20+ years of leadership experience
Deep experience advising leaders, coordinating teams, and communicating across complex stakeholder environments.
Strategic Communications + Crisis Leadership
Jennifer Wilson
Strategic Communications | Crisis Communications | Public Affairs
I help organizations protect trust, navigate sensitive issues, and communicate clearly during complex public-facing moments.
Professional Brand
Communications strategy for moments that shape trust.
I bring the voice, planning discipline, and public-facing judgment of a communications strategist, strengthened by real-world crisis leadership and operational resilience experience. My work spans executive communications, public affairs, reputation management, stakeholder engagement, digital strategy, business continuity, and crisis response.
Effective communication is about more than sharing information. It is about helping leaders make meaning, align stakeholders, protect credibility, and maintain trust when visibility is high.
Highlights
Built for stakeholder trust, reputation, and organizational resilience.
Strategic communications, crisis leadership, and organizational resilience
A rare blend of message strategy, planning discipline, operational awareness, and incident-ready decision-making.
Reputation and issues management
Experience navigating sensitive topics, aligning messaging across stakeholders, and protecting trust during complex external moments.
Executive communications and public affairs
Practical counsel, talking points, public-facing statements, and leadership messaging for moments that require clarity and credibility.
Crisis readiness, stakeholder trust, and organizational resilience
Communications and planning experience in environments where accuracy, care, continuity, and public confidence matter.
Cross-functional leadership
Comfort working across leadership, operations, public safety, communications, community partners, and decision-makers.
Selected Work
Portfolio projects
Campaigns and planning initiatives that connect message discipline with public trust, stakeholder engagement, reputation, and resilience.
Program Buildout
Building a Communications Program from the Ground Up
Created a formal communications function where none existed before, building the systems, channels, templates, and training needed for consistent public communication.
Read project Municipal CrisisMercantile Fire Crisis Coordination
Public affairs, executive updates, interagency coordination, and business recovery support during a high-visibility downtown fire.
Read project GSPRA Gold AwardEmergency Procedures Flipchart
High-stakes internal communications focused on clarity, readiness, and responsible disclosure.
Read project Peach AwardESPLOST Public Information Campaign
Strategic public affairs messaging that helped voters understand a complex funding renewal.
Read project Peach AwardBus Driver Recruitment Campaign
Mission-driven recruitment messaging that increased applicant interest for a high-need role.
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