising campaign.- Established and maintained strong relationships with key top tier reporters/media in the energy space.- Drove advocacy efforts working closely with public and governmental affairs teams.- Drove message development and provided media training and coaching to executive leadership for speaking and other pertinent opportunities.- Led the design of crisis management and reputation plans for the organization including state-specific contingency plans.- Mentored and supported team on ongoing benchmarking, media monitoring to remain informed of the industry and sustainability landscape to evolve PR strategies based on data and insights.

Merrillville, Indiana, United States

Served as the primary spokesperson and brand PR director for Indiana’s largest combination energy provider, under NiSource Inc.- Provided communications counsel for executive leadership, including message creation and development to ensure clear and consistent message delivery across the organization. - Led crisis management efforts for all company issues ranging from significant natural disasters and outages to environmental and reputational issues. - Generated proactive media results around company announcements, customer programs and other positive news to maintain goal of 70% neutral to positive tonality for overall coverage.- Accountable for company’s social media and digital content management strategy across multiple platforms.- Delivered improved customer perception, resulting in JD Power’s Most Improved Utilities nationally.- Drove marketing and public relations strategies consistent with company priorities, resulting in a growth in energy efficiency program participation, increase in safe digging calls, exceedance in enrollment goals for customer outage notifications and more- Managed $3+ million advertising budget and external agencies to improve brand image and reputation.

Merrillville, Indiana, United States

Merrillville, Indiana, United States

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Secured national and local media results, supported product launches and trade shows, and delivered other strategic communications for clients including Unilever, Electrolux, Frigidaire, Kraft, Campbell’s Soup, Masterfoods USA Confections, Bank of America, Allstate, United States Mint and Alzheimer’s Association.

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Led consumer public relations activities to enhance the brand image for clients including McDonald's, Ronald McDonald House Charities and Accenture Chicago Triathlon.

Sparta, Ky

Bloomington, Indiana Area

Cincinnati, Ohio Area