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OBJECTIVE                 To earn a communications leadership position.

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SUMMARY OF STRENGTHS

• Accredited in Public Relations – APR
• Exceptional writing, editing, proofreading and oral presentation skills
• Ability to provide sound business and communications counsel to C-suite and other senior-level executives on internal and external communications matters
• Demonstrated leadership in global crisis communications and issue management
• Strategic thinker
• Trained in negotiation
• Graduate of FEMA’s Joint Counterterrorism Awareness Workshop
• Experience in external communications and public affairs across a wide range of business settings
• Excellent problem-solving skills and decision-making abilities
• Experience working with Investor Relations for publicly-traded companies
• Senior-level leader communication coaching/counsel experience
• Proven ability to think strategically while being "hands-on" with the daily workload
• Solid management skills
• Outstanding marketing and public relations skills
• Superb organizational skills
• Social media leadership experience
• Commitment to quality work in tight deadlines
• E-commerce/Internet/high-tech experience
• Capable of working independently and with team-focus groups

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EDUCATION               Clemson University, B.A. December 1993

                                                Major: History (Minor: Communications/Journalism)

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ACTIVITIES                                Current:

Member – Public Relations Society of America (2001-present)

Member – South Carolina Public Relations Society of America Chapter

• Named 2009 W. Thomas Duke Distinguished PR Practitioner of the Year, SCPRSA’s and the state’s highest PR honor.
• President Elect (2008); President (2009); Immediate Past President (2010)
  • Statewide Accreditation Chair (2007-09)
  • Scholarship committee (2009-13)
  • Assembly Delegate (2012-17)

2017 – Fluor University: Becoming an Employee of Choice

2017 – Fluor University: Emotional Intelligence 2.0

2016 – Leaders Building Leaders

2016 – Completed Fluor-sponsored negotiation training

2016 – Completed FEMA’s Joint Counterterrorism Awareness Workshop

2013-14 Leadership Hartsville graduate

2011 Graduate of Dale Carnegie’s Leadership Management Training

Board Member – Anderson College Emerging Leaders (2005-12)

Member – Grace Episcopal Church

• Mission to Cange, Haiti – 2010

• Communicaitons 27 years by 2020

• Manager, external communications at Fluor
  Apr 2015

• BA
  Communications at Clemson

• APR