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Education Communications Pro Alan Richard joins Hager Sharp
Alan Richard, who won awards for his reporting at Education Week, and most recently was the communications director for the Southern Regional Education Board (SREB), has joined Hager Sharp as senior account supervisor for education clients.
He is highly regarded nationally for successful strategic communications work, public relations and project management that helps broaden educational opportunities for all students.
At SREB, he helped to boost substantially the visibility of SREB’s publications and research. He worked closely with many leading national education policy experts, state and local officials and educators.
“Alan’s outstanding reputation in the education policy arena and his years of experience in journalism will serve Hager Sharp’s clients well. He brings even more talent, expertise and passion to our work in preK-12 and higher education,” said Garry Curtis, Hager Sharp President & CEO.
“I share Hager Sharp’s determination to use communications to make a difference,” Richard said. “I am passionate about broadening educational opportunities for students across the nation.”
At Education Week, he twice was awarded first prize in the National Awards for Education Reporting. He developed an expertise in rural education, and serves on the boards of the Rural School and Community Trust and the Foxfire Fund, a cultural and educational project. He has written for The Nation and regularly presents at education, journalism and civil rights conferences. His forthcoming book is Summerton’s Children: Segregation in the Town Where Brown v. Board of Education Began.
Hager Sharp is a communications firm with a mission: to help people live healthier, smarter, safer lives. We provide strategic communications counsel and design national public education and social marketing campaigns that get attention and results.
