Charlene Sarmiento

Public Relations Program Manager, Goodwill Industries

Charlene Sarmiento is the public relations program manager at Goodwill Industries International. She conceptualizes, develops and executes external and strategic communications, media measurement, video production and national media relations campaigns. Charlene has led the planning and execution of various video projects for Goodwill and has earned awards from the League of Communication Professionals, TIVA-DC, Association of Marketing and Communications Professionals and the Telly Awards. She has secured top national media placements including NPR.com, USA TODAY, Tegna (formerly Gannett), Huffington Post and many others. Prior to joining Goodwill, Charlene was a writer for WJLA-TV and a news producer for Voice of America television in Washington D.C. Charlene has a BA in Global Studies from the University of California, Santa Barbara and an Masters of Business Administration (MBA) from the University of Maryland Robert H. Smith School of Business.

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