Jennifer Hall joined CLS in the spring of 2005. She brings to CLS a broad range of communications experience on the local, state, and national levels. Currently, she provides pubic affairs and media relations expertise for leading trade association and corporate clients at CLS, including the Personal Watercraft Industry Association (PWIA), the Center for Wine Origins, and the Coalition for Patent Fairness. Before joining CLS, Ms. Hall worked in the public affairs and international relations practice at Edelman, one of the largest independent global public relations firms. During that time, she provided strategic communications support for the American Petroleum Institute, Kingdom of Morocco, and the Panama Canal Authority. Her efforts on Morocco led her to coordinate a successful media tour for the Moroccan Ambassador to promote the newly finalized U.S.-Morocco Free Trade Agreement around major U.S. cities. Ms. Hall also worked in the government relations and grassroots advocacy department at Amnesty International, USA. At Amnesty, she designed and coordinated legislative efforts urging Members of Congress to support the release of prisoners of conscience in Eritrea and Ethiopia. Ms. Hall also served as a communications assistant at the Rossman Group, a small boutique public relations firm based in her home state of Michigan. Ms. Hall is a graduate of Central Michigan University, where she received a Bachelor’s of Science in Integrative Public Relations. She also studied international marketing and cultural anthropology at the Institute of Shipboard Education Semester at Sea program, in which she traveled extensively throughout Europe and Western Russia. |