After more than two decades in broadcasting, working to help her community, Neile Jones is now applying her unique skills as the communications manager for the National Center for Wellness and Recovery (NCWR) at OSU Center for Health Sciences. In this role, she helps disseminate relevant, timely information about the organization's ongoing work in addiction research, treatment and education. Her duties include creating unique content for the NCWR website and social media pages, coordinating national and local media and strategizing with multiple departments, partners and team members from various disciplines for different internal and external communication strategy needs.As an Emmy Award-winning journalist, she is comfortable in a fast-paced environment, demonstrating creativity and strength in the face of change and adversity. In her career, Neile has worked on complex and high-profile projects, allowing her to prioritize and balance time, actions, resources and initiatives to ensure the accomplishment of critical results. She has learned to manage unpredictable dynamics and adapt to competing demands and shifting priorities. Her experience enables her to make sound judgments based on appropriate data and comprehensive knowledge surrounding the long and short-term impact of decisions. She understands industry trends, innovation and applies broad cross-functional knowledge to drive organizational strategy. Simultaneously, Neile understands the value of slowing the pace in an effort to help individuals with their voluntary benefits needs and adjusts accordingly. She has written and/or contributed to several articles for various publications and is the author of the book "Look Again... Because You Can."As a news anchor and reporter, Neile has interviewed people from all different walks of life including celebrities, corporate executives and entrepreneurs. She has covered everything from presidential visits, the Country Music Awards in Nashville, Tennessee and the Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia.She still believes everyone has a story and continues to write through her website jonesn4life.com. You’ll often find her listening and sharing information with others as she works and volunteers with many groups and organizations as an experienced television professional, motivational speaker, author, host, voice-over artist, and moderator.