WHO WE ARE

DoubleDimond Principals

Margot Dimond, APR is an accredited public relations professional with more than 30 years of experience providing public relations and marketing communications to businesses and nonprofit organizations. She has worked at two international public relations firms, getting her start at The Rowland Company in New York, and later serving as a Vice President for the Houston office of Edelman. Ms. Dimond has also worked as Director of News and Media Relations at Rice University and Director of Corporate Communications for Laubach Literacy International (now Proliteracy), among other positions. As a consultant she has handled publicity, community outreach and special events for engineering and technology firms, nonprofit organizations and government entities. Her media experience runs the gamut from targeted feature pitches to specialized publications to large media events involving dozens of journalists from around the world. Ms. Dimond’s specialties include strategic planning and implementation, business-to-business publicity and marketing communications, media training, and the planning and production of quality promotional materials. She is a past president of the Houston chapter of the Public Relations Society of America and has taught public relations at the University of Houston.

Margot Dimond

Lisa Dimond Vasquez, APR was a radio and television broadcast journalist for 11 years, beginning in Abilene, Texas, and moving to New Orleans, then Baton Rouge, where she covered the state legislature for Louisiana Network, a radio news network with 85 subscriber stations. In Houston, Ms. Dimond Vasquez worked for six years as a reporter and anchor at KTRH-AM Radio, regularly covering breaking news stories for the Associated Press and the CBS and ABC radio networks. During that period, she was able to take time off to travel around the world. After leaving the news media, Ms. Dimond Vasquez worked as a chief of staff for two Houston City Council Members and a Congresswoman and served as campaign manager for a high profile congressional write-in campaign. In each position, she was responsible for handling all news media. Ms. Dimond Vasquez specializes in all facets of media relations, including local and national publicity, messaging, positioning, media training, press conferences and all other events generating media coverage. She also is an award-winning radio and television producer. Ms. Dimond Vasquez, an accredited PR professional, currently serves as President-Elect of the Board of Directors for the Houston chapter of the Public Relations Society of America and is an alumna of Leadership Houston.

Lisa Dimond Vasquez

MEDIA TRAINING

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