Why she’s good at this 

• Degree in journalism and years of experience as a daily TV reporter/producer 
• Current host of FrancoFiles podcast and producer of What's Working in Washington podcast/show
• Interviewed hundreds of people, from presidents to movie stars and knows what content will make it to air 
• As Executive Producer of Washington Business Report on ABC7, she’s heard every pitch and knows what grabs the attention of audiences
• Teaching others for 10 years  

Specialties   

• Executive communications coaching
• Helping experts, author and journalists learn how to prep for TV 
• Podcasts: coaching, editorial guidance, developing format, topics, style
• Branding: finding and sharing your unique voice and story

Current mood

• Inspired to help people speak more about the things that inspire them
• Obsessed with journalistic ethics
• Driven by people who have an important message to share
• Frustrated when the spotlight focuses on the loudest, not the most enlightened people
• Believes that years of improv training helps her understand foundational communication

Current client projects getting her fired up

• Human Trafficking Legal Center
• American Association for the Advancement of Science
• Brookings Institution
• Council on Foreign Relations
• Association of American Medical Colleges
• Center for a New American Security
• US Chamber of Commerce
• New America

Inspirational place: Lakeside in rural Quebec, or pretty much anywhere in Ireland

Won’t miss podcasts: The Diary of a CEO with Steven Bartlett

Next item on bucket list: walking El Camino de Santiago de Compostela in Fall 2024