Rick Rothacker Email & Phone Number

Minneapolis, Mn, Us

• Lead media relations for our small business and business banking segments as well as media relations for Charlotte• Develop and execute communications plans and strategy for gaining earned media coverage for our segments serving businesses with $0-$25 million in annual sales.• Collaborate with small business and business banking leaders, communications team members, and colleagues across the bank to produce external messaging.• Craft compelling stories for external company blog and social media channels.• Previously responsible for internal, external and executive communications for the Business Banking Sales organization ($2.5 million to $25 million in annual sales).• Previously led internal and external communications for the Consumer & Business Banking group’s East Region, collaborating with leaders across business lines, as well as partners in communications, marketing, government affairs and community affairs.

Wrote "Banktown: The Rise and Struggles of Charlotte's Big Banks," a non-fiction book chronicling Bank of America, Wachovia and the financial crisis (John F. Blair, 2010). Contributed to "27 Views of Charlotte," a collection of essays and short stories (Eno Publishers, 2014).

Charlotte, North Carolina, Us

For this top payments firm, managed employee communications for senior leaders, oversaw the company intranet, published a weekly employee e-newsletter, produced quarterly CEO webinars and managed multiple vendor relationships

Charlotte, Nc, Us

Produced high-impact stories, videos and graphics on a range of business and financial topics; helped lead overall business coverage; won national, state and company awards for stories on carbon monoxide deaths, economic development and public records

New York, New York, Us

Covered Bank of America, Wells Fargo and other major financial institutions

Charlotte, Nc, Us

• From 2001 to 2011, covered Bank of America, Wachovia/Wells Fargo and other banks, producing stories on the financial crisis, major mergers and other industry issues• Won a prestigious Gerald Loeb award in 2009 for financial crisis coverage; won multiple SABEW, SPJ and NCPA awards for stories on subprime lending, the textile industry, airlines and other topics• From 1998 to 2001, covered technology, local government and politics beats

Covered Congress and the Pentagon for this former online news service owned by the Washington Post Co.

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Us

Covered police and courts in the Pennsylvania suburbs as part of the paper's suburban correspondent internship program

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