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More than 20 years of diverse public relations and marketing communications experience serving Fortune 500 corporations, higher education and nonprofit organizations has made Ms. Lukas a leader in her field. As President and Chief Communication Officer at Leslie Kline Lukas & Associates, she brings passion and energy to each client challenge and opportunity. Among her achievements are:
Provided counsel to senior leadership in for profit and nonprofit organizations on a broad range of issues to protect and enhance reputation.
Managed proactive media relations, generating positive news placements on executives, processes and products in local and national news media including Fortune, Forbes, Business Week, The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, In Style, Ladies Home Journal, Better Homes and Gardens, Self.
Promoted high-profile food brands of a Fortune 100 food company, by helping manage consumer education campaigns and media relations.
Met internal communication objectives for a national corporation through building employee communication programs and leading management workshops on employee communication tactics.
Developed and produced stockholder reports and analyst presentations; controlled company messages for acquisitions and divestitures through effective media relations.
Generated company goodwill and positive publicity through planning and managing special events, which included writing executive speeches, and coordinating news conferences, grand openings, stockholder meetings and community events.
Enhanced corporate reputation through philanthropy programs including management participation in a corporate foundation.
Ms. Lukas has achieved organizational results through designing and managing research-driven programs in reputation management; employee communication, recruitment and retention; news media relations; crisis communication; Web strategy, brand management; development and fund raising; corporate philanthropy; and community relations.
Ms. Lukas spent 15 years in communications management with ConAgra Foods, and managed corporate communication for the nation's leading direct marketer of novelty toys. She served as national media relations director for a major university, and earlier in her career worked in secondary education public relations and fund raising.
A graduate of Creighton University, Ms. Lukas has a master's degree in communication from the University of Nebraska at Omaha (UNO). She has taught public relations and advertising courses at Creighton and UNO. Lukas has served in leadership positions on several boards supporting nonprofit organizations and she is a graduate of Leadership Omaha. In 2005, Ms. Lukas received the Alumni Achievement Award from the UNO School of Communication.
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