About

Pamela Baggett moved to Austin to attend journalism school at The University of Texas, and stayed on after earning her Bachelor of Journalism. Keeping Austin as home base, she created career opportunities in a stunningly broad scope of communications. Today she offers these many life lessons and experiences to help businesses, organizations and individuals plan, execute and achieve communications goals.


Key Strengths

  • Conducting vulnerability audits, developing crisis communications and management plans, and training those who will be on the front line.
  • Analyzing issues and planning, managing and executing successful public, media, government and internal communications, as well as message-delivery training.
  • Thoughtful, memorable writing.
  • Strong working relationships with news media.
  • Experience with state and federal legislative process.
  • Entertaining and motivational teacher.
  • Always looking for a better way to get the job done.
  • Been there, done that, and still eager to take on the next challenge.

Personal Interests

  • Gardening, traveling, weather watching, reading, needlepoint, dogs, my scarlet RX8 and the world’s two most wonderful grandsons.

Honors & Affiliations

  • Association for Women in Communications:

    • Chair, National Centennial Committee
    • Past president, Austin Professional Chapter;
    • National board member representing Southwest Region;
    • First recipient of Austin Professional Chapter Leadership Award;
    • Recipient of Gladys Hearst Award for contributions to the chapter;
    • Mentor Award;
    • Judge for national Clarion and Vanguard awards;
    • Advisory Board to Austin Professional Chapter.
  • International Association of Business Communicators.
  • Writers’ League of Texas.
  • National Alliance on Mental Illness/Austin
    • Advocacy Committee
    • Family-toFamily Instructor
  • Past board member: East Austin Rotary, Brain Injury Association of Austin, Brain Injury Association of Texas, Keep Austin Beautiful
  • Society of Professional Journalists: past member and four-time producer of Gridiron Show, the annual major fund-raising event featuring journalists, elected officials and other newsmakers.
  • Texas Medical Association, judge for Anson Jones MD award for excellence in medical writing.
  • Texas Manufactured Housing Association, special director’s award for excellence in reporting.
  • 16 years service on local Selective Service board.
  • Past president of 650-residence homeowners association.