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Who is Cathy Gillen? Cathy Gillen is an experienced communications professional with more than 15 years of client service work representing national and regional clients including the American Association of Retired Persons, Institute of Transportation Engineers, Governor's Highway Safety Association, the Ford Motor Company, and many others. 
Prior to going out on her own, Cathy worked as a Senior Counselor for Strat@comm, Inc. in Washington D.C., where she managed and coordinated public
relations programs for a variety of major associations and coalitions, such as Ford Motor Company's booster seat
safety and teen driving campaigns, the Wine and Spirits Wholesalers of America and the
American Highway Users Alliance.
Gillen, a well-known expert in highway safety, offers clients more than a decade of experience in transportation public affairs and policy, media relations, event planning, lobbying and writing. Gillen has a proven record of executing highly successful media campaigns for state and federal government agencies, as well as two highway safety non-profit organizations in Washington, D.C. While at the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), the agency that regulates the motor vehicle industry and promotes highway safety, Gillen was instrumental in launching numerous high-impact regulatory actions, research programs and public information campaigns. Well versed in the areas of seats belts and child passenger safety, she helped lead the successful announcement of a new universal child safety seat attachment system, as well as two booster seat campaigns ("Don't Skip a Step" and Ford Motor Company's "Boost America!"). She also helped promote several national child safety seat law enforcement mobilizations in conjunction with the Air Bag and Seat Belt Safety Campaign, as well as a General Motors funded report on African-American seat belt use. As Director of Public Affairs for Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety, Gillen placed op-eds and letters to the editor in national and local newspapers to gain support for proposed highway safety legislation. She has led or assisted with dozens of news conferences at all levels of government from the White House to state houses across the country. She has written remarks for Cabinet Secretaries (both federal and state), Members of Congress, Governors, victims of highway crashes and corporate partners, among others. Prior to her positions with Strat@comm, Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety and NHTSA, Gillen held press jobs with the Governor's Highway Safety Association, the Maryland State Highway Administration and the Maryland Mass Transit Administration.
She is a member of the Board of Directors of the Washington Regional Alcohol Program, the Washington Automotive Press Association, the Baltimore Public Relations Council, and the Clarksville, VA, Chamber of Commerce. Cathy holds an undergraduate degree in Journalism and Public Relations from the University of Maryland at College Park and a Masters degree in Publications Design from the University of Baltimore. |
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Cathy Gillen Consultant, PTG Enterprises Phone: (443) 463-4449 Fax: (410) 547-1799 cathy@cathygillen.com |