Nearly 25 years of strategic communications experience, primarily in healthcare, with focus on advocacy relations, clinical trial recruitment, and patient education. Current clients range from big pharma to smaller biotech companies.Strong experience in rare disease and oncology advocacy relations, including leading the advocacy team for a major biotech client and leading several national celebrity cancer awareness campaigns. Proudest accomplishments: Developing robust resources--websites, videos, infographics and more--for people living with rare diseases, making them feel heard and seen for the first time and giving hope to newly diagnosed families. Creating several new funding areas for a major biotech foundation, which now supports dozens of amazing organizations. Pitching and placing the first-ever front-page story about lung cancer, which appeared in the Boston Globe. Writing and creating lungcancer.org, which continues to be an awesome resource that my family recently turned to when my uncle was diagnosed. Successfully leading (and surviving!) a national clinical trials awareness tour with Lance Armstrong, major events, and media craziness all in one week at cancer centers across the country. Helping open the doors at Gilda's Club Kansas City and serving on the board for 9 years. Serving as a founding member of the board of the KC Healthcare Business Women's Association and helping firmly establish the chapter. Launching my own agency and growing the business so much that my sister Erin joined as partner after one year--and we're still having fun, doing amazing work, and growing!Specialties: Advocacy relations, health care communications, clinical trial education and recruitment, patient education materials, grants management, CSR initiative development, video production, celebrity spokespeople management, public service announcementsStrengths: Creative--Strategic--Connector--Learner
Listed skills include Health Communication, Cause Marketing, Video Production, Psas, and 19 others.
