Welcome to Brazen Careerist!

About Me

Kristina Summers works for the Georgia Department of Natural Resources’ Wildlife Resource Division as a senior public relations and information specialist and received a BA in Journalism and Public Relations from the Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Georgia. She is currently working on a MS in Conservation Ecology and Sustainable Development also at UGA. She enjoys being outside in the sunshine, playing baseball with her three children, watching “The Simpsons” and trivia games.

Her passion for the environment and human rights is evident in her advocacy work with the GADNR, the Susan G. Komen foundation, Girl Scouts, the World Wildlife Fund as well as The ONE Campaign of which she is a former director. She was recognized by the NAACP Image awards in 2006 for outstanding social justice for her work with ONE. She completed the Breast Cancer Three Day event in Atlanta in 2005.

She has been blogging for nearly three years and written articles for newspapers, magazines and online journals. She often is asked to conduct social media seminars for conservation organizations, teaching other "Green" Pr pro's how to use social media tactics for wildlife and natural resource conservation and management.

She lives with her family in Statham, Ga. She often tells people her purpose in life is to leave the planet a little better than she found it.

Kristina Summers' blog is Everyday PR.

Work History

• Thursday Green Promotions
• Partner/Manager of Operations
• August 2009 to Present

• This Multi-media company looks to incorporate the message of wildlife and natural resource conservation into every facet of the communications industry. As co-founder I run our day to day operations as well as run the promotions and events aspect of the business.

• Department of Natural Resources
• Public Relations Specialist
• January 2007 to Present

• Wildlife Resources, Nongame (anything that can't be hunted, trapped or fished) Conservation Section. Public Affairs, multi-media and social media coordinator.

• Little Red Car Press
• Social Media Consultant
• January 2009 to Present

• Working with various organizations to help them to optimize their social media resources to maximize their presence on the web. I specialize in small non-profits and conservation organizations but have worked with U.S. Fish and Wildlife, NC DNR, Florida Wildlife Conservation Corps, NOAA and the Association for Fish and Wildlife Agencies. Reasonable rates and references available upon request.

Education

• The University of Georgia
• MA and MS, Conservation Ecology & Sustainable Development, Environmental Ethics, Enviromental Nonprofit Management
• 2008 - 2012

• Cert. in Native Plants and Fire Science

• The University Of Georgia
• ABJ, Journalism, Public Relations, Sociology
• 2005 - 2007

• Georgia Perimiter College
• AA, Communications, Journalism
• 2002 - 2005