Experience

U.S. Navy Supply Corps School

• United States
• Armed Forces
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Public Affairs Officer

  • Oct 2023 - Present



US Navy

• United States
• Armed Forces
• 700 & Above Employee

• Public Affairs Officer

  • Dec 2021 - Oct 2023

  Coordinates Navy participation in community-led events; coordinates and leads community group tours, installation open houses and other community stakeholder-focused events on base; supports regional and installation events, such as NASL 60th Anniversary and Los Angeles Fleet Week and Gary Sinise's Lt. Dan Band. Nurtures relationships and partners with local and national TV and print media. Develops plans and processes for rapid response to media queries and crisis situations; contributes vital comms input as a member of the Emergency Operations Center’s Incident Management Team. Manages communication support plans to prepare for natural disasters. Regularly briefs senior leaders at Installation Department Head meetings. Collaborates with Installation staff and leadership to ensure tenant command goals align with Naval Air Forces and CNIC missions. Writes news releases, briefing cards, communications plans, talking points, holding statements, templates, etc. Advises senior leadership on a full range of communications tools to support outreach objectives. Establishes short- and long-term community engagement and education goals. Provides timely and consistent content for official social media accounts. Increased Facebook followers by more than 3,500, and Instagram followers by more than 1,200 in one year; tailors messaging to target audiences. Stood up command’s official website (AFPIMS) and acts as site administrator; stood up and currently runs a base photo studio, saving personnel more than $60,000 in photo fees in the past year. Provides base personnel in-person and web-based training on media engagement/interviewing techniques, public speaking, social media, crisis communications. Prepares senior leadership and subject-matter experts (SMEs) for media engagements with talking points and FAQs in advance; accompanies leadership to community events; acts as liaison between community and base leadership; acts as base protocol officer. Show less



US Navy

• United States
• Armed Forces
• 700 & Above Employee

• Volunteer Public Affairs Officer

  • Aug 2011 - Jun 2014

  ​Wrote, edited and submitted press releases and newspaper articles focused to contact local, regional and international media; collaborated with Naval Public Affairs Officer to decide article topics, considering security, accuracy, propriety and policy. Formulated media engagement plans focused on Navy Medicine’s communications objectives. ​Wrote, edited and submitted press releases and newspaper articles focused to contact local, regional and international media; collaborated with Naval Public Affairs Officer to decide article topics, considering security, accuracy, propriety and policy. Formulated media engagement plans focused on Navy Medicine’s communications objectives.



Deseret News

• United States
• Online Media
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Copy Editor

  • Apr 1999 - Aug 2003

  Edited articles and columns for grammar, accuracy and readability – all on a tight daily deadline; designed and paginated newspaper pages; wrote headlines and captions; worked closely with reporters to fine tune articles; selected Associated Press articles for inclusion in the newspaper. Edited articles and columns for grammar, accuracy and readability – all on a tight daily deadline; designed and paginated newspaper pages; wrote headlines and captions; worked closely with reporters to fine tune articles; selected Associated Press articles for inclusion in the newspaper.



US Army

• United States
• Armed Forces
• 700 & Above Employee

• Public Affairs Intern

  • Apr 1998 - Aug 1998

  Learned and utilized PageMaker; edited articles for the community newspaper The Pointer View; accompanied staff reporters; and took pictures for articles. Initiated training for online support with website creation and formulated messages to address the academy’s communication objectives. Learned and utilized PageMaker; edited articles for the community newspaper The Pointer View; accompanied staff reporters; and took pictures for articles. Initiated training for online support with website creation and formulated messages to address the academy’s communication objectives.