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As Vice President of Corporate Communications for Southwest Water Company, Ms. Keim is responsible for designing and implementing the company's public, investor and employee communications plans. As primary public spokesperson, she handles all media and investment community requests. She oversees the design and production of the company’s annual report, crafts investor communications, supervises employee and marketing communications and is leading the company’s initiative to create a national brand. As a member of the Executive Management Team, she participates in all strategic and policy-setting discussions.
Ms. Keim joined Southwest Water in November 2005 as Director of Corporate Communications. She has more than eighteen years of experience in corporate communications, public relations and marketing. Prior to joining Southwest Water, she was principal and founder of Power Plan, at which she developed business plans and provided strategic communications counsel. She previously served as Senior Director of Corporate Communications at Homestore, Inc., an Internet technology company, where she was responsible for media and investor relations, corporate reputation and crisis management and employee communications.
Ms. Keim earned her bachelor of arts degree in business administration, marketing and economics from the University of Iowa. She completed additional studies on the theory and practice of investor relations at the University of Michigan. She serves on the Public Relations Committee of the Sierra Club and is an inactive certified financial advisor with the National Association of Securities Dealers. | 