Experience

KNC Strategic Services - Cybersecurity Services Provider & a Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business

• United States
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Military Advisor

  • Jan 2021 - Present



Vantage Consulting, et al.

• Golden Colorado

• Public Information/Relations Consultant

  • Dec 2013 - Present



5th Judicial District

• United States
• Legal Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Public Information Officer, 5th Judicial District Attorney's Office

  • Nov 2015 - Present

   Serves as lead PIO and Communications Consultant for 4-County District Attorney & Staff  Key member of County “Vet Connect” Veterans Court start-up—close coordination with Probation, Vets Services Officer, County Judges, DA staff, Courts Administration, etc.  Attended Lakewood Muni Veterans Court training and operations—key lessons learned  Writes, releases press releases related to felony prosecutions—including media queries  Works directly w/DA, attorneys, law enforcement staff on high-visibility media interest items—opioid crisis, COVID-19, homicides, elected officials’ criminal involvement—ensures proper messaging; accurate & timely comms inform public on criminal justice effort  Manages DA5 Website--daily updates, weekly case tracker and regional media release/needs Show less



Clear Creek County, Colo.

• Georgetown, CO

• Director of Communications

  • Jul 2015 - Apr 2020

  Lead communications and public information officer for 220+ person County staff, with responsibilities to the County Manager and Board of Commissioners. Responsible for website content, Social Media interaction and promotion, media engagement, civic relations, information management and community outreach for County operations. Accomplishments include: Earning 2018 Metro Vision Award from Denver Regional Council of Govt's.; Operations Chief for County's only intra-County transit system--"the Prospector" bus---serving 9K residents and visitors daily and earning '2019 Small Transit Agency of the Year' honors from CO Assoc. of State Transit Agencies; leading Public Works Dept. in $7.5M budget LEAN process; Key staff member helping open County's first/only Primary Care Clinic in nearly 10 yrs; producing the 2019-2015 Annual Reports--all in-house; a quarterly County Staff newsletter "The Chatter"; restructuring the County employee recognition program (saved $10K/yr), and formatting budget process to fill projected $5.9M gap. Served as Deputy County Manager at numerous events, meetings and other efforts. Show less



United States Air Force Academy

• Armed Forces
• 700 & Above Employee

• Director, Public Affairs

  • Jul 2010 - Jul 2013

  Led 45-person Public Affairs (PA) team of visual information, graphic design experts, editors/writers, video/photo, social media, customer relations and visitor center customer experts responsible for more than 10,000 employees and 18,000 acres, with an annual overall economic impact of nearly $1B. Personally oversees one of the largest PA departments in the Air Force, with an annual budget of more than $1.95M which directly relates to 480K+ visitors and chief executive officer visits; more than 5K audiovisual/photo/video work order requests; some 500 media visits and 192 press releases; built 2nd largest social media program in the Air Force, w/daily/international reach of 110K+. Senior Editor of 49-week, 350K issues of hard print news papers and an online web version. Increased social media program growth of nearly 163% from FY 2010. Participates and helps lead dozens of installation-wide communication and event efforts with senior staff and other AF Academy mission partners. visitors--worked $38K in free monthly advertising. Editor-in-Chief of 7.5K weekly base newspaper requiring sharp proficiency in writing, spelling, punctuation and grammar—ensures story content, layout, messages, edits and content are solid. Work and coordination w/local publisher key to refined, polished paper. Snagged ESPN SportsNation Vets Day tribute live broadcast with cadets, Academy Band, Wings of Blue parachute team jump-in, the Bird, F-16s flyover with 50M viewers. Launched “YourAcademy/OurAcademy” branding slogan to international audience, while increasing internal pride/recognition for Academy cadets, grads, and current staff. Show less



United States Air Force

• United States
• Defense and Space Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Deputy Director, Air Force Public Affairs Agency

  • Jul 2008 - Jul 2010

  Deputy Director, Air Force Public Affairs Agency (Pentagon), June 2008 - July 2010 ● Operations Chief for single organization responsible for all Air Force Combat Camera; Trademark/Licensing; Multi-media processing; photo archiving; image collection ● Led video production of Air Force efforts in Haiti Crisis, highlighting special forces, rescue pilots, crews, medical and life-saving heroics; Pentagon Brass and public told real story ● Hand picked to build and stand up Air Force’s newest major command, Air Force Global Strike Command—from ground up. Led media roundtable w/ Louisiana Governor, US Senators--AF Chief of Staff’s highest priority for “nuclear surety”—major success. Show less



Warner-Robins Air Logistics Center

• Robins Air Force Base, Georgia

• Director Public Affairs

  • Dec 2005 - Jun 2008

  Director, Public Affairs (Robins Air Force Base (RAFB) Georgia), Dec ‘05- Jun ‘08 ● 750K “Rev-Up” base papers; merged historic PA w/Multi-media; 76K products (videos, photos, graphic designs); F-15 fleet gounding issue; local union/maintenance dispute ● USA Today lead showing Robins AFB turn-around from homicides, accidents, issues to award-winning Air Force base and community--5 Million saw his efforts world-wide ● Volunteered to be base “Town Mayor” for major inspection--earned EXCELLENT rating ● Deployments to Iraq, Afghanistan and Korea; ran TV/radio/weekly magazine for entire Afghan operations area; 1.2M viewers/listeners; 5K readers and coverage up 400%. Show less