Myra Dean Email & Phone Number

Midland, Michigan, Us

Midland, Michigan, Us

Lead business public affairs and marketing communications for Performance Products and Systems division.

Midland, Michigan, Us

Dow Polyurethanes and Dow Systems & North American Business Public Affairs Account Team Leader. In her business role, responsible for providing communication leadership and council to the 5.3 billion dollar Dow Polyurethanes business leadership team. Provides direct support to the president of Dow Polyurethanes and general manager of Dow Systems global businesses. Also act as Branding Leader for these businesses, engaged in product positioning naming, and launches. Work closely with the Global Marketing Director to develop and implement communication strategies and plans. As North American business public affairs account team leader, managed the North American regional Business Communications Account teams, which implemented business communication projects and tactics in the region on behalf of Dow businesses that do not have dedicated communication resources. Managed 8 direct reports, 2 located in Europe.

Midland, Michigan, Us

Midland, Michigan, Us

United States Government Affairs Communications – Responsible for communication support for vice president of Federal and State Government Affairs and Dow’s U.S. Government Affairs team in Washington, D.C. Major responsibilities included communication support and planning for grassroots communications and Dow's Political Action Committee for Employees (PACE). Also responsible for writing and distributing monthly internal government affairs e-Newsletter the Washington Update.Accomplishments – Executed several grassroots call-to-action alerts (energy and asbestos) with best-in-class employee participation levels; Developed and launched the Dow Action Network (DAN), an internet site targeted at Dow employees and retirees in the U.S. to encourage their participation in the political process as well as a medium to share Dow’s position on key issues. Since its launch, DAN has delivered BEST IN CLASS results for Dow’s grassroots efforts; Developed and launched Dow Today, a new e-tool targeted at key Washington D.C. stakeholders with the objective of increasing awareness of Dow as well as to support our corporate reputation program.

Midland, Michigan, Us

Responsible for overall leadership, management and coaching of the Employee Communications group within corporate Public Affairs. Developed and executed corporate-wide internal communication strategies and plans, including change management and crisis communications. Developed work processes, guidelines and gathered best practices for internal communication vehicles and activities. Led the team responsible for managing Dow’s global internal communication vehicles -- Around Dow, Newsline, Leadership Digest, Dow Site TV and the intranet. Provided council and support in the development and communication of corporate messages and programs to employee population. Served as the subject matter expert on internal communication to the PA function. Also, from September 2002 to June 2004 provided communication support to the Human Resources function, which included communication strategy, plan and execution. Responsible for providing communication leadership and council to corporate vice president and was a member of HR Leadership Team. Managed production of quarterly HR broadcasts and maintained HR intranet sites

Midland, Michigan, Us

Provided communications counsel and support to business director, Custom & Fine Chemicals and the GBU Leadership Team. Also responsible for marketing communications strategy, plans and execution for Dow Pharma, Haltermann Custom Processing and Contract Manufacturing Services. General responsibilities included product positioning, trade press media relations, product advertising, direct mail, literature production, customer communications, distributor communications, trade shows, customer events, dow.com web content, promotion of businesses’ websites and traffic measurement/analysis, e-marketing programs such as e-mail marketing and search engine marketing, etc. Developed communications plan and executed tactics for the acquisition of Ascot, Plc.

Baton Rouge, La, Us

Responsible for management of a statewide association of insurance professionals with over 750 members, a budget of more than 1 million dollars. Lobbied on behalf of the interest of members and served as spokesperson. Worked with supporters and opponents of legislative initiatives to achieve objectives set by the board of directors. Administered political action committee (PAC) funds. Improved governmental affairs activities by increasing member-to-legislator contacts, PAC activities, and legislative and regulatory initiatives. Acted as liaison to affiliated organizations. Ensured association compliance with state laws and regulations. Provided consultation and guidance to the twenty-member board of directors and full-time staff of seven. Accountable to the board of directors for managing the annual budget and strategic plan. Responsible for the marketing of member services and new product/service development. Negotiated and implemented contracts. Responsible for new product and service development and offering. Led board in development and implementation of long-term business plan.