STEPHEN GARDNER
Public Relations Advisor

Look up “seasoned” in the dictionary, and you might find Steve’s picture. With more than 35 years experience in public relations, Steve offers a wealth of knowledge in media relations, crisis management, and all aspects of communicating your message to target audiences. In addition to working for a number of healthcare and non-profit organizations, he spent three and one-half years chairing the crisis communications committee of a major national trade association in Washington, DC. Since joining Johnson Direct, Steve has redefined PR to include its integration into measurable marketing plans, recreating “traditional” PR tools into measurable, multi-use, strategic communications.

A journalism graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Steve is a member of the Public Relations Society of America and PRSA-Southeastern Wisconsin.