Virginia Fire + Rescue Conference 2016

Dawn Eischen
PIO
VDEM


Dawn has been the Virginia Department of Emergency Management’s (VDEM) external affairs director since January 2014. She manages media relations, intergovernmental affairs, emergency preparedness campaigns, the agency’s website and social media initiatives. During emergencies, she is the commonwealth’s chief external affairs officer responsible for coordinating state agency public information activities through the Joint Information Center at the Virginia Emergency Operations Center. Previously, she served as the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) Richmond District’s media spokesperson. Before VDOT, she was VDEM’s public affairs coordinator, responsible for developing disaster preparedness campaigns. Dawn also served as a public relations manager for the Atlanta Humane Society and public affairs specialist with the American Red Cross in Fort Worth, Texas. She has deployed to several disasters as a public affairs representative of the Commonwealth of Virginia and the Red Cross to include hurricanes Sandy, Ike and Katrina. Dawn has a bachelor’s degree in radio and TV communications from Radford University and a master’s degree in community leadership from Duquesne University.

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