Isabel Lara
Communications Leader | Mission-driven Storyteller
- Role
- Director of Communications at Monterey Bay Aquarium
- Location
- Pacific Grove, CA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Isabel Lara
I’ve spent more than two decades at the intersection of communications, mission, and public trust — speaking on behalf of some of America’s most respected institutions, including NPR, the Smithsonian, and Monterey Bay Aquarium.I believe communications is most powerful when it builds the kind of trust that lets institutions lead through uncertainty. Whether I’m navigating a crisis or planning an all-hands for 500 employees, my approach is the same: understand what’s really at stake, find the clearest way to say it, and make sure the right people hear it.I’m drawn to organizations working at the frontier of something important, where the mission is real and the communications challenges are genuinely hard. That’s where I do my best work.
Experience
Director of Communications
May 2025 — Present · Monterey, CA, US
Leads internal and external communications strategies for the Aquarium, driving proactive and reactive communications to advance our goals, strengthen our culture, amplify our conservation leadership, and ensure a unified and compelling voice across all channels.
Education
UCAB - Universidad Católica Andrés Bello
Licenciatura, Letras
The New School
MA, Media Studies
Skills
- Editing
- Publishing
- Press Releases
- Event Planning
- Speech Writing
- Museums
- Journalism
- Education
- Television
- Strategic Communications
- Research
- Public Relations
- Internal Communications
- Media Relations
- Social Media Marketing
- Hispanic Marketing
- Publicity
- Magazines
- Event Management
- Crisis Communications
- Social Media
- Integrated Marketing
- New Media
- Marketing Communications
- Copy Editing
- Marketing
- Blogging
- Non-Profits
- Nonprofits
- Storytelling
- Newsletters
- Publications
- Community Outreach
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