Andy Fisher

About Andy Fisher

Leading teams and communication programs Improving recognition and reputation Delivering institutional objectives Operational excellence Media relations professional who has been a source to nearly every major national and international news organization Working with U.S. and international opinion leaders Delivering news, analysis and opinion through traditional, digital and social media platforms Experienced at on-camera interviews and preparing others to do the same Coordinating public relations campaigns with advertising and grassroots programs Managing employees, consultants, survey and data research efforts, micro targeting, direct mail, media production, media buying, social media and web design Area focuses include agriculture, nutrition, business, health care, education, energy, natural resources, forestry, conservation, economic growth, national security, international relations, and nonproliferation Three decades of industry leadership include directing the public relations for The Pew Charitable Trusts conservation projects, U.S. Sen. Dick Lugar, the Friends of Dick Lugar campaigns, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, the Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee, and the USDA Forest Service Founding executive director of the nonprofit National Forest Foundation and owned and operated a weekly newspaper Raised on a Chautauqua County, New York dairy farm

Experience

1. Senior Director, Communications

   The Pew Charitable Trusts

   Oct 2015 — Present · Washington, DC, US

   Directing communications for more than 20 U.S. and international conservation projects, managing a staff of 33 communication professionals, as part of a comprehensive in-house communications department.

Education

• State University of New York at Fredonia

  B.A. Political Science