Bodine Williams is a communications consultant who specializes in strategic positioning and media training. Industry publications, PRWeek and Adweek have quoted her expert opinion as has The Globe and Mail. Her book, The Art of Talking Back: 21 Rules for Media Interviews & Other Defining Moments will be edited by Leigh Haber for Chronicle Books.

Bodine manages media assignments for corporate, non-profit clients and individuals. She has secured placements in major publications including The Economist, Der Spiegel, The Wall Street Journal, L’Hebo, The Globe and Mail, as well as C-Span, CNN, ABC, and CBS News. And, she has orchestrated press events at the National Press Club in Washington D.C. and the Palais des Nation in Geneva.

At the International Aids Vaccine Initiative, Bodine led the crisis and issues Management team.  As well, she served as the Spokesperson and Vice-President of Communications at IAVI, which advocates and funds scientific research toward the development of a preventive vaccine.

Bodine is the former Senior Managing Director for the New York Media Group at Hill & Knowlton where she supervised the agency’s media campaigns for corporate clients. Prior to that, she was a Director, Media Practice in the New York office of Burson-Marsteller counselling clients in healthcare and retail industries. At Burson, she conducted message development and media training sessions for senior managers at Delotte, Barnes and Noble Incorporated, Accenture and other leading companies.

Bodine was the Chief Spokesperson and Head of Media for the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies in Geneva, Switzerland.  She created the IFRC’s first Media Service to revitalize and promote the world’s largest relief organization and boost fundraising through greater visibility of operations on the ground. She managed the media for the organization’s high profile ambassadors including Diana, Princess of Wales.

Bodine worked as an on-air television reporter for CTV National News for seven years. In her early twenties, Bodine hosted Insight, a critically acclaimed prime-time interview segment on Global Television Network.

Bodine is a avid reader who has written book reviews for The Globe and Mail as well as Maclean’s magazine.  She is a member of (ACTRA) the Alliance of Canadian Cinema, Television and Radio Artists.

Her work-day heroes are Horace Greeley, Marshall McLuhan, Carl Bernstein and Peter Drucker.