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Jennifer brings substantial experience in
internal communications to ROI, including many years of
experience from the public and private sectors.
Jennifer specializes in defining
comprehensive corporate communications platforms incorporating
key internal and external stakeholders, designing public
relations programs around issues with public policy implications
and communicating with elected officials and working with the
news media to achieve solid story coverage for clients.
Prior to joining ROI, Jennifer held
positions at Solem & Associates and Ketchum Public Relations.
She also facilitated the successful growth of Silicon Valley’s
first political organization, Technology Network. As the
organization’s Deputy Political Director, she was responsible
for ongoing relationship-building efforts bringing together
leading Silicon Valley CEOs with state and federal elected
officials. As a media relations expert, in July 2005, Jennifer
achieved extensive in-depth media coverage across television,
radio and print news outlets for the west coast’s "King of the
Bay" kiteboarding competition.
Before moving to the Bay Area, Jennifer was
a press secretary and broadcast producer on Capitol Hill in
Washington, D.C. As chief spokesperson for the Senate Commerce
Committee, she worked closely with national and state media on
pending legislation, congressional hearings and all other public
relations activity relating to the committee’s six
subcommittees. Notably, she managed crisis communications with
the media surrounding the aviation tragedies of ValuJet Flight
592 in the Florida Everglades and TWA Flight 800 off New York’s
harbor. Also on Capitol Hill, Jennifer served as broadcast
producer for the Senate leadership writing a television show for
Senate cable TV.
Jennifer received a B.A. in Communications
from the University of California at San Diego.
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