Pamela Gilchrist

Pamela Gilchrist Corson has nearly 25 years of success as a strategic communications leader. She is a business strategist, whose combination of vision, executive management and entrepreneurial skills helps organizations achieve maximum results.

Her career has spanned top communications posts with two Fortune 500 organizations. She has also served as a director at a regional telecommunications company and as an account executive with a leading regional Ad/PR agency. After her stints in the corporate and agency world, she founded PR~Link Public Relations, LLC in 1999. She focuses her work on building corporate identity programs for her clients, influencer engagement and embedding strategic messaging throughout all facets of organizations.

Pam's industry expertise encompasses: hi-tech; financial services/insurance, manufacturing/ distribution; telecommunications; health/wellness; construction/engineering and author/speaker promotion. Her print and broadcast journalism background gives her an instinct for news and a competitive advantage when it comes to positioning her clients in the media.

She has won numerous national and international awards for her work including the coveted Golden World Trophy from the International Public Relations Society (IPRA). Her work has been recognized by PRSA's East Central District and the Cincinnati, Columbus and Pittsburgh PRSA Chapters. She has been named one of the top 40 leaders Cincinnati Business Courier.

A popular speaker and presenter on maximizing marketing ROI and corporate messaging, Pam is well-known for Executive Media Training which she has conducted with C-Suite executives across the country for the past 17 years. She also transforms the shyest speaker with her platform skills intensives and leads group dynamics and team effectiveness programs. Pam serves as an adjunct assistant professor for the Communications departments at the University of Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky University.

Gilchrist holds a master's degree in Journalism from The Ohio State University and a bachelor's degree in Communications from Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan, and holds a certificate in personality training through Loyola University in Chicago. She is also a member of the Counselors Academy and is accredited (APR) by the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA) where she serves as an assembly delegate for the Cincinnati Chapter.