Paul Omodt No stranger to a crisis, Paul's diverse background in media and public relations make him ideally suited to lead the Media Relations and Crisis and Critical Issues practices at Padilla Speer Beardsley. Since joining the firm in 2001, Paul and his team have successfully coordinated with clients on workforce reductions, plant closings, critical issues, crisis communications, and national publicity programs for product and service launches. His team has won numerous local and national awards, including two Silver Anvils from the Public Relations Society of America for work on the St. Paul Winter Carnival's Ice Palace and the Itasca Project's "Mind the Gap" campaign. For seven years, Paul led the communication and public relations efforts for the Northwest chapter of the Air Line Pilots Association. While there he worked on everything from the airline's financial restructuring and return as a public company, to the 1998 contract negotiations and pilots' strike. He also is known for his work on various political campaigns, including serving as communications director on attorney Mike Ciresi's 2000 bid for the U.S. Senate, where he gained national acclaim for his innovative Webmercials, award-winning Web site and campaign position papers. Paul graduated from the University of St. Thomas with degrees in journalism and political science. Not content to stray from St. Thomas for long, Paul returned to earn his master's degree in business communication in 1999. Long active in the community, Paul chairs the Resource Development Committee for Arc Hennepin-Carver and served on the board of Vail Place. He was elected to the St. Louis Park City Council in 2003 and serves as president of the city's Economic Development Authority. |
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