Rebecca Theim Email & Phone Number

Washington, District Of Columbia

Oversee communications for The Pew Charitable Trusts' largest program. Solely responsible for 15 and supervise 30 programmatic campaigns, including three national and one multi-state effort. Manage team of professionals supporting various regional and state initiatives across the country. Provide editorial, strategy, media relations and social media support aimed at local, state, regional and federal officials, nonprofit partners and stakeholders.

Report and write for a variety of publications and online outlets, including The Washington Post, PBS-affiliated Next Avenue, and the Chicago Tribune.

College Park, Maryland, United States

Adjunct instructor in the Department of Communication at the state’s flagship public university, ranked the nation’s 12th-best public university.

Virtual

Communications consultancy that provided media relations, social media, crisis communication, writing and editing and publication management campaigns and projects for a range of clients.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Directed media relations, development communications, membership strategy and policy/advocacy outreach for 55-year-old national health education and advocacy nonprofit. Promoted and assigned significant new responsibilities three times in first year on the job. Position eliminated as organization disbanded in January 2019.

Henderson, Nevada, United States

Taught variety of in-person and online classes while living in Nevada and Washington, D.C. NSC is Nevada’s fastest-growing institution of higher learning and primarily serves a nontraditional and multicultural student population.

Las Vegas, Nevada Area

Directed communications for union local representing thousands of workers across the state, including at the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority, Clark County District Attorney's Office, McCarran International Airport, Southern Nevada Regional Transportation Commission, and 10 public, nonprofit, and for-profit hospitals.

Las Vegas, Nevada Area

Researched and developed range of content for marketing and government/public affairs communications firm, one of the nation’s largest independent agencies, and a regular advisor to national, regional and statewide political candidates and causes. Promoted from senior writer/editor position in 2013.

Greater Chicago Area

Managed external and internal North American communications planning and implementation for this NASDAQ-listed (ADR) international company, named to Fortune magazine’s “World’s Most Admired Companies.” Crafted media relations and employee and governmental relations programs that produced documented improvement in understanding of company's actions stemming from economic and technological upheaval reshaping industry. Partnered in coalition advocating on Capitol Hill for federal legislative relief in a campaign that prompted largest related supplier to voluntarily rebate portion of annual charges and to open first customer-initiated negotiations. Sole North American representative on global communications leadership group, which included members from throughout Europe, and from China.

Ms, Integrated Marketing Communications

Medill School of Journalism, Media and Integrated Marketing Communications

Ma, Journalism

Fellow, Kiplinger Midcareer Program for Public Affairs Reporting, a then-one year internationally competitive fellowship endowed.

Bs, Journalism

Medill School of Journalism