Laurie Simmons

Strategic Communications Department Manager @AECOM

Austin, TX, US

Serving as Department Manager for AECOM West Region Strategic Communications Group, managing all project and pursuit efforts for the Transportation Business Line.Leading key stakeholder outreach, media relations, public affairs, crisis communications, public involvement and community engagement for multiple transportation clients across 33 states.Creating strategic communications plans grounded in research to assist clients in maintaining mutually beneficial relationships with their most important audiences.Managing a group of 23 staff members working on more than 40 projects across the AECOM West Region.Maintaining profitability for contracts worth >$1 million as a Certified AECOM Project Manager.Public Information Manager for Colorado River Constructors on the $674 million TxDOT Oak Hill Parkway Design-Build construction project in Austin, TX, providing trusted communications counsel and strategic guidance to construction leadership team.Public Information Officer for the Central Texas Construction Partnership Program (CPP), an interagency effort underway to plan and prepare for the next 10 years of transportation and roadway construction around the Austin region.Public Information Lead for Missouri DOT’s I-44 upcoming design-build improvement projects in St. Louis and Franklin Counties.