“I believe we live in a world where it is possible – and critical – to lead and to succeed without sacrificing character, kindness to others, trust, honesty and personal values, and those are all beliefs I developed from watching my parents every day.”

Through a competitive process, CKP is now an awarded vendor for Choice Partners, a national purchasing cooperative that offers procurement and contract solutions to meet government purchasing requirements.

CKP joins Unified Strategies Public Relations Network (USPR), an international network of independent public relations, communications and marketing agencies and professionals.

Podcast consumption continues to rise alongside the expansion in the production and diversity of programming both in the fiction and nonfiction categories. Contributing to a growth in listenership are new discovery features in podcasting platforms that make it easier for fans to find and subscribe to relevant content.

Public speaking has never been my strong suit. I was a shy child, painfully embarrassed by my parents' loud, ebullient, never-met-a-stranger personalities. In my teens, I was petrified by student council election speeches and improv exercises in theater class.

The Public Relations Society of America-Houston Chapter recognized CKP with the top two honors of the 2019 Excalibur Awards event, 2019 Agency of the Year and the coveted Grand Excalibur Award given to the top performing campaign of the year.

Of the many areas of branding in which my company works, I'm most proud of our work for clients in community engagement and corporate social responsibility. As an agency, we practice what we preach in our investments of time, talent and money through a variety of community efforts.

When you have a team that's responsible and driven by data as a means to create meaningful marketing plans, it's best to understand what's working well, what's not performing, and identify areas of opportunity not currently in use.