CORPORATE COMMUNICATIONS EXECUTIVE Accomplished communications executive with a proven history of success. Extensive experience developing and delivering internal and external strategic communications across multiple platforms for global companies, academia and not-for-profit organizations. Skilled at managing multiple stakeholder engagements at all levels, with strengths in operations and project management, change communications, and crisis and issues management. Adept at building, training, managing and coaching high-performing teams and individuals while collaboratively operating within a corporate structure.
Passionate about giving back and social impact work. Board memberships: Foundation for Positive Psychology and Iroko Foundation (UK environmental charity); Volunteer engagements: Coaching United Nations Development Program field staff, Advisory Committee member of La Cocina, an incubator that supports low income food-based entrepreneurs. Previous volunteer work included: SCORE NY, PR & Marketing Advisor; Big Brother Big Sister Workplace Mentor, DOROT volunteer and; Leukemia & Lymphoma Society Fundraising Mentor.
Develop and deliver strategic communications plans for clients in the healthcare, nonprofit and academic sectors.
Handle internal and external communications for clients with constituencies, including traditional and social media, crisis management, culture and change management programs, product communications, and corporate reputation campaigns.
Advance corporate reputations, increase shareholder value and accelerate business growth.
Clients: Kaiser Permanente, The Collaboratory, the Gates Foundation, Pfizer, SmithSolve Communications, Stanford University Hospital & Clinics, Weber Shandwick.
Key Client Project Highlights:
Kaiser Permanente (Full-time contract March 2017 to present) — Developed communications strategy and plan for newly appointed Chief Community Health Officer and Community Health Organization.
Pfizer Inc. (Full-time contract from April 2015 to February 2017) — Led development of communications strategy and implementation plan for company’s diversity in clinical trials efforts. — Delivered two successful "Meet the Media" events to highlight Pfizer's Vaccines and Oncology research to media (traditional/digital). Developed messaging for leaders and event content.
Stanford University Health Care — Developed and launched internal/external communications for Stanford University Health Care's first Medicare offering to employee base and local area residents. — Developed communications strategy for the launch of the Stanford Corporate Employers Program, their largest-ever capital fundraising campaign, targeting Silicon Valley Fortune 100 companies, including Apple, Cisco, Oracle, ebay, Intel and HP.
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation/The Collaboratory — Led operations and communications for Gates Foundation-funded Transformative Change Initiative (nationwide community college reform effort), which evolved into a White House-adopted initiative.
