I’m a media relations strategist and experienced on-the-record spokesperson with a knack for taking complex energy and regulatory issues and crafting simple, consumer-focused messages.
A Texas native, I’m especially proud of the strong relationships I’ve developed with energy, political, and business reporters across the state and country. Recent recognition I received from the Dallas Morning News highlighted my efforts to serve as a credible, reliable source of information for the journalists I work with:
“If there’s a Texas journalist who excoriated the [Public Utility Commission of Texas] more than I, I’ve yet to meet her or him. But I don’t know if anyone has noticed in the past year that ERCOT has drawn more negative attention [than the PUC]...
I suggest that it has something to do with the hiring this year of Ellie Breed, the PUC’s spokesperson. She is receptive to inquiries and goes above and beyond when it comes to getting answers. Compared to some previous PUC PR people, it’s a dramatic change…
Anyway, the bar for this state job is low, but Breed, whom I’ve never met personally, is a pro making a difference.
Ellie Breed is inducted into the Hall of Fame in honor o her work making the Public Utility Commission a better communicator. As PUC spokesperson, her goal to be transparent is working because now grid operator ERCOT gets most of the — pardon the pun — heat.”