Lisa Messano

About Lisa Messano

Proven Community Engagement professional with decades of experience. Successfully developed, implemented, and managed engagement plans. Proven ability to organize and manage a wide range of projects concurrently. Strong written communication skills and highly effective at establishing working relationships with partners at all levels within and across organizations. Genuine communicator and collaborator.

Experience

1. Technical Manager, Communications and Outreach

   Michael Baker International

   Nov 2001 — Present · San Francisco, CA, US

   Lisa Messano is the Change Management Deputy for Resilience Action Partners, the JV serving as FEMA\'s Community Engagement and Risk Communication (CERC) contractor. She contributes subject matter expertise to CERC-developed projects across the nation. As part of the Resilience Action Partners team for FEMA’s inaugural CERC contract, she co-led the development and implementation of the flood risk communication toolkit and video series for community officials and contributed to initiatory equity-centered approaches to FEMA\'s Risk MAP program.

Education

• New York University

  Dramatic Writing

  1985 — 1987

• San Francisco State University

  Bachelor's degree

• San José State University

  Master's degree, Library and Information Science

Skills

• Marketing
• Copy Editing
• Government
• Research
• Event Management
• Technical Writing
• Event Planning
• Internal Communications
• Press Releases
• Community Outreach
• Social Networking
• Public Relations
• Social Media
• Analysis
• Social Media Marketing
• Nonprofits
• Leadership
• Creative Writing
• Community Development
• Project Management
• Media Relations
• Strategic Communications
• Crisis Communications
• Proofreading
• Marketing Communications
• Policy
• Program Management
• Project Planning
• Proposal Writing
• Budgets
• Editing
• Public Speaking
• Microsoft Office
• Training