Brenda Foster
Vice President, Account Services
What Drives Me:
- Spending time with my family
- Viewing the world through a photographer’s lens
- Getting my hands on the latest electronics, apps and social media
- Rooting for the Pittsburgh Steelers, Penn State Nittany Lions or any western Pennsylvania sports team
- Rocking to Bon Jovi
- Being a lifelong learner
Issues That Energize Me:
- Family farmers and locally grown food
- Children’s health and welfare
- Education
- Arts and entertainment
- Adoption
- Animal protection
- Public lands preservation
My Specialties:
- Strategic planning/social marketing
- Campaign management
- Crisis prevention and response
- Logic models and evaluation
- Public speaking and speech writing
- Integrated media outreach
- Event production
- Script writing
- Celebrity recruitment
- Training and technical assistance
My Proudest Professional Achievement:
- Helping grassroots advocates and individuals accomplish great things in their communities and around the world.
When My Career Began:
- Nelson Mandela was freed.
- Smoking was banned on domestic flights.
- NASA launched the Hubble Space Telescope.
- Johnny Carson retired from “The Tonight Show.”
- Jon Bon Jovi’s No. 1 hit, “Blaze of Glory,” was nominated for a Grammy® and an Academy Award®.
Other Stuff About Me:
- I’m a founding member of Progressive Communicators of DC (PCDC).
- I became a radio broadcaster at the age of 15.
- I’ve seen “Barefoot in the Park” approximately 87 times.
- I’m frequently in an Empire state of mind.
