Keep in touch with meI'm using Intch to connect with new people. Use this link to open chat with me via Intch app
Work Background
Chief Riveter
Riveter CommunicationsChief Riveter
Sep. 2016Washington, District of Columbia, United StatesConsulting firm focused on helping organizations use communication to drive audiences to action. Current projects include lifting working families out of poverty; engaging classroom teachers in education policy to improve student success; ensuring children have access to quality care and learning opportunities in their earliest years; and putting a face on the opiate epidemic.
Chief Operating Officer
Spitfire StrategiesChief Operating Officer
Jan. 2002 - Jan. 2016Washington D.C. Metro AreaAs Spitfire's first hire, Gwyn worked with the company founder and president to build the organization into a flourishing and influential communication and campaign firm. Her worked allowed her to wear a variety of hats including staff management, new business development, marketing initiatives, quality control, contract negotiations, and more. Gwyn initially ran Spitfire's nonprofit communication capacity-building effort now known as the Executive Training Program and contributed to a variety of Spitfire IP, including the Smart Chart communication planning tool.
Program Director/Executive Vice President
Environmental Media ServicesProgram Director/Executive Vice President
Jan. 1996 - Jan. 2002Washington D.C. Metro AreaAs a program director and later executive vice president of Environmental Media Services (EMS), Gwyn conducted a variety of media campaigns aimed at influencing environmental policies. Some of her favorite campaigns focused on ocean conservation, public transportation, land conservation and endangered species issues.
Vice President for Communications
American Hiking SocietyVice President for Communications
Jan. 1994 - Jan. 1996Silver Spring, MDAs vice president of communications for American Hiking Society, Gwyn developed and led a variety of initiatives aimed at raising public and political support for the country's national trail system. This included promoting National Trails Day, an annual nationwide trail celebration. Gwyn also created and launched Winter Trails to promote snowshoeing and other winter trail activities.Β In addition to leading communication campaigns to support these programs, Gwyn developed and marketed corporate sponsorship packages and engaged a variety of outdoor retailers and manufactures. While at American Hiking, she co-authored a book about the Appalachian Trail.
Associate Director, TMM Conservation Council
Times Mirror MagazinesAssociate Director, TMM Conservation Council
Jan. 1993 - Jan. 1994Washington D.C. Metro AreaAs associate director of the Times Mirror Magazines Conservation Counsel, Gwyn wrote articles about land conservation for the company’s outdoor publications and launched a volunteer program in partnership with federal agencies and outdoor companies now known as National Public Lands Day.
Staff Assistant, Subcommittee on National Parks
US House of RepresentativesStaff Assistant, Subcommittee on National Parks
Jan. 1991 - Jan. 1993

Requests

Touchpoint image
0
Personal Pitch
Drive Action with Strategic Communications
Intch is a Professional Networking App for the Future of Work
300k+ people
130+ countries
AI matching
See more people like Gwyn on Intch
Copywriting
384704 people
24
Partnership Marketing @ DonorsChoose
17
Sr Director, Customer Support
16
Actor
CopywritingContent Writer
172898 people
17
Content manager and creator
16
Founder, Senior Accountant @ Self Employed
15
Account Manager