Diane Ripley

Government & Public Affairs

Community Outreach

Stakeholder Engagement

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Skills

Self-starting communications professional with twenty-two years of experience developing and maintaining strong and strategic relationships. Highly skilled at working solo and/or collaboratively with cross-functional project teams and stakeholders by strategically aligning advocacy and engagement procedures to effectively attain goals or advance purpose, policies, and principles. Successfully created and executed hundreds of communications campaigns, special and corporate events, and supervised corporate social responsibility and charitable giving programs.

Experience

2001 to present

Consultant/Director

Kirste Ripley Public Relations

Clients...

Mitsubishi Corporation/ConocoPhillips, Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG)Terminal

Government Outreach Stakeholder Management Crisis Communications Media and Advertising Corporate Giving/Charity Programs Strategic Communications Community Outreach Business Representation Supervised client’s internal and external communications, government affairs and community outreach for their $500 million proposed LNG energy facility in the Port of Long Beach. Responsibilities included extensive and strategic relationship building with local, state, and federal government officials and community leaders; developed and maintained media relationships; crafted press releases and marketing materials; and supervised client’s $1 million dollar community charity-giving program and special events.

Petroleum Company

Community & Employee Outreach Corporate Giving/Charity Programs Government Advocacy Brochures and Material Development Media and Public Relations

Drafted and summarized a conflict resolution protocol, successfully managed client’s exposure, and diminished-to-zero the potential multi-million dollar legal/environmental liability caused by its urban oil exploration. Finally, over sixty-nine structural damage reports were officially filed resulting in zero lawsuits. Within two years I was able to move my client forward by engaging and maintaining the company's relationships within the community, and with national, state, and local government officials and legislators. Built and managed external stakeholder relations guidelines and developed and promoted employee communication skills through mentoring and training. Designed and managed print-process all print materials, including community outreach brochures. Supplied critical guidance and oversight of the company’s social responsibility programs.

Accountable Health Care Plan

Government Advocacy Corporate Giving/Charity Programs

Successfully advocated with local, county and state legislative officials which resulted in reauthorization of their existing multi-million dollar contract and securing of new contracts.

Long Beach Memorial Healthcare Center

Industry Outreach Press/Media/Advertising Brochures Collateral Material Development

Through the use of social media and key stakeholder relationship building, over a period of three years --I formed three separate and successful teams and together we designed and crafted three award-winning Belmont Shore Christmas parade floats.

City of Long Beach

Government and Community Outreach Comprehensive Media and Public Relations Campaign Brochure and Collateral Development Special Events Planning

Through my ability to deliver targeted results at cost and on schedule I designed, created and implemented multiple and financially successful city-wide public-private and economic investment and marketing projects: “Movies in the Park”(city-wide: Long Beach/Signal Hill and currently in its 10th year), “Buy Long Beach/Buy Local” (city-wide, currently in its 17th year) and the new Business Corridor District Beautification campaign – its stand-alone value at over $2 million dollars.

Oil Operators Inc, LLC

Government and Community Outreach Corporate Giving/Charity Program

Designed and directed a strategically targeted and critically necessary educational campaign to assist in minimizing community activism over an oil and gas dumpsite. Through my government advocacy and crisis communications efforts I was able to cancel-out fines in excess of over $1 million dollars. I also secured the required city, county, and state remediation permits. In partnership, we drafted the company’s annual giving guidelines.

LA Seismic, LLC

Government Affairs and Community Education Comprehensive Media and Public Relations Campaign Brochures and Collateral Material Development Project Management Corporate Giving/Charity Giving

Secured government and private permitting, created and managed an educational policy plan, and created and managed a comprehensive and critically strategic and extensive government and community outreach protocol for urban geophysical surveys --- resulting in twelve highly successful seismic survey projects, valued at over $150 million dollars, in over 23 cities and two counties: Los Angeles and Orange, the Ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles and the companies located within the ports' boundaries, it’s rail yards, public rights-of-way, and individual small businesses, oil refineries, hospitals and schools. I also created the company’s charity-giving guidelines, designed brochures and press materials, and organized LIVE press coverage.

Municipal Petroleum Analysts

Government Affairs Advocacy Project Management Industry Outreach Corporate Giving

In partnership --crafted and amended city’s municipal code resulting in an additional $4M annual revenue stream. We designed the company's government and community outreach program, and we completed an oil property and pipeline audit which resulted in a negotiated agreement of $1.4 million, with an immediate collection of $230,000.00 for the city and the discovery of two major revenue resources.

Nationwide Insurance Company

Government Outreach Corporate and Public Relations Alignment Corporate Giving Government Advocacy

Developed and provided strategic entrée for company’s executives to government representatives and public officials which resulted in securing and increasing multi-year/multi $million-dollar contracts and their presence in California. Lead advisor in community investment.

Integral Partners/Brandywine Homes, Riverwalk Project

Government Advocacy Project Management Corporate and Public Relations Alignment Corporate Giving Comprehensive Media and Public Relations Campaign Employee Outreach Brochures and Collateral Material Development

In less than two years, through extensive strategic government and community outreach, managed to successfully persuade two-hundred-and-one residents from very controversial project opponents to single-family housing advocates. Delivered targeted results as the company is currently building 138 new single-family homes with a project value of over $55 million dollars.

The Olson Company Foulger Pratt

Lennar Brandywine Kb Home

Through hands-on and intense community outreach and stakeholder engagement, I successfully permitted over 57 urban-infill, multi single family residential projects: 33-to-263-unit projects.

1992 to 2001

FUNdamentals LLC, Owner

Fundraising Campaigns Corporate and Special Events Project management Corporate and Public Relations Alignment Comprehensive Media and Public Relations Campaign Brochures and Collateral Material Development

Designed, assembled, and managed over 800 events, ranging from small corporate events and meetings to large scale award and fundraising ceremonies. My favorite was producing the Long Beach Fire Department’s awards ceremony, a true emphasis on local heroes which brought the city, community, and department together. I also solicited, managed and implemented various private/corporate giving and volunteer programs through creative events resulting in fundraising over $11 million dollars in less than 9 years for local and national nonprofits.

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