Stacey Stevens Email & Phone Number

Denver, CO, US

Denver Metropolitan Area

• Advance the social impact commitments of food and agriculture organizations via research-based communication and stakeholder engagement strategies
• Conduct market research for publicly-funded research consortium to enable it to align its product portfolio with UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
• Elevate visibility of thought leadership platforms of professional association client via strategic media relations and digital marketing campaigns
• Lead communications trainings for multinational agribusiness company as it adapts to its new status as an independent, publicly-traded entity following a high-profile spinoff

Chicago

• Clients included The Coca-Cola Company, DSM Animal Nutrition, DuPont, Nestlé and Post Consumer Brands
• Originated strategies that resulted in multi-million dollar investments in recipe reformulation, new product development, scientific research, plant infrastructure, supply chain reform and education campaigns
• Launched portfolio of novel CPG ingredients via a pre-commercialization communication platform that substantiated each product’s sustainability, safety and quality narrative for customers and regulators; product.
• Secured thought leadership speaking opportunities and bylined articles/features (FoodNavigator, Politico, Food Processing, Food Quality & Safety, Today’s Dietitian) and grew FoodMinds’ Twitter and LinkedIn audiences by.

Rosemont, IL

• Developed messaging platforms to advance the dairy industry's position on nutrition/dietary guidance, childhood obesity, environmental sustainability, food safety/source integrity, farm security, animal welfare.
• Analyzed emerging issues, oversee consumer research and create issue-specific response plans for traditional and digital environments
• Oversaw stakeholder outreach and the activation of third-party experts and dairy farmers
• Managed the dairy industry’s response to national media inquiries including ABC’s “Nightline,” New York Times and Dr. Oz Show
• Advanced the dairy industry’s state-of-readiness for a food safety or animal disease crisis by hosting immersive tabletop exercises to test/refine crisis plan; creating digital properties to keep consumer communication.

Chicago, Illinois, United States

• Clients included Andersen Worldwide, BlueCross and BlueShield, ConAgra, L'Oreal, Microsoft, P&G, Roche Diagnostics, Unitrin Insurance, Waste Management, Inc. and Whirlpool Corp.
• Served as No. 2 professional in Chicago crisis management practice, the most profitable practice in the company in FY2002
• Developed multi-year, global reputation management plans for multiple clients
• Counseled clients facing class-action litigation regarding race-based insurance underwriting, post-9/11 bankruptcy filing and guest security threats during Olympics
• Directed research-based communications assessment for BlueCross and BlueShield of Kansas during highly controversial restructuring
• Enhanced L'Oreal's reputation in the African-American community via the creation of an Advisory Board, expansion of corporate philanthropy and answering critics via media opportunities