Alan Gray

Provide strategic marketing communications, PR/media relations, public affairs, and development/fundraising counsel and support services. to drive campaigns, branding & awareness programs for corporate, government/NGO and non-profit/trade association clients.

Developed, executed and managed day-to-day operational, administrative/financial, HR, CRM, IT/vendor support, supply chain logistics, and strategic business development, marketing and sales functions for this start-up specialty coffee and tea distributor.

Developed and executed marcom, PR and brand communications, and reputation management campaigns with budget of $1.5 million; supervised 5 staff; conceptualized, executed and drove positive performance metrics for integrated marketing, communications and PR/public affairs campaigns.

Developed and executed strategic communications plans, managed budget of $800,000 and directed government relations/public affairs campaigns to preserve for CPG suppliers and military patrons annual Congressional appropriations funding the $20 billion global network of military commissary, exchange

President of Washington, DC Chapter - Provided leadership, general direction and cost/budget management oversight for all annual business and event planning, programs and activities; presided at board meetings, served as liaison to national SNAP board of directors, and exercised fiduciary responsib

VP of Washington, DC Chapter - managed all programming activities (arranging speakers and program content, promotion and marketing, and budgeting/administration of monthly luncheons, workshops, seminars), annual membership drive, and inaugurated first-ever Freelancers Fair to create new revenue stre

Lobbied members of Parliament, their staff, standing Parliamentary committees, as well as other elected and civil service government officials (local, regional and national) to drive, advocate and advance interests of client PR/public affairs campaigns, causes and interests.

Managed administration, fundraising/event planning & PR for coalition of US & UK Fortune 500 companies that, concurrent with US Senate lobbying efforts, defeated proposed unitary tax Double Tax Treaty amendment.

Geopolitics; international relations and diplomacy; international business, economics and trade; government and comparative political systems; international development and aid; philosophy; law; aesthetics and ethics.

Political science, economics, philosophy.