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Ready – Fire – Aim!

PRSay

After a 27 year Navy career, with 21 of those years as a navy public affairs officer, I was very secure in my abilities as a practicing PA professional. Like everyone else, I had built my box in a fashion to make me successful in the segment of public relations (public affairs) I had become accustomed to.

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3 former PR pros who made mid-career shifts and lived to talk about it

Communications Conversations

Former role: Vice president of communications and public affairs with Berkshire Hathaway Energy (BHE). I resigned my last full-time PR job in December 2014, as vice president of communications and public affairs with Berkshire Hathaway Energy (BHE). Prior to Alice Riot, I had zero background in fashion or apparel.

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The Blurry Edges of PR; Off Script #11: Kevin Hartman of LTPR

Sword and the Script

In all, the six-year period involved two combat deployments (Iraq ‘07-‘08; Afghanistan ‘12-‘13) with the National Guard and time in between working for the Oregon Army National Guard Public Affairs Office. I’ve served in Army Public Affairs for nearly 17 years now. That’s when I found LTPR.”. What are we creating?