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I'm a former journalist and proven media relations strategist and team builder with more than 25 years of experience. I lead Golin's media relations specialty across our global network and provide senior counsel to key accounts spanning corporate, consumer and healthcare, including Allstate, LEGO, Novo Nordisk, PepsiCo, Verizon and Walmart. At Golin, I have also advised and delivered media placements for clients such as Dole, Frito Lay, General Mills, Humana, Hyatt, John Hancock, McDonald's, Nestle and Sprint.I previously led Edelman’s Media Services group, a team of 17 former journalists and media relations experts. While I led the P&L, revenues grew 56% to more than $4 million, and the team more than doubled in size and profitability. I created winning strategies and secured top placements for global clients such as Walmart, Microsoft, Starbucks, eBay, Shell, Pfizer and Unilever. I also led more than 100 media trainings.Before joining Edelman, I managed consumer campaigns for GlaxoSmithKline at CKPR and facilitated media interviews for the first gubernatorial campaign of Arnold Schwarzenegger while working at Randle Communications in Sacramento.Prior to transitioning into PR, I spent four years as an on-air television reporter at CBS and NBC affiliates in Montana and Michigan. I interviewed top newsmakers, including the former CEOs of GM and Starbucks, while several of my feature stories aired nationally on CNN. One of my investigative stories on underage Internet alcohol sales was mentioned on the floor of the US House of Representatives during a legislative debate. I experienced an adventurous first job as a TV reporter, hiking to the top of a glacier with Vice President Al Gore to report on climate change, landing an exclusive interview with Randy Weaver, target of the FBI’s Ruby Ridge shootout, and covering bear attacks in Montana’s Rocky Mountains.In 2014, I took a career sabbatical to volunteer as a Global Digital Storyteller with buildOn, a non-profit which runs after-school programs in the nation’s toughest high schools, then sends those at-risk students to build schools in the world’s poorest countries. Armed with my camera and computer, I produced videos in Central America and Africa for the organization's website and taught storytelling skills to employees. It was one of the riskiest but most rewarding career decisions of my life.

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