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Techny, Illinois, US

• Directs the Public and Media Relations Department of the Society of the Divine Word-Chicago Province. The Society of the Divine Word is the Catholic Church's largest order of missionary priests and leaders in.
• Develops communication objectives and strategies for the organization's external communication
• Evaluates analytics and makes modifications to optimize results
• Serves as media liaison for press inquiries
• Advises C-suite on communications strategy and crisis communication
• Chairs the Website Committee and supervises interns

Chicago, IL, US

• Responsible for identifying and developing opportunities to publicize the University of Chicago Comer Children’s Hospital, the Department of Pediatrics and the Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology. Represented the.
• Publicized University of Chicago Comer Children’s Hospital, the Department of Pediatrics, and the Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology
• Cultivated relationships with physicians, administrators, and staff and developed opportunities to showcase their work
• Managed media access to families in crisis in accordance with their wishes and HIPAA laws
• Served as a hospital spokesperson
• Generated positive media coverage in high-profile media outlets, such as CNN, the Today show and Readers’ Digest, as well as front page articles in the Chicago Tribune and Chicago Sun-Times

• Partnered with parents to educate their children in math, social studies, language arts and reading.
• Developed lessons for students with different learning styles and abilities
• Regularly evaluated student performance
• Managed classroom activities for up to 32 students at a time

Madison, WI, US

• Advised executive officers of this Fortune 500 company, developing and executing strategic communications plans to support several corporate divisions and communicate with the company's 7,600 employees in 17 states.
• Produced executive summaries, speeches and sensitive correspondence for corporate vice presidents, in particular those responsible for Claims, Education, and Human Resources
• Developed a plan for communicating extensive changes in the Claim Division’s technological structure
• Managed the Claims Division’s internal Web pages, using FrontPage
• Worked with Catastrophe Claim director to develop strategy for introducing new business structure for handling catastrophes

Chicago, IL, US

• Developed and executed plans for alumni publications of Chicago’s largest private university
• Managed content, design, editing, deadlines and distribution of alumni newsletters
• Functioned as communications advisor to deans and faculty of the School for New Learning, the College of Commerce, Kellstadt Graduate School of Business, and CTI, the computer science school.
• Devised cost-effective marketing surveys
• Oversaw scriptwriting for telephone surveys and trained student interns
• Chosen by EVP to represent department on a task force, charged with melding several units into an effective divisional team

Chicago, IL, US

• Created and enhanced media coverage of the university’s Divinity School and Humanities Division
• Developed strategic plans for publicizing research, conferences and academic accomplishments, which culminated in coverage in highly coveted media outlets, including The New York Times, The Chronicle of Higher.
• Trained professors in communicating with print and broadcast journalists
• Generated and managed international media coverage for 1999 Pulitzer Prize winner Mark Strand
• Supervised staff in reconfiguring and updating media database, evaluated the system and made improvements
• Served as a team member in planning for President Bill Clinton’s attendance at Commencement, worked with technicians to carry out news manager’s plan for broadcast set up and selected by director of communications to.

Ba, Journalism

Ma, History

Master'S Degree, History

Bachelor'S Degree, Journalism

Bachelor'S Degree, Journalism