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.

New York, NY, USA

National Urban Fellows Scholar

http://www.desireepete...

Skill

brand managmentcrisis communicationbrand developmentbrand positioningpolitical counselingstrategic counselstrategic partnershipsmedia trainingcontent developmentvideography and photography

Pengalaman Kerja

Lebih dari 15 tahun (relevan Lebih dari 15 tahun)

Status sekarang

Tidak terbuka untuk peluang / Bekerja

Sedang mencari

Full Time / Tidak tertarik bekerja remote / President and CEO

Lokasi pekerjaan yang diinginkan

New York, NY, USA

Bahasa

English (Bahasa ibu atau Bilingual)

President and CEO
DPBell and Associates
January 2016 ~ Sekarang5 yrs2 mos
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
University of Pennsylvania
January 2017 ~ February 20192 yrs2 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
Democratic National Convention
February 2016 ~ July 20166 mos
Communications and Strategy/City Representative
Michael A. Nutter, Office of the Mayor
November 2012 ~ January 20163 yrs3 mos
City of Philadelphia Led communications, social media, political strategy and big events for the City of Philadelphia
Senior Advisor
Obama For America
July 2012 ~ November 20125 mos
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States Led successful Communication strategies, tactics and messaging for President Obama's re-election campaign in Pennsylvania
Director of Communications
City Of Newark
July 2006 ~ September 20104 yrs3 mos
Senior Director/VP of Government Affairs
New York City Marketing Development Corporation
January 2004 ~ June 20062 yrs6 mos
City of New York, Mayor Michael Bloomberg
Supervising Legislative Representative
New York City Marketing Development Corporation
July 2002 ~ January 20041 yr7 mos
Special Assistant
City Of Indianapolis
August 2001 ~ June 200211 mos
Legal Supervising Assistant
Skadden Arps
June 2000 ~ July 20011 yr2 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.