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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

  • Statut Actuel
    Employé
    Ne recherche pas de nouvelles opportunités
  • Profession
    Marketer
  • Fields
    Relations Publiques
  • Expérience professionnelle
    Plus de 15 ans (Plus de 15 ans pertinente)
  • 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
    Natif ou Bilingue
  • Highest level of education
    Master

Job search preferences

  • Desired job type
    Temps plein
    Je ne suis pas intéressé par le travail à distance
  • Desired positions
    President and CEO
  • Lieu de travail désiré
    New York, NY, USA
  • Freelance
    Je ne suis pas indépendant

Work Experience

President and CEO

janv. 2016 - Présent
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

janv. 2017 - févr. 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

févr. 2016 - juil. 2016
6 mos

Communications and Strategy/City Representative

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

Senior Advisor

juil. 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

juil. 2006 - sept. 2010
4 yrs 3 mos

Senior Director/VP of Government Affairs

janv. 2004 - juin 2006
2 yrs 6 mos
City of New York, Mayor Michael Bloomberg

Supervising Legislative Representative

juil. 2002 - janv. 2004
1 yr 7 mos

Special Assistant

août 2001 - juin 2002
11 mos

Legal Supervising Assistant

juin 2000 - juil. 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