The Trending blog has new co-editors! Meet Angela Frizell, Springfield, MO, and Heather Hope-Hernandez, Tulsa, OK.
Angela Frizell is a communications and marketing professional in Springfield, MO. She has worn many hats in the industry – from digital strategist and consultant to
marketing director – and every job in-between. Currently, Angela supports the Missouri State University Foundation leading their strategic communications while moonlighting with her company, Social Status Marketing (15 years and counting).
A non-traditional student, Angela joined the United States Army Reserves after high school where she served eight years prior to earning her degree in communications. Fresh out of college, she found her first job at a digital marketing firm, Heligonix, where she coordinated marketing and communications for clients. She continued her education earning a certificate in social media from Drury University, assisting a variety of organizations in their digital integration strategy.
She finds great strength in the AWC family and used her fellow members as role models at the beginning of her career. Past president of the Springfield, MO, chapter and 2018 Clarion Award winner, she now strives to give back to the professional community that brought her so much joy over the years. Angela is a mother of three adult children and grandmother of two little girls. She lives in Springfield where she volunteers her time serving on the board for Girls on the Run of southwest Missouri and NAMI.
Heather Hope-Hernandez is a communications and public policy consultant from the Tulsa Chapter. A member since 2004, she is a former Tulsa Chapter president and currently serves on the board as membership chair.
Heather is the principal of H3 Consulting. A veteran communications professional, she is a native Tulsan and University of Oklahoma graduate. Heather worked for 12 years in Washington, D.C., and New York City as a political journalist—first as a print reporter covering the U.S. Congress and then covering national politics for an international cable news network.
Upon returning to Tulsa in late 2003, she spent the next three years as senior staff on national, state and local political campaigns before turning full-time to marketing communications. Heather has held senior communications positions at nonprofits, as well as served as public relations director for an advertising agency.
Heather enjoys volunteering her time and expertise. Along with being a past president of the Association for Women in Communications, Tulsa Professional Chapter, she is a past AWC national board member. She is past president of the League of Women Voters of Metropolitan Tulsa. She is a former board member of the Tulsa Press Club, Community Service Council and the Child Care Resource Center’s Advisory Board. Previously, Heather was elected by her peers to serve on the board of governors of the National Press Club, Washington, D.C., and is also a former member of New York Women in Communications (NYWICI).
She lives in a multigenerational household with her husband, daughter and mother (retired AWC member).
Want to write for Trending? Email Angela and Heather at [email protected].
About the Authors
Connect with Co-Editor Angela Frizell: https://www.linkedin.com/in/angelafrizell/
Connect with Co-Editor Heather Hope-Hernandez: https://www.linkedin.com/in/heather-hope-hernandez-020250/
