Tracey Linkous

Current

• Director of Communications and Intellectual Property at Diffusion Pharmaceuticals LLC
• Co-Founder and Coordinator, Charlottesville, VA Chapter at Company of Friends, Fast Company Magazine's Global Readers' Network
• Immediate Past Chairman of the Board at Charlottesville Business Innovation Council

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Connections

312 connections

Industry

Pharmaceuticals

Websites

• My Company
• Company of Friends
• Cville Business Innovation Cou

Tracey Linkous’s Summary

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 as Director and immedaite past Chairman of the Board for the Charlottesville Business Innovation Council (formerly the Virginia Piedmont Technology Council + Charlottesville Venture Group), am a member of the Charlottesville Regional Chamber of Commerce's Community Council of the Board of Directors, 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.

Tracey Linkous’s Specialties:

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).

Additional Information

Tracey Linkous’s Websites:

• My Company
• Company of Friends
• Cville Business Innovation Cou

Tracey Linkous’s Groups:

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

•    CBIC - Charlottesville Business Innovation Council
•    Virginia Biotechnology Association
•    Entrepreneurs in Central VA
•    Biotech Investment Group
•    PRwise
•    GAVI Alliance
•    Social Network Analysis in Practice
•    JobAngels

Tracey Linkous’s Honors:

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