Team

Alice Giannola relocated to Arizona from Michigan where she began her career in the financial services industry. As a financial analyst, Alice spent the past eight years with an accounting firm in Phoenix where she provided consulting and accounting services to over thirty clients. Alice has also held key management positions in the healthcare and […]

Valery Lodato brings 12 years of local and national news media experience to the Orca Team. An Emmy award-winning television producer, Valery joined Orca after working as the Senior Executive Producer at KPHO-TV, the CBS affiliate in Phoenix. There she supervised the daily news product and dozens of producers and reporters.Before her move to Phoenix, […]

Orca’s Creative Director is one of our leading publicists in the food, beverage and personal health space. Tana has secured phenomenal national press for top brands such as Genesis Today, Blue Diamond Nut Thins, Blue Diamond Almond Breeze, Hero Nutritionals, San-J Asian marinades, Betty Lou’s all-natural snacks and many others. Her contacts and relationships in […]

  Lacy Gambee joined Orca Communications after years of working in the television news industry. Most recently, she worked as an Investigative Producer for the NBC Affiliate in Tucson, Arizona. There she also served as the Special Projects Producer where she coordinated media coverage for various companies and organizations around the country. Lacy graduated from […]

Michelle Molison brings more than a decade of television news experience to the Orca Team. Michelle joined Orca after working as an Anchor and Reporter in television markets including Arizona, Colorado, and Nebraska. During her time in TV news, Michelle has covered presidential elections, wildfires, snow storms, high profile court cases, crime, and health stories. […]

Jennifer LaVoie-Trimble brings a combined experience in media relations, media monitoring and media sales for over 14 years. She has publicized a former Miss America, the Arizona Cardinals and Super Bowl XXX for the National Football League. As a published writer for athletic publications, she also championed public relations for a cheerleading organization in Columbus, […]

Kathleen comes to Orca after a highly successful career as an Emmy award-winning TV anchor and reporter in cities around the country from Charlotte, to Phoenix, to San Diego. Most recently, she spent six years as the Director of Public Relations at Mt. Washington Pediatric Hospital in Baltimore, where she spearheaded the hospital’s social media […]

Martin has over eight years of experience in public relations and social media marketing for a wide variety of clients, ranging from award-winning tech startups and cutting-edge digital currency groups to major Las Vegas nightclubs and even an international online dating corporation. He has placed clients’ stories in an array of media outlets, including The […]

Tabitha Ziegmann is an alumna from the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication. She has a diverse background in marketing, journalism, public relations and photography. In her spare time, she loves to read, create greeting cards and do nail art. She lives in Phoenix with her husband Tom.

Kim Krigsten has made the move from television to public relations and brings a wealth of experience to the Orca Communications team! She is a former TV news reporter and anchor with more than 20 years of media experience. Kim graduated from the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism at Arizona State University. She began her […]

Kate Kukler brings over 20 years of local, national and international media experience to the Orca Team. She began her career in Atlanta as a Producer/Writer of daily business broadcasts for CNN and CNN International. As a Senior Writer/Producer for CNN Marketing and Promotions, Kate supervised and produced image campaigns for all of the Turner […]

Amanda is a former TV producer with more than a decade of newsroom experience. Her hometown of Orlando, FL is one of the hottest news markets in the country.  She’s produced everything from lifestyle shows to terror attacks, but her passion is with consumer news. She loves finding new products and technologies and sharing them […]

Laura McGeary is self driven individual with a variety of talents in the business and finance arena.  She has spent the last 8 years of her career managing 25 valley locations for a local mortgage company.   Her primary job functions included overseeing day to day operations along with the corporate Human Resource, Accounting, and Branch […]

With an extensive careerbackground in Retail Marketing, Small Business Marketing, Client Coordinationand Public Relations, Melissa is well-equipped for her role as Orca’s ExecutiveClient Coordinator in which she prepares our new clients for their upcoming PRcampaigns. Melissa serves as a liaison between new clients and our publicistsproviding both with pertinent information prior to the campaign launch.  […]