Katherine Heaviside

About Katherine Heaviside

Named as one of the 50 Most Influential Long Islanders as well as Top Publicist by Long Island Press, Katherine puts her relationships with the media, business leaders, government officials and community leaders to work for her clients. From programs that manage reputations and build community support to helping clients grow their businesses, she leads Epoch 5 in delivering measurable results that have made it the “go-to” firm in the region.Katherine brings more than three decades of crisis management and issues management experience to national and regional companies, working with them to successfully “manage” controversial issues that have the potential to impact their profitability, growth and recruitment. Whether a client faces opposition by community groups or governmental agencies to expansion plans or negative press because of layoffs, harassment, management misconduct or other issues that can destroy a company’s hard-earned reputation, Katherine has the experience to handle it. Corporations such as Newsday, Shell Oil, Brookhaven National Lab, CVS, Pep Boys, New York Institute of Technology, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory and a host of smaller organizations have turned to Katherine and Epoch 5 to handle sensitive issues. Much of her best work, in fact, does not make the news. She and her firm have won the Public Relations Society of America’s Silver Anvil Award, the PR industry’s highest award, given to its best practitioners from across the nation.Katherine has published articles in national magazines and major daily newspapers, appeared on national television and radio. She has presented seminars on public relations, marketing and crisis management through the United States to business associations and industry groups that include healthcare, real estate, law, energy and education.

Experience

1. President

   Epoch 5 Public Relations

   Jun 1979 — Present

Skills

• Media Planning
• Content Strategy
• Social Media
• Newspapers
• Marketing Communications
• Facebook
• Strategic Communications
• Leadership
• Government
• Publicity
• Blogging
• Social Networking
• Marketing
• Copy Editing
• Magazines
• Newsletters
• Copywriting
• Journalism
• Content Development
• Public Affairs
• Crisis Management
• Integrated Marketing
• New Media
• Spokesperson
• Press Releases
• Digital Media
• Editing
• Writing
• Ap Style
• Web Content
• Corporate Communications
• Public Speaking
• Community Outreach
• Community Development
• Public Relations
• Internal Communications
• Media Relations
• Social Media Marketing
• Publications
• Speech Writing