Led business development, managed client relationships, and executed projects to provide strategic communications:• Senior Communications Specialist for Federal government client. - Developed Digital Content Strategy for global publication and conversation site for views and ideas from military organizations, international and non-governmental organizations, think tanks, private industry, and academia. - Awarded second contract to develop Strategic Communications Plan to attract subscribers and increase content submissions.

Teaching World Geography and Ancient Civilizations. Previous experience teaching English as a Second Language, World History, U.S. History, and AP Psychology.

Teaching online and on-campus graduate courses, including Strategic Communications Management, Communications Networks and Managing Information, Organizational Communications Assessment, and Workforce Analytics.

Teaching the online version of foundational strategic communications planning course to graduate students pursuing a Master’s degree in Public Relations & Corporate Communications.In addition, I coach, advise, mentor, and grade graduate selected students in the Masters in Public Relations & Corporate Communications Capstone course, where students serve as consultants and develop strategic communications plans for real-world corporate, government, or non-profit clients.Previously taught Conversations About Ethics: Philisophical, Professional, Personal.

Senior Manager with deep subject matter expertise in strategic communications. Key roles:• Market Offering - supported the creation of Deloitte’s strategic communications market offering: o Led development of offering brand; enhanced business development structure o Leveraged eminence to lead proposals and drive sales; credited with $5+ million in annual sales o Developed and led learning – mentored, advised, and trained 70+ practitioners to deliver offering o Developed thought leadership to highlight capabilities and opportunities with clients• Program Manager - Led multiple teams to support change management initiatives for senior executive leaders of Federal government clients. Developed/implemented policy governance for new human capital management system and introduction of a new workforce o Developed a Strategic Change & Communications plan for community of 6,000+ employees geographically distributed around the globe. Provided guidance to senior personnel for change management, employee engagement, and implementation of a new performance management system o Developed communications products (e.g., newsletter, emails, talking points, websites)• Contract Lead - Supported Deputy Executive Director and functions including communications, security, logistics, human resources, and financial management. Led 15 contractors from 5 firms o Conducted assessment and developed metrics to highlight trends and insights. Identified and addressed deficiencies o Developed policies & procedures; coordinated for approval; led execution to improve organizational governance o Conducted communications assessment; used results to develop plan designed to increase recognition of the client’s capabilities. Plan included new logo and branding materials, refocused social media efforts, redesigned daily email newsletter, new SharePoint platform, redesigned external & internal websites, and other marketing products (videos, presentations, printed material)

Served as a Project Manager on two communications-related pro bono projects for local non-profits. In each project, I created and executed a project plan, ensured the project was accomplished on-time and in-scope, and facilitated communication between clients and pro bono team members.• United Community Ministries - Branding and Key Message Development – led cross-functional team (brand strategist, marketing manager, and copywriter) to develop marketing communications audit, key messages document, brand strategy brief, and requirements brief – trained staff to execute the branding strategy.• Tahirih Justice Center - Annual Report – led a cross-functional team (marketing specialist, copywriter, graphic designer, and photographer) to develop an Annual Report - completed the project 3 months early so the report was available for the center's annual fundraising event.

Completed 20-year career focused on military-specific communications to influence the emotions, motives, objective reasoning, and ultimately the behavior of foreign audiences.• Senior Advisor to the Joint Staff’s Director of Operations (4 years) – Advised senior executive leaders within the Defense Department (DoD) and coordinated various Strategic Communication efforts. o Supported the development of DoD policy for influence websites and social media. o Supported ROI analysis for worldwide Information Operations and communications programs exceeding $1 Billion; data utilized in the development of reports for Congressional engagement.• Marketing Communications (14 years) – Completed several assignments with gradually increased levels of responsibility culminating in serving as the senior manager of a communications organization with 100+ personnel, responsible for the creation, production, dissemination, & archival of multimedia marketing products. Efforts resulted in successful communications support during exercises and operations in Afghanistan, the Balkans, Germany, Iraq, Italy, Lebanon, Morocco, Oman, Pakistan, Somalia, South Korea, Thailand, and the US. o Served as the senior manager for strategic communications projects; led planning, deployment, audience assessment, communications product development, dissemination, and evaluation. o Spearheaded organizational development initiative; changed a centralized organization supporting a single customer into a decentralized organization supporting global operations. o Served as senior communications planner for an Army organization based in Europe for 2 years. Led external / internal communications.• Senior Career Manager (2 years) – Conducted strategic Human Resources management for 600+ professionals. o Staffed 40+ worldwide locations; increased fully-qualified rate from 53% to 100%. o Saved $1.5M+ by eliminating duplicate staffing expenses and implementing targeted recruiting program.