Jill Brown PR

About Us

Exceptional Service

ENVISION. ENGAGE. EMPOWER.

Create an impact in your Community

Jill says the best part of being a small business is working with community leaders who share a vision for a stronger community. She loves helping clients navigate issues and develop strategic communications to further their goals, like building a transportation project, launching a new product, or collaborating to improve services. Clients include joint powers boards, government agencies, private businesses, and non-profits.

Jill Brown Public Relations is the recipient of two MnDOT microgrants for small businesses. The awards were applied toward intensive training in 2021 an d2022 with the International Association of Public Participation. The firm continues to grow their expertise in engagement with diverse audiences using a variety of tools.

Jill Brown is a certified disadvantaged business enterprise (woman owned) and is prequalified by MnDOT in two categories, community engagement and project management and marketing and advertising.

Day at the Capitol brings clients in contact
with policy makers.

Our Team

Jill Brown PR has a network of experienced subconsultants for any project need, such as website development, social media, photography, videography, engineering, GIS, and more.

Jill Brown

Public Relations Consultant

Public Relations Consultant, 1994 to present.
Specializing in projects with multiple stakeholders, such as North Metro Mayors Association (executive director 2015-present), NLX passenger rail, Northstar Commuter Rail, Anoka County Children and Family Council, Gold Line BRT, and the Great River Rail Commission.

Skill set includes strategic planning, writing, advertising, engagement, media relations, public speaking, e-communications, event planning, and coordinating team efforts.

Tamara Schmitz

Communications and Outreach Specialist

Tammy has helped clients plan and implement their communication and outreach needs for more than 15 years. Some of her projects have involved Anoka County, the Anoka-Hennepin School District-Parent Involvement Program, the Counties Transit Improvement Board, the Mississippi Watershed Management Organization, and private businesses.

Providing friendly customer service and making a positive community impact are Tammy’s passions. She enjoys creating and implementing meaningful outreach experiences for various audiences, building intercultural relationships, providing supportive technical guidance, managing and writing grants, researching, and writing other communications for clients.

Mandy Meisner

Communications and Outreach Specialist

Mandy worked with Jill at the North Metro Mayors Association as a community partner liaison. She currently serves as a blogger for the MN Orchestra and as an elected commissioner for Anoka County, Mandy is responsible for content development, building consensus around plans and/or providing information for policy makers to use in making decisions, She engages business communities, expands clients' networks, and collects data.

Mandy’s public sector employee experience, sensitivity, and flexibility has earned rave reviews. Like Jill and Tammy, Mandy has diversity training and is an experienced facilitator. Mandy has served on numerous community engagement committees as a volunteer, director, and chair.

Angelina Polumbo

Intern

Angelina is a junior at St. Cloud Stte University majoring in Mass Communications. For Jill Brown PR, she can be found engaging target audience members at county fairs and events in the community. She is our tech wizard, making sure client videos have captions and email databases are current. She is always up for a challenge.

Our Impact

“Jill treated everyone well and fairly, which earned respect from elected officials, staff, community members, and the media. We were fortunate to have her back as a consultant on major county projects in the 1990s and 2000s. She’s agile at translating technical information for different audiences and she works well with any demographic. I’d hire her again in a minute.”

Dan Erhart

Retired County Commissioner

“Jill, as our executive director, breathed new life into a 30-year-old association of 15 north metro cities, with varied councils and sometimes competing agendas.”

Kathi Hemken

New Hope Mayor

Programs We Recommend

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As affiliates for these programs, we recommend and believe in the power of these products to help clients reach goals when the need arises.

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Whether it’s raising money for an idea, or attracting people to a cause, product or service,
Jill Brown PR offers a unique blend of traditional and digital communications tools.