Karen Summerville leads a growing Communications and Public Engagement (CPE) practice group within Brailsford & Dunlavey, a team of professionals that develop and implement strategic plans that maximize clients’ ability to foster meaningful connections with communities. The CPE team works with clients on a myriad of programs including major educational facility planning and design, municipality, and long-term sustainability planning.

Summerville’s portfolio of project work includes strategic communication and engagement planning of over $4B in capital programs and planning initiatives across the United States. She and her team of CPE specialists offer strategic communications planning, brand application and management, program reporting, meeting coordination, social media management, media relations, engagement planning, print and web design, photography direction, video editing, and major public event planning.

Summerville’s previous experience includes over 10 years of non-profit community outreach, program development, and grant writing. She’s a trained graphic designer with a B.S. in Fine Arts-Graphic Design from Morgan State University and studied in the University of Baltimore’s Integrated Design M.F.A. program.