Ms. Chase has extensive experience as spokesperson and on-the-scene media consultant in crisis situations for a variety of clients, including international business concerns. With an extensive career in broadcast journalism, she brings a wealth of insight, knowledge, understanding and unique experience to serving client partners.
Her work includes establishing positive media relationships and events for clients, conducting numerous successful media interviews on behalf of client partners, as well as developing and conducting a writing improvement course for key communicators with the U.S. Forest Service.
Ms. Chase has established expertise, comprehensive experience and ability in high-level professional communications, crisis communications planning, training and management, media relations, public relations, executive communications coaching and consulting, and presentation skills training. She is a creative manager, organization leader, professional instructor/trainer, communications consultant, free-lance writer and public speaker who has managed comprehensive campaigns to promote clients’ public policy positions.
Ms. Chase’s broadcast journalism career includes positions throughout the Carolinas as news director, anchor, and reporter at the top news radio stations. Winner of numerous local, state, regional, and national broadcast journalism awards, Ms. Chase served as adjunct professor at UNC-Charlotte, Winthrop University, the University of Bucharest, Romania, and Knoxville Business College.
She is past International Chair of the International Association of Business Communicators (IABC), past Chair of IABC Southern Region and current president of IABC Charlotte.
Ms. Chase is a long-standing board member of the Radio-Television Digital News Association of the Carolinas (formerly the Radio Television News Directors Association of the Carolinas.) She was elected the organization’s first woman president and was the first RTNDAC president re-elected to a second consecutive term. She spearheaded record membership expansion, conference attendance and budget growth for the organization. She currently serves on the board as Chair of Professional Development.
Her professional history includes:
- South Carolina Associated Press Broadcasters; Director Emeritus
- Grand Strand Press Association; Director Emeritus
- British Broadcasting Company (BBC) Correspondent
- University of North Carolina at Charlotte/ Adjunct Professor
- Winthrop University/Adjunct Lecturer
- University of Bucharest, Romania/Instructor in ‘Broadcast Journalism’/Visiting Professor of Broadcast Journalism
Ms. Chase has served with a number of civic and philanthropic endeavors including:
- E4 Carolinas –Marketing and Communications Committee
- Charlotte Regional Visitors Authority ‘Green Team’ ~ Communications Committee
- Salvation Army Board of Directors/Charlotte, NC
- Hope Haven, Inc. Board of Directors ~ Development /Public Relations Chair
- National Multiple Sclerosis Society Mid-Atlantic Chapter Board of Directors ~ Public Relations and Special Events
- Adopt-A-Cop Board of Directors
- Hands On Charlotte; Board of Directors ~ Publicity and Communications Committee Chair/Captain; Coordinator; Media Spokesperson - various volunteer projects and annual signature events with record success for media coverage; Volunteer of the Year
- Habitat for Humanity/Charlotte’s ‘Women Build’ ~ Steering Committee/PR
Her professional awards include:
- Two Thousand Notable American Women
- Mecklenburg Times ’50 Influential Women’ 2012
- National Associated Press Broadcasters Enterprise Award
- The Bishop Fulton J. Sheen Award
- South Carolina Associated Press Best Newscast
- RTNDAC Best Documentary Award
- Angel Award
Specialties: Crisis Communication; Crisis Communication Plans; Crisis Communication Training; Media Relations; Media Training; Executive Coaching; Presentation Skills Coaching; Message Development; Business Writing and Editing
