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Desiree Peterkin Bell

President and CEO
Award-winning brand builder, political and public affairs strategist, and best-selling author, Desiree Peterkin Bell’s work history speaks for itself. With over twenty years of experience serving in a myriad of roles within various local government administrations, she understands what it takes to build a successful brand. Desiree is the Founder of DPBell & Associates, a full-service public relations firm with clients all over the world. She and her team specialize in public relations, brand management, development, and positioning, strategic counseling, crisis communications, media training, digital organizing, event production, political consulting, content development, and strategic partnerships.
DPBell and Associates
National Urban Fellows Scholar
New York, NY, USA

Professional Background

  • Current status
    Employed
    Not open to opportunities
  • Profession
    Marketer
  • Fields
    Public Relations
  • Work experience
    More than 15 years (More than 15 years relevant)
  • Management
  • Skills
    brand managment
    crisis communication
    brand development
    brand positioning
    political counseling
    strategic counsel
    strategic partnerships
    media training
    content development
    videography and photography
  • Languages
    English
    Native or Bilingual
  • Highest level of education
    Master

Job search preferences

  • Desired job type
    Full-time
    Not interested in working remotely
  • Desired positions
    President and CEO
  • Desired work locations
    New York, NY, USA
  • Freelance
    Non-freelancer

Work Experience

President and CEO

Jan 2016 - Present
Desiree Peterkin Bell is the President and CEO OF DPBell and Associates a boutique Public Affairs Firm. Serving clients nationally and internationally DPBell and Associates is a full service firm that focuses on brand development; crisis communications; strategic counsel; high-level, high impact events and convenings and strategic partnerships. Desiree Peterkin Bell has been honored as one of industry's best and brightest in the country by PR Week's 40 under 40; a Shorty Award' winner recognized by the Philadelphia Tribune as, One of Philadelphia's Most Influential African-American Women; and recognized by Black Enterprise Magazine as a triple threat.

Lecturer

Jan 2017 - Feb 2019
2 yrs 2 mos
Greater Philadelphia Area Developed an Urban Communication program, syllabus and lecture series, a first for the University OF Pennsylvania's Annenberg School of Communication

Consultant

Feb 2016 - Jul 2016
6 mos

Communications and Strategy/City Representative

Nov 2012 - Jan 2016
3 yrs 3 mos
City of Philadelphia Led communications, social media, political strategy and big events for the City of Philadelphia

Senior Advisor

Jul 2012 - Nov 2012
5 mos
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States Led successful Communication strategies, tactics and messaging for President Obama's re-election campaign in Pennsylvania

Director of Communications

Jul 2006 - Sep 2010
4 yrs 3 mos

Senior Director/VP of Government Affairs

Jan 2004 - Jun 2006
2 yrs 6 mos
City of New York, Mayor Michael Bloomberg

Supervising Legislative Representative

Jul 2002 - Jan 2004
1 yr 7 mos

Special Assistant

Aug 2001 - Jun 2002
11 mos

Legal Supervising Assistant

Jun 2000 - Jul 2001
1 yr 2 mos
Worked closely with Partners in the Antitrust Division on the following cases : UST; Christies and Sotheby's price fixing case. Managed a small team of legal assistants.

Education

Master of Arts (MA)
Public Administration and Public Policy
2001 - 2002
Political Science and Education
1996 - 2000