Tom Drabelle Email & Phone Number

O'Fallon, Missouri, United States

• Assist in directing day-to-day operations of City operations
• Provide leadership and direction in the development of short- and long-range plans
• Oversee Public Works Department, which includes streets, trash and recycling operations, and water and sewer systems
• Direct the City's Engineering and Project Management operations
• Manage the City's Parks and Recreation departments, featuring more than 450 acres of park land, outdoor pool, regional recreation center and more than 30 athletic fields
• Coordinate City activities with other departments and governmental agencies

O'Fallon, MO

• Lead all communications planning efforts with a goal of reaching the City’s 84,000 residents, 1,600 business, elected officials and neighboring communities.
• Direct all media relations efforts for the City, including serving as the City’s primary spokesperson for all local, regional and national broadcast and print media outlets.
• Oversee the City’s five websites, which attract more than 1 million unique users annually.
• Lead all crisis and emergency communications efforts, manage the City’s emergency communications network and serve as the lead public information officer in the event of an actual emergency situation.
• Manage the City’s 24-hour government access television channel, which broadcasts on Charter Cable, AT&T U-Verse and online at www.ofallon.mo.us.
• Supervise the layout, printing and distribution of all collateral, including quarterly newsletter and rec guide, which is mailed to more than 45,000 homes, various brochures, economic development marketing materials.

St. Louis, MO

St. Louis, MO, Champaign, IL, And Memphis, TN

• Led the Communications efforts of three health plans covering numerous product lines and reaching more than 400,000 members and 22,000 physicians.
• Managed multiple advertising, printing and general communications budgets totaling more than $15,000,000 annually.
• Developed advertising strategies and collateral materials for various media including print, radio and billboards, including more than 1,250,000 direct mail pieces each year.
• Developed and directed the Communications strategy for the launch of Coventry Health and Life Insurance Company in Memphis, Tennessee.
• Managed the successful launch of multiple individual health plans, which exceeded all membership goals by more than 50 percent.
• Served as company spokesperson in multiple markets serving national, regional and local print and electronic media outlets.

St. Louis, MO

• Served as lead communicator in the planning, development and management of Mercy corporate office Internet and Intranet sites, and served as key communications consultant to Mercy Strategic Service Units on web-related.
• Led Systemwide Web Development Committee and Web Oversight Committee.
• Developed communication materials to support internal and external communication needs.
• Provided research, writing, editing, photography, production and project management services in development of Systemwide publications and other communications vehicles.
• Selected and managed freelancers and vendors for print production, design, photography, audio-visual and other media production services.
• Supported System’s media relations activities and executive communications and provided project assistance to Mercy departments and Strategic Service Units as necessary.

Clayton, MO

• Successfully managed national health care and retail clients, renewing all annual contracts.
• Developed national and regional advertising, media and public relations campaigns.
• Served as editor, copywriter and production manager for national corporate newsletters.
• Produced corporate videos for national health care system.
• Planned and organized special events that included local hospitals, professional sports organizations and local celebrities.
• Wrote and developed orientation programs for 21-facility health system.

St. Louis, MO

Kirksville, MO

Master Of Business Administration (M.B.A.), 4.0

Bachelor’S Degree, Communications: Journalism

Activities and Societies: Lambda Chi Alpha Index Student Newspaper Alpha Phi Omega