Industry Experience

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Qualifications

Involvement with professional and trade associations has included memberships, attending and facilitating training sessions, earning certifications, managing trade show booths, and facilitating press/media outreach:

• Association of the United States Army (AUSA)

• Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS)

• Public Relation Society of America (PRSA)

• National School Public Relations Association (NSPRA)

• National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ)

• Food and Nutrition Conference and Expo (FNCE)

• National Education Association Annual Meetings (NEA)

• International Organization of Standards (ISO)

• Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC)

• The Washington Center for Internships and Academic Seminars (TWC)

• The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts (KC)

• New Mexico State Society (NMSS)

Awards

Project awards have been earned from professional and academic institutions for innovative leadership in the development and execution of management consulting services:

• 2024 Federal Agency Secretary's Award

• 2023 Federal Agency and Directorate Awards

• 2021 MarComm Award

• 2019 International Association of Business Communicators Award

• 2019 PRSA Award of Excellence

• 2019 PR News Award of Excellence

• 2019 MarCom Award

• 2017 MarCom Award

• 2014 Harvard Kennedy School, Innovations in Government Award

• 2014 Bersin by Deloitte What Works Award

• 2008–2011 Five Booz Allen Hamilton Performance Awards

• 2001–2005 Public Relations Society of America Awards

• 2001–2005 National School Public Relations Association Awards

Education

Derran Eaddy, M.A. 

Eastern New Mexico University

2000 Master of Arts in Mass Communications

• Graduate Fellowship in the Washington, DC Office of U.S. Senator Jeff Bingaman; placement coordinated through The Washington Center for Internships and Academic Seminars

• Appointed by then Governor Bruce King to serve as a statewide Commissioner to the New Mexico Department of Higher Education

Eastern New Mexico University

1995 Bachelor of Science in Public Relations

• 1995 Eastern New Mexico University Award of Excellence

• 1995 Eastern New Mexico University Outstanding Public Relations Student

• 1995 Sigma Alpha Epsilon National Besser-Lindsay Award

• 1991 NCAA Lone Star Football Conference Championship

• Undergraduate internship with the Santa Fe Opera Communications Dept.

• Twice elected Student Government President
  
  

Continuing Education

• The Ammerman Experience Media Training

• The University of Texas HTML Training

• Ledet Word Press Training

• INEXPO Virtual Conferencing

Technical Skills

• Advanced Microsoft Office

• Advanced Adobe Creative Suite

• Mac and Windows PC

• Website Content Management (CMS)