Selected clients and projects

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Over the span of a decades-long career, I have represented a wide range of industries, solo and with agencies from opening US Highway 151 in San Antonio by having news helicopters report on its first traffic jam (arranged, with VIPs) to extolling Lower Pecos pictographs on CBS Sunday Morning. More recent gratification came from communicating reasons for the strike of the Musicians of the San Antonio Symphony. Helping build public understanding took on a life of its own through excellent reporting and op-ed letters and commentaries locally and beyond.

• Architectural – Lake/Flato Architects, Sprinkle Robey Architects
• Automotive and after-market – dealerships in San Antonio, Tulsa, Salt Lake City; CarQuest nationally
• Banking  -- Security Service Federal Credit Union’s expansion to Kendall County and general PR
• Education  -- Aline B. Carter Poetry Contest for Young Writers, Sunshine Cottage, Trinity University education department, PR & Senior Writer for the arts & humanities at Trinity University
• Entertainment -- Zoom TV Network
• Healthcare --  Methodist Healthcare, Methodist Healthcare Ministries, St. Luke’s Lutheran Hospital burn unit, Biomedical Development Corporation, burn care physicians, Pets First Veterinary Hospital
• Hospitality  -- Maverick-Carter House, Guadalupe River Ranch, Rio Grande gourmet raft trips
• Real estate  -- Kuper Sotheby's International Realty, "Westplex" and I-35 developers creating biotech, tourist, and mixed-use developments in previously fallow areas of San Antonio, including opening US Highway 151.  Also: Hemingway Vacation Homes International, REATA Real Estate, United Commercial Realty. 
• Restaurants -- Café Lite, Crumpets, Beignets on the Riverwalk, Apple Annies Café Bakery and Catering (Austin), 1776 newsletters (Cappy's and Mama's)
• Retail  -- Alamo Quarry Market opening, Central Market opening press kit and newsletter, Materials Marketing, Gallery Goldsmiths, EyePro Express
• Public policy issues – voter registration campaign (Bexar County Elections Administrator), fluoride referendum, teen pregnancy
• The arts/non-profit – San Antonio Phillharmonic, Musicians of the San Antonio Symphony (MOSAS), Gurwitz International Piano Competition, Musical Bridges Around the World, Haven for Hope, Abode Contemplative Care for the Dying, River Road Neighborhood Association, SA International Theater Festival, Rock Art Foundation, Wildlife Rescue & Rehabilitation, McNay Art Museum projects, Milagros Gallery, Crime Stoppers

Pro bono work includes the Design|Forum (designforumsa.org), San Antonio Chamber Choir and the San Antonio Symphony.

Key areas of expertise

• PR planning & budgeting
• Framing client messages
• Targeted, persuasive media relations
• Comprehensive press kits
• Attention-getting special events tied to client message
• Newsletter concept and writing

Writing, editing   

• Express-News “Social Studies” column, 2011-2013   https://www.mysanantonio.com/author/nancy-cook-monroe
• Rivard Report, regular arts, culture and profile writer, 2014 -2019   https://sanantonioreport.org/tag/nancy-cook-monroe
• University Health System blogs
• Trinity University Magazine stories on arts, architecture and academics, 1980 - 2015
• San Antonio Magazine
• San Antonio Express-News’ Sunday magazine profiles
• San Antonio Recorder Times features editor

Real Estate

• Licensed Realtor with Kuper Sotheby's International Realty and later Nix Realty Company; currently a referring agent with Kuper Sotheby's