- Senior-level strategic and tactical planning and leadership of internal and external corporate communications initiatives.
- Experienced in managing earned and paid-media initiatives, public relations and media relations, and government/regulatory relations (issues, reputation, and crisis communication management).
- Successful in developing and aligning corporate communication strategies that strengthen business reputation, mitigate risks, communicate corporate value propositions and build competitive advantage.
- Experienced working and partnering with senior executives, and with marketing, legal, legislative affairs and environmental affairs teams.
- Accomplished spokesperson with national/ local media and with professional/trade organizations.
- Strong writing, public speaking, and interpersonal relationship skills.
- Undergraduate (journalism) and graduate J.D.) degrees.