Developing alliances for indelible impacts.
Lockard Communications supports a more connected and informed global community through strategic communications and collaborative outreach tactics.
Always with a public affairs frame, Laura Lockard helps clients successfully promote complex initiatives, diversify resources, and navigate sensitive issues through impact communications, build strategic partnerships, provide brand and reputation management, and develop digital advocacy campaigns.
Lockard Comms consults for international non-governmental organizations, corporate and government sectors, and universities in the US and abroad. Lockard Comms specializes in strategic communications, public affairs, issues and brand management, science and research advocacy, and international development initiatives and project management.
Strategic Communications
Lockard Comms develops and implements comprehensive strategic communications plans and brings significant expertise to translate and position complex information into story packages that showcase projects and initiatives.
Health & Research
With science under ongoing scrutiny, Lockard Comms provides translative story telling allowing audiences to more easily absorb broad health initiatives and complex research to inform better decision making and support quality of life.
Public Affairs
With a thoughtful and creative approach, Lockard Comms builds initiatives to increase awareness to gain public support by identifying common and connected constituent values. Issues management, coalition building, and crisis response are key areas of Lockard Comms expertise.
Capacity Building
Lockard Comms embraces the possibilities that come from nurturing in-country relationships, building teams, and developing substantive partnerships that empower leaders and local communities together.
Laura Lockard
Laura Lockard is dedicated to leading efforts that contribute to a better world. That genuine passion, combined with her proven expertise in leading international strategic communications planning, public affairs advocacy, and development programming is at the core of Lockard Communications.
Laura currently works with international research leaders, universities, and non-profit organizations, with a focus on the African continent, with additional international development expertise in Central Asia and the Caucuses.
In addition to global strategic communications and public affairs, Laura also works with US-based universities developing and implementing external advocacy and community initiatives, including engaging citizens to connect with their state Legislature.
Recently, Laura has stewarded global health outreach collaborations with federal and international organizations including the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), National Institutes for Health (NIH), United States Agency for International Development (USAID), World Health Organization (WHO), World Animal Health Organization (OIE), and Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
As a civic leader, Laura formerly held management positions as Vice President of Communications and Public Affairs at the Woodland Park Zoological Society, Communications Director for the Seattle City Council, and Deputy Communications Director for Governor Christine Gregoire. Laura previously served as the Country Director for the National Democratic Institute for International Affairs, senior consultant for APCO Worldwide Public Affairs, and advised multiple candidate and statewide initiative campaigns.
Laura holds an M.S. from Northeastern University in International Relations and a B.A. from the University of Washington Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies.
