EXPERTISE

I’m an experienced PR and Communications Manager with extensive experience in stakeholder management and championing social issues. As a recipient of the New Zealander of the Year, local hero award, I am seen as a passionate social change agent who can turn visions into reality.  With strategic insights, creativity and initiative, I can develop campaigns working alongside influential people and a diverse range of stakeholders to achieve the set goal.

List of My Expertise

• Public Relations and Campaign management
• Marketing Communications
• Stakeholder engagement
• Social Media
• Event Management
• Market Research
• Sponsorship and Funding Proposals
• Content Creation
• Corporate Social Responsibility
• Consumer Advocacy

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS

Post Graduate Diploma in Communications Management and PR 2010
Auckland University of Technology

Bachelor of Arts – Psychology and Business 2009
Massey University

Diploma in Nursery nursing 1993
Belfast Institute of Further and Higher Education

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium: Alamo Breast Cancer Foundation:
Patient Advocacy Program 2014

Australia, New Zealand Breast Cancer Clinical Trials: Patient Advocacy Program 2014

Lobby Torque (Political Lobbying Professional Training) 2014

Rotary Step up Leadership Program 2009

PADI

Master Scuba Diving Instructor 1998

AWARDS

New Zealander of the Year: Local Hero Award 2014