Reid Walker Email & Phone Number

Uplifting Native American and indigenous artists through:Mentorship | Financial Support | Museum & Gallery connections

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Optimizing the Corporate Affairs Function of Leading Global Companies: The OCR is a research think tank and consultancy focused on the corporate affairs functions of leading global businesses.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Director, Communications, Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-WA, 2015-Present
• Architect and execute health care, environment and energy policy communications strategy.
• Facilitated $3B low-income housing bill passage, managing policy and media stakeholders nationwide.
• Oversaw CNN tax policy town hall, issue spokesperson, including op-ed drafting, speech writing and message development.Public Policy Advocate, Committee on Indian Affairs, 2013-2015
• Working in tandem with Committee Chair Cantwell and subsequent Chair, Senator Tester, advanced Native American welfare and public interests as policy advocate; managed media initiatives, speech writing and byline.

Seattle

• Established a consulting firm collaborating with technology startups, developing brand and media strategies and industry analyses.
• Delivered custom communication solutions and programs, integrating Lean and Six Sigma process improvements, to drive organizations’ revenue and overall bottom line, including designing comprehensive roadmaps and social.

• For a $46B wireless and data services national provider with 40K employees oversaw communications and philanthropy.
• Led a team of 42 across internal, external, social media and philanthropy.
• Developed a 23-city roadshow coordinating a “Challenger Strategy” rollout integrating employees, retail managers and the media.

• On behalf of a $16B technology hardware manufacturer with 25K employees across 60 countries, oversaw global internal and external communications; led media relations, public affairs, issue, crisis and stakeholder.
• Secured 250M media impressions via leading the Beijing-based Olympic communications and sponsorship program. Managed Formula One Racing sponsorship and World Economic Forum relationship.
• Architected “Worldsourcing,” a forward-thinking, global corporate planning and leadership program.
• Created the organization’s Reputation Council, a committee addressing human rights and sustainability issues.
• Awarded “Global Sabre, Silver Clio 2009” designation for excellence for the Olympic public relations program.

• Oversaw $5B chemical company’s communications strategy design and implementation across 40 plants with 10K employees.
• Reduced employee fatalities to 0 by transforming the existing safety culture across 49 worldwide plants globally.
• Recipient of the “Quest for Excellence” and “Icon” awards for corporate branding and unified web strategies.
• Unified disparate brands into a single, marketplace-oriented, structure.

• Directed global marketing communications strategy for the B2B e-commerce division.
• Oversaw public and industry analyst relations, employee communications, speechwriting, events and web-based strategies.
• Designed key programs for thought-leadership positioning and industry analyst outreach.
• Recipient of the “President’s” award, annually, from 2001 to 2003.