Jade Floyd
Senior Associate

Jade Floyd joined CLS in 2007 and works on a variety of clients including the American Dental Association and Genworth Financial Long Term Care.

Ms. Floyd was communications manager for the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (AACTE), leading communications efforts throughout the Association, designing media strategies to support events, publications and government relations activities. She also worked at a Washington, DC boutique PR firm where her clients included Aramark, the National Black M.B.A. Association, DuPont and the U.S. Conference of Mayor (USCM). She served as managing director for Cities United for Science Progress (CUSP), a partnership between DuPont and USCM where her responsibilities included administration and media efforts surrounding the $375,000 “Lead Safe…For Kids Sake” grant program where she traveled the country coordinating the Science in the School Day initiative with mayors and member cities of Conference.

In 2005 she received her Masters in Applied Politics from the University of Akron and was a speaker at the National Women’s Political Caucus Convention on “How to Build a Campaign Plan.” A Texas native, Jade worked for State Senator Leticia Van de Putte for two and a half years as her communications assistant on both the campaign and in the State Senate.

For three years, she worked with the Nursing, Consultant, Educational and Health Services (NCEHS), a consultant firm focusing in medical/legal case review and accreditations/licensure compliance for the healthcare industry.  Ms. Floyd serves on the Board of Directors of the DC Arts and Humanities Education Collaborative and is a DC  web contributor and 2008 book editor for Not for Tourists, D.C. She is a graduate of the University of Texas at San Antonio.