Helping organizations navigate transformation, strengthen trust, and connect leadership with the people they serve.
Nearly three decades of communications leadership across health care, technology, and complex organizations.
Executive counsel and communications leadership for the people at the top, and for the organizations they serve.
From my early years, I earned the moniker of "talker," until an unforgettable encounter with my teacher's duct tape in second grade taught me the transformative power of listening.
I've spent nearly three decades helping organizations communicate with clarity, navigate change, and build trust with the people who matter most.
My father spent over 30 years with one employer, and growing up I saw how much of a life gets lived at work, and how much it matters that people feel respected, informed, and able to trust what they are told. That conviction has shaped my career in corporate communications, employee engagement, and marketing, and my belief that trust begins with authentic connection.
My career has taken me across technology, health care, and mission-driven organizations, including a publicly traded international company, where I've advised executives, built communications functions, led teams, and helped translate complex business priorities into stories that inform, engage, and inspire action.
Whether guiding communications through organizational transformation, helping leaders connect with employees, or translating sophisticated medical research into compelling narratives, I believe effective communication begins with listening. Understanding people, their perspectives, concerns, and aspirations, is what makes meaningful communication possible.
Today I serve as Senior Director, Foundation Communications at Swedish Foundation in Seattle, part of Providence Swedish. Across every role, the work has been the same at its core: clear, honest communication that helps people understand, trust, and act.
Helping senior leaders communicate vision, strategy, organizational priorities, and change.
Building communications strategies and channels that strengthen employee understanding, connection, and trust.
Guiding communications through growth, acquisitions, integration, restructuring, and organizational evolution.
Creating compelling narratives that connect organizational purpose with audiences and stakeholders.
Building communications functions, developing talent, and aligning teams around organizational objectives.
Translating sophisticated clinical, scientific, and technological subjects into clear, credible communications.
Lead the Foundation's communications strategy and team, directing integrated communications, editorial content, digital engagement, and donor communications in support of Swedish's philanthropic priorities.
Lead the integrated marketing communications campaign behind the Foundation's 10-year comprehensive campaign, spanning paid and owned media, digital strategy, executive communications, and donor storytelling.
Advise executive leaders on communications strategy and reputation, and partner with physicians, researchers, and philanthropy leaders to translate sophisticated medical research into credible narratives that build understanding, inspire confidence, and motivate support.
Partnered closely with the executive leadership team to create and execute the internal communication strategy for a national, distributed workforce. Developed programs and interactive channels that informed, connected, and engaged employees, with messaging that built transparency and trust and carried the organization's culture, mission, and strategic direction.
Built the internal communications function for Tegria, a health care technology company formed from Providence. Created the strategy, channels, and tactics that supported the integration of nine Providence investments and acquisitions into one independently incorporated company, and helped leaders communicate change and build a shared identity through a period of transformation.
Directed internal and external communications, marketing, and culture initiatives for Community Technologies, a Providence Information Systems business serving independent hospitals and clinics.
Developed strategic communications reaching audiences across Providence's 119,000-employee organization, and led two-way communications and collaboration for 81 Community Technologies customers across 18 hospitals and 63 clinics.
Oversaw a major digital transformation and branding initiative, paired with a marketing strategy that strengthened business development.
Served as company spokesperson for this publicly traded international organization, leading transparent, integrated internal and external communications, social media, and charitable giving across a distributed dealer network.
Created the internal communication channels and strategy, working across marketing, human resources, and leadership to give employees, physicians, and leaders clarity about the organization's identity, aspirations, and the impact of their work.
Oversaw corporate communications, website management, and marketing operations, leading brand management, internal communications, acquisition messaging, public relations, corporate positioning, product introductions, and employee engagement.
Led strategic communications across Microsoft Business Solutions for the company, its customers, and its partners, including executive speeches, brand content transitions, and content for acquisitions, events, customer success stories, and marketing campaigns. Developed content strategies for secure partner sites and employee intranets.
Built the internal communications strategy, channels, and tactics for Tegria, supporting the integration of nine Providence investments and acquisitions into one independently incorporated health care technology company.
Developed communications reaching audiences across Providence's 119,000-employee organization, and led two-way communications for 81 Community Technologies customers across 18 hospitals and 63 clinics.
Leads the integrated marketing communications campaign supporting Swedish Foundation's 10-year comprehensive campaign, aligning executive messaging, donor storytelling, and community awareness.
Strategic communications experience spanning Microsoft, health care and health technology, and a publicly traded international company, including service as a company spokesperson.
I'm always interested in connecting with leaders who believe thoughtful communication can strengthen organizations, build trust, and make a meaningful difference.
Send me a note here, or connect on LinkedIn.