
Director of Communications at Diffusion Pharmaceuticals LLC
Charlottesville, Virginia Area

Director of Communications at Diffusion Pharmaceuticals LLC
Charlottesville, Virginia Area
Specializing in public relations and corporate communications, I am the Director of Communications for Diffusion Pharmaceuticals, a clinical-stage, drug-development company (www.diffusionpharma.com), where I oversee the Company's branding and corporate communications including marketing, media, investor, and public relations activities. I also manage the Company's patent portfolio and information technology systems, and play a significant role in fundraising and developing relations within the technology, investment, and medical communities.
I often gives talks and presentations on public relations and serve on the board of directors of the Charlottesville Business Innovation Council (formerly the Virginia Piedmont Technology Council + Charlottesville Venture Group), and am a founding member of the Charlottesville Company of Friends, Fast Company magazine's grassroots readers' network.
I'm interested in meeting fellow "connectioneers", dynamic speakers, and people in the life sciences and pharmaceutical industry as well as venture capitalists and angel or private investors who have an interest in advancing early-stage life science companies with breakthrough technology.
Public speaking, media relations, brand creation and management, messaging, networking, event management, connectioneering and community building (connecting opportunties to people, people to companies, companies to opportunities, speakers to listeners, students to teachers, buyers to businesses, and the like).
Charlottesville Business Innovation Council (formerly Virginia Piedmont Technology Council + Charlottesville Venture Group)
Fast Company magazine's readers' network, Company of Friends (www.fastcompany.com/cof)
Leadership Charlottesville Alumni Association (LCAA)
Virginia Bio (www.VABio.org)
BIO (www.bio.org)
Women in Healthcare
CEO Award, VPTC+CVG, 2007
CEO Award, Virginia Piedmont Technology Council, 2004
Leaders’ Leader Award, Leadership Charlottesville Alumni Association, 2003
Central Virginia Chapter of the American Marketing Association’s Silver Award: Overall Marketing Excellence, Virginia Piedmont Technology Council’s Communication’s Team for the Tech Awards 2003 marketing campaign, 2003
Golden Hammer Award, Habitat for Humanity, 2001
Central Virginia Chapter of the American Marketing Association, Honorable Mention Award: Overall Marketing Excellence, REALTORS Work! campaign for CAAR, 2001
President’s Award, CAAR, 1999