Focus

Kathleen Corcoran joined Qorvis Communication with over 15 years of public relations experience in a number of fields, including: health care, biotechnology, medicine, international development, corporate law and technology.  Prior to joining Qorvis, she served as director of public relations for Volunteers of America.  Earlier, Corcoran was a public relations consultant to Fortune 500 and IT companies, law firms, national trade associations, and non-governmental organizations; specializing in strategic media relations and speech writing.

Corcoran is on the Qorvis team dedicated to the Pharmaceutical and Research Manufacturers of America (PhRMA), providing strategic messaging and written communications for PhRMA’s public education campaigns.   

Pertinent Background & Relationships

• Strategic communications counsel to webMethods Inc. from its inception through its IPO (the largest software IPO in Wall Street history)
• Speech writer for CEO of Monsanto Company
• Public Relations consultant to Shaw Pittman’s technology practice
• Board member, Fairfax Symphony Orchestra, 2002-04
• Recipient of a Telly Award for her work on a welfare reform documentary: “Community Renewal”
• Holds two writing awards from the International Association of Business Communicators

Education

Corcoran graduated from the University of Wisconsin with a B.A. in English literature.