Tamara Palmer Email & Phone Number

Pennsylvania, United States

Internal communications manager operating the employee mobile app that services corporate messaging and resource distribution for employees in a remote environment. Strategic lead guiding corporate communications. Supervises the staff member charged with monitoring and responding to employee communications on the mobile app. Builds and maintains relationships for cross-department collaboration. Customer Advisory Board Member for Beekeeper and eduMe.

Hummlestown, Pennsylvania

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Specialist managing the global forum, external communication, website, and webinar series for The World Bank’s Agriculture Finance Support Facility’s outreach initiative linking farmers and agribusinesses to financial services. Contract with the World Bank renewed three times.

Colorado Springs, Colorado Area

Director of all external communications; press and public relations; social media strategist and manager; website administrator; supports fundraising events; writes internal Standard Operating Procedures.

Colorado Springs, Colorado Area

Supervisor of communication strategy for a non-profit start-up working in disaster response; event planning and management; technical writer of organization’s Standard Operating Procedures; public relations assistant.Managed 8 disaster response education events filling venues with an average of 75 seats, and developed event materials, presentations, and directed all logistics, receiving high customer satisfaction rates.Author of 5 press releases averaging 105,000 impressions and more than 3,000 reads each.Composed media pitches and media advisories, who reported on 90% of organizations disaster response education events and deployments to disaster sites.Researched and wrote 6 blog articles about the organization’s disaster preparedness events and deployments to disaster sites.Produced 6 quarterly e-newsletters and managed a database of approximately 250 recipients.Wrote post-project analysis for 3 disaster response missions detailing the scope of work performed.Lead editor for 2 technical manuals – 3D Computer Modeling and 3D Printing Standard Operating Procedure and Activity Book for Youth Empowerment – which was applied to 4 disaster response missions.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Supports the development and delivery of Head Quarters and field-based Emergency Support Function #6. Provides Human Services training courses and the administration and credentialing of Individual Assistance cadre members.Supported the development and delivery of the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) field-based Emergency Support Function #6. Provided Human Services training courses and the administration and credentialing of Individual Assistance cadre members.Director of FEMA’s Disaster Survivor Assistance Team (DSAT) training video, which was used to succinctly describe the new program to internal stakeholders.Trained 100 FEMA Reservist and FEMA Corps Cadre on the Disaster Survivor Assistance Specialist program; produced supplemental content for and proofed 300-page training manual.Supported the efficient mobilization of more than 300 FEMA Reservist and FEMA Corps Cadre who deployed for Colorado’s 2013 flooding and mudslide disaster declaration; maintained logistics assistance of 13 deployed teams for 4 months.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Visioning and research volunteer for the Field Innovation Team, a field-based pilot for the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s Think Tank.Drafted 20 documents to help explain, promote, and legitimize the FEMA Think Tank.Authored the Field Innovation Team’s framework based on primary research conducted about the Team’s pilot efforts during the 2012 Hurricane Sandy response.Logistics coordinator for 2-day scoping of Disaster Survivor Assistance program for FEMA personnel at the RELIEF joint field experimentation event.

Lebanon, Illinois

Class instruction in communication, volunteer recruiter, volunteer coordinator, tutor.Instructed 10 communication courses over 2-years, including interpersonal communication, small group communication, and public speaking, with an average of 20 students per class.Established a student volunteer network between McKendree University and Bridge the Divide, a non-profit program helping more than 30 physically and mentally challenged children learn to ride horses.Recruited 25 student volunteers, coordinators, and drivers assist to Bridge the Divide's program.

Veteran, Operation Iraq Freedom, 2003-2004Civil Affairs Sergeant, Agriculture Governance Support Team 432nd Civil Affairs Battalion, Operation Iraq Freedom; 84th Training CommandCoordinated procurement between 432nd Civil Affairs Battalion, U.S. Government, and Iraq Kufa Bank Manager to obtain and deliver $4.8 million to pay local farmers for their wheat harvest. Pivotal in the research efforts locating $75,000 in funding and finding local contractors to reconstruct the An Najaf Slaughter House (Iraq), which provided a secure and sterile environment for processing meat.Conducted Annual Training for the 84th Training Command (USAR) on Sexual Harassment Policies, helping soldiers maintain comprehension of policies and sensitivity towards the issue. Developed “Improved Explosive Devices” (IEDs) class and simulation training program for 84th Training Command (USAR) to understand the dangers of IEDs and to react accordingly, increasing survival rate in a combat environment.

Certificate: Management Essentials, Business Administration And Management, General

Master four vital managerial processes: decision-making, implementation, organizational learning, and change management.

Master'S Degree, Communication, 4.0

Activities and Societies: Phi Kappa Phi

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Communication, 3.81