David Welch Halbrook

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OBJECTIVE: to serve as a Communications Director/Communications Specialist/Executive Speechwriter for executive leadership at federal, national, or international organization of global influence.

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS

Accomplished communications professional as a Director of Communications, Executive Speechwriter, Senior Communications Lead, Director of National News and Public Affairs, Managing Editor and Published Author

Expertise building best-in-class marketing, communications, and public relations initiatives for fundraising advancement, constituent relations, and institutional branding

Pulitzer-nominated, multiple award-winning journalist and editor

Accomplished manager of executive communications teams

Executive Speechwriting for Federal Government Administrators; excellent oral and written communication skills

Author of many books and published articles

Experienced writer of Congressional Testimony supporting targeted policy initiatives in Washington, D.C.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Dec. 2019 - present

Office of Human Resource Management; Leidos International

Executive Speechwriter/Communications Specialist

Serve FAA’s Senior Leadership with executive speechwriting and strategic communications, messaging, publications and digital products.

U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Cybersecurity, April 2019- Dec. 2019

Energy Security, Emergency Response (CESER)

Senior Communications Lead/Executive Speechwriter

Served U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Cybersecurity as a Senior Communications Lead, Executive Speechwriter and Marketing Specialist; providing strategic consulting, top line messaging, articles and research for executive leadership; includes blogs, social media, website content and broad-based cybersecurity talking points.

U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Fossil Energy Dec. 2018 – April 2019

Senior Management Analyst/Executive Speechwriter

Executive Speechwriter and Project Manager for Congressionally mandated Comprehensive Assessment of the Office of Fossil Energy, producing editorial narrative for 50-page organizational analysis outlining FE’s alignment and operational efficiencies with DOE mission; conducted in-depth interviews with R&D scientists and subject matter experts at National Labs, and with private energy sector stakeholders; wrote speeches for Assistant Secretary and Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Office of Fossil Energy for DOE.

U.S. Dept. of Transportation, Maritime Administration Jan. 2016- Dec. 2018

Executive Speechwriter/Communications Specialist

Served U.S. Department of Transportation as executive speechwriter to Senior Administrative Leadership, including Sec. of Transportation Elaine Chao and two Maritime Administrators; communications specialist with Maritime Dept. of Public Affairs providing editorial, promotional marketing, national articles and policy messaging for executive leadership.

Patrick Henry College, Purcellville, VA 2006-2015

Director of Communications,

Directed planning/implementation of integrated College communications strategy supporting institutional fundraising, admissions, media and community relations; managed online branding, messaging, and content for College publications, programs and events.

Directed communications/marketing budget; managed five-person staff;

built national social media and e-communications platforms, created Patrick Henry College Magazine fundraising publication, stewarded books, articles, video documentaries and movie projects; coordinated major conferences and events supporting advancement and mission objectives of the College.

Salem Communications, Washington, DC 2002-2006

East Coast Director/Executive Producer

Created, executive produced nationally syndicatedTownhall.com Weekend Journal, long-format news magazine syndicated on over 140 stations. Managed a production staff of seven and provided editorial direction for network-wide programming and commentary. Spearheaded and composed public policy position papers for the nation’s third largest broadcasting corporation.

Served as East Coast point liaison on Capitol Hill, lobbying and supporting legislative initiatives with lawmakers and affinity organizations.

Cultivated key financial sponsorships for Townhall.com Journal.

Author, Co-author, Award-winning Journalist 1997-2002

From March 1997 through December 2002 (to present), co-authored, edited and published many books and award-winning articles, earning a Pulitzer Prize nomination, numerous feature writing awards, and sales of more than 100,000 copies with Word Publishing, Broadman & Holman Publishers, and other publishing houses.

EDUCATION

B.S. Journalism, University of Colorado, Boulder

M.A. Communications, Louisiana Baptist University

PROFESSIONAL AWARDS:

Pulitzer Prize Nominee: six-part series on Multiple Chemical Sensitivities

First Place, AP, Best Feature Story of Year, "Cop on Steroids"

First Place, Colorado Press Association, Best Feature Story

Special Feature Writing Award, AP, Travelogue Series on Indonesia

Best Feature Story, Evangelical Press Association, Best Feature Profile, "Jimmy Allen: Only God Knows"

Best Feature Story, Society of Professional Journalists, Best Feature Story, "They Came to Survive," Guatemalan migrants

Best Series, Associated Press, Best Series, " Colorado Migrants: Miles to Go,"

Best Business Story, Associated Press, Best Business Story, "Bad Seed": Grain Elevator Crook

Best Feature Story, Colorado Press Association, Best Feature Story

Best News Feature, Evangelical Press Association, Best News Feature, "Nation of Islam"

Best Series, Colorado Press Association, Best Series, "Colorado Migrants: Miles to Go."

Best Series, Colorado Press Association, Best Series, "Multiple Chemical Sensitivities”

Best Feature Story of the Year, Colorado Press Association, Best Feature Story of Year, "Cop on Steroids”

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