Michele Conklin, MSJ

Director of Communications

Michele Conklin is a senior-level strategy professional who blends research and communication experience, marketing expertise, and leadership skills to create programs that successfully engage and serve key constituencies to achieve organizational goals. Ms. Conklin excels at translating complex subject matter into effective programming to achieve change.  She has 25 years of diverse expertise in strategic planning and project management, strategic marketing and communications, government and community relations, business development and leadership, award-winning journalism, and multi-media communications.

She has extensive experience in healthcare and consulting with cultural institutions, non-profit organizations, and trade associations. For the last 12 years, Ms. Conklin operated her own healthcare content marketing agency, employing a team of a dozen senior communications specialists based throughout the United States and achieving $1.5 million in annual revenues.

President – Clementine Healthcare Marketing

Executive Director of Strategic Planning & Marketing – Porter Adventist Hospital

Vice President of Marketing – Centura Health

Business Reporter – Rocky Mountain News

Bachelor of Arts, Mass Communications – University of South Florida

Master of Business Administration – University of South Florida

Master of Science in Journalism – Northwestern University

Graduate Certificate in Health Humanities and Bioethics – University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus

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