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Rusty Cawley, APR
Public Affairs Officer | Communications Coordinator for Homeland Security
(469) 338-9478 | rcawley@tamu.edu
In his capacity as communications coordinator for homeland security at Texas A&M University, Rusty Cawley, APR*, serves as public affairs officer for the Integrative Center for Homeland Security.
He consults with Director David H. McIntyre on the mission of the Center's public relations programs, then manages the day-to-day progress of those programs. His responsibilities include the ICHS web site, its daily weblog, its weekly podcasts and its weekly audio newsletter, "Hear It Now."
Cawley joined Texas A&M in February 2006 after four years as director of media relations at Levenson & Hill, the largest and oldest independent advertising firm in Dallas-Fort Worth, where he advised clients on managing their public reputations during crisis situations. Clients included Zale Corp., the Dallas Center for the Performing Arts Foundation, the Dallas Convention and Visitors Bureau, the Central Dallas Association, the Islamic Association of North Texas, the Town of Addison, Coca-Cola Enterprises, Carrier North Texas Corp., Church’s Chicken, Alon USA (Fina), ABC Radio Network, Ascension Health, Cellular One, Fulbright & Jaworski, Phoenix Corp. (Black-Eyed Pea Restaurants), HEB Central Market, Brierley & Partners and KERA Public Broadcasting.
Prior to that he served for four years as the finance reporter for the Dallas Business Journal, for five years as the publisher of a Dallas-area suburban newspaper, the Rockwall Success, and for three years as the editor of the Bryan-College Station Eagle.
In addition to his work with the ICHS, Cawley is the public affairs officer for the National Center for Foreign Animal and Zoonotic Disease Defense, a Department of Homeland Security National Center of Excellence with headquarters at Texas A&M.