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Tracy Munford
Vice President Communications
212.614.5538
tmunford@cssny.org
Tracy Munford oversees positioning and image development for CSS; including media relations, writing and web content development.
Among her current projects are providing CSS stories for the New York Times Neediest Campaign, implementing content for the new web site, developing feature stories for CSS priorities, developing CSS client stories, and press coverage and positioning for CSS reports, surveys, and initiatives..
WHY THIS WORK IS IMPORTANT TO ME:
“I enjoyed my work with a nonprofit women’s foundation – which led to my interest in returning to a nonprofit organization professionally and dedicating some of my personal time to community service programs and organizations. CSS provides the opportunity to help improve the human condition which continues to be an important part of my work and my life.”
MENTORS/IMPORTANT FIGURES IN LIFE/PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT:
Jacqueline Gates
Westina Matthews
Cardell Cooper
PRIOR EMPLOYMENT:
Communications Director, Office of the Attorney General, State of New Jersey
Communications Director, Ms. Foundation for Women
PROFESSIONAL HONORS:
New Jersey Transit - Community Service Award
National Council of Women – Exemplary Young Leaders in Public Relations
Essex Valley Health Care – Leadership Team Excellence Award
Bristol Myers Squibb – Professional Excellence Award
Essex County Executive, New Jersey - Essex County Citizen of the Year
National Association of Negro Business & Professional Women’s Clubs Inc. – National Professional/Community
Service Award
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS/COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT:
New York Women in Communications
Public Relations Society of America
National Association of Black Journalists
Montclair (NJ) Drifters - Drifters, Inc. Community Service Organization
National Association of Negro Business and Professional Women’s Clubs, Inc.
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
Isaiah House (Temporary Residence for Homeless Families) – Board Member
SIGNIFICANT PROFESSIONAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS:
Five day feature on David Jones and CSS on “Fighting Poverty in New York” – in The New York Times (City Room)
Directed and implemented public relations strategy for the first trade mission from the State of New Jersey to Africa
Selected nationally as the public relations professional for the American Coordinating Committee of the Republic of China’s annual U.S. Women’s Mission to Taipei
Coordinated state press coverage for the unveiling of former President Clinton’s Economic Stimulus Package in Washington, D.C., alongside White House Communications Staff and selected city/state public relations professionals nationally
Served as co-chair of Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure, sponsored by my employer, Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMS), and hosted the race on the Princeton campus of BMS. Under my leadership, the race grew from 15,000 to 30,000 people.
BOOKS I WOULD RECOMMEND:
The Prophet by Khalil Gibran
EDUCATION:
Rutgers University – New Jersey - Bachelor of Arts, English/Journalism
Certificate – Disney International Institute for Customer Service
PLACE OF BIRTH: East Orange, New Jersey