Senior communications and media relations specialist with national experience in handling news inquiries of both a crisis and routine business nature, including The Wall Street Journal,USA Today, CNN, CNBC, ABC, NBC and CBS affiliates, the Dallas Morning News, Fortune, Forbes, 'A Current Affair,' the Detroit Free Press, among others. Have counselled law firms, CEOs, and senior executives of Fortune 500 companies on crisis media matters, and served as advisor to the former U.S. Ambassador to Austria (prior to her overseas departure). Adept at both written and spoken communications in all media. Have appeared on television and as keynoter at national conferences on communications. In addition to owning and managing a media and marketing consultancy practice, based in Dallas, Texas, serve as senior lecturer on media issues and global communications seminars at The University of Texas at Dallas.

Astute senior communications specialist, familiar with internal and external corporate communications, including employee memoranda, executive correspondence, marketing communications, investor and shareholder communications and media relations. Have interfaced with national news media on both civil and criminal lawsuits, managing and interpreting news initiatives on behalf of CEO-level clients, including shareholder litigation, RTC litigation, and crisis communications involving labor unions, minority contractors, natural and manmade disasters, and discrimination claims.