Joan L. Lukas
President and Chief
Communication Officer
More
than 20 years of diverse public relations and marketing communications
experience serving Fortune 500 corporations, higher education and nonprofit
organizations has made Ms. Lukas a leader in her field. As President and Chief
Communication Officer at Leslie Kline Lukas & Associates, she brings
passion and energy to each client challenge and opportunity. Among her
achievements are:
- Provided counsel to senior
leadership in for profit and nonprofit organizations on a broad range of
issues to protect and enhance reputation.
- Managed proactive media relations,
generating positive news placements on executives, processes and products
in local and national news media including Fortune, Forbes, Business Week,
The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, The New York Times, Los Angeles Times,
In Style, Ladies Home Journal, Better Homes and Gardens, Self.
- Promoted high-profile food brands
of a Fortune 100 food company, by helping manage consumer education
campaigns and media relations.
- Met internal communication objectives
for a national corporation through building employee communication
programs and leading management workshops on employee communication
tactics.
- Developed and produced stockholder
reports and analyst presentations; controlled company messages for
acquisitions and divestitures through effective media relations.
- Generated company goodwill and
positive publicity through planning and managing special events, which
included writing executive speeches, and coordinating news conferences,
grand openings, stockholder meetings and community events.
- Enhanced corporate reputation
through philanthropy programs including management participation in a
corporate foundation.
Ms.
Lukas has achieved organizational results through designing and managing
research-driven programs in reputation management; employee communication,
recruitment and retention; news media relations; crisis communication; Web
strategy, brand management; development and fund raising; corporate
philanthropy; and community relations.
Ms.
Lukas spent 15 years in communications management with ConAgra Foods, and
managed corporate communication for the nation’s leading direct marketer of
novelty toys. She served as national media relations director for a major
university, and earlier in her career worked in secondary education public
relations and fund raising.
A
graduate of
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