Strategic Health Communications

Community Leadership
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PRSA Health Academy
Served as Chair of the PRSA Health Academy
  • Increased membership by 36%
  • Increased attendance by 80% at annual spring conference

Served as Board member for 9 years

  • Expanded year-round professional development programs
  • Developed pre-con programs for the Health Academy Spring conferences

Chaired Health Academy Awards programs

  • Doubled number of entries in the first year

Served as Delegate at annual PRSA National Assembly

Served as founding member of the PRSA Health Academy Advisory Committee

Public Relations Society of America
Created “health track” for PRSA International conferences
Served as Co-Chair of the Sections Council for 2 terms
Judges the prestigious PRSA Silver Anvil Awards

PRSA National Capital Chapter
Served as Member of the Board of Directors
Judges the annual Thoth Awards
Actively promotes the Accredited in Public Relations (APR) program to potential candidates
Mentored candidates for the (APR) exam and review panel
Served as panelist for career development workshops

The Children’s Inn at NIH
Served as Founding Member of the Public Relations Committee

  • Generated national media coverage for ribbon-cutting ceremony with then-President George H.W. Bush
  • To date, 10,000 seriously ill children and their families have made 40,000 visits to The Inn

 

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