My past experience includes more than 20 years in marketing communications and public relations (including agency experience); more than 15 years in leadership positions with non-profit organizations and public entities; and more than eight years in public radio and television. I also co-founded and managed the Central East Texas Alliance, a ten-county regional organization devoted to supporting the economic and community development efforts of the mostly-rural cities, counties, and economic development organizations in the areas between Houston and Dallas.