Our Staff

Daniel J. Hicks, ABC
Senior Consultant, Institute for Crisis Management

Senior Consultant Daniel J. Hicks, ABC, brings 27-years of organizational and corporate communications experience to the Institute for Crisis Management. For 16 years, Hicks was Manager of Communications and Public Affairs for Rohm and Haas Company's Louisville, Kentucky chemical operations.

Prior to Rohm and Haas, Hicks worked his way through a variety of communications positions with Westinghouse Hanford/Rockwell International, Boise Cascade, Corp., Morrison-Knudsen Co. and Babcock & Wilcox. In the mid 70's, he was Grove City News Bureau Manager for the Sharon, PA, Herald.

Hicks developed years of experience in community relations, employee communications, media relations, crisis communications, issues management and investor relations. He has a track record of being able to listen to concerns and opinions of stakeholders and communicate them to management so that messages and projects are strategically directed.

He knows how to create community relations strategies that build trust and help companies move forward.
The International Association of Business Communicators recognized him as an Accredited Business Communicator in 1987. He earned an IABC Gold Quill award in 1994, and Landmarks of Excellence Awards in 1992 and 1994. He was inducted into the Kentucky Communications Hall of Fame in 2003. He is a current IABC-Kentucky Board member and past president of the Kentucky and Southern Idaho IABC chapters.

Hicks has been repeatedly recognized for his community involvement, including work on the Cane Run Corridor Community School Advisory Committee; founder. Lake D reamland Center Board of Directors; Director of weekly Kids' Club for at-risk youth; Cane Run Area Youth Development and Leadership coalition, founder; and Can Run School mentor.