Sadia Ashraf – Public Relations & Communications Specialist
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| Speaking at Loyola University's Commencement, September 2009 |
Sadia Ashraf is a Los Angeles based public relations and
communications specialist, currently working as a Communications and Media Manager at Aeros, that partners with NASA and Congress. She has spearheaded successful international publicity campaigns focusing on press relations, talent placement, philanthropic promotion, external
communications and fundraising. Ashraf is additionally an activist, philanthropist, portrait
artist, creative writer and serial volunteer. She is working on writing two film scripts and a novel at UCLA.
Public
Speaking & Talent Management
A seasoned public speaker, Ashraf has spoken at Harvard, JJ Law College NY, Loyola University, University of Madison-WI and University of N. Carolina and many conferences. With 10 years of PR experience, Ashraf has built solid global media and entertainment industry contacts. Ashraf has also been published/ featured/placed clients in CNN, CNBC, BBC, Al-Jazeera, ABC, NBC, Gizmodo, CBS News, Washington Post, CW TV, Discovery TV, LA Times, O Magazine online, Washington Life, AP, Reuters, AOL TV, A& E TV and many more. A media savvy spokesperson, she has been interviewed by PBS TV, Comcast Newsmakers, CNN Headline News, NBC WI and NPR.
A seasoned public speaker, Ashraf has spoken at Harvard, JJ Law College NY, Loyola University, University of Madison-WI and University of N. Carolina and many conferences. With 10 years of PR experience, Ashraf has built solid global media and entertainment industry contacts. Ashraf has also been published/ featured/placed clients in CNN, CNBC, BBC, Al-Jazeera, ABC, NBC, Gizmodo, CBS News, Washington Post, CW TV, Discovery TV, LA Times, O Magazine online, Washington Life, AP, Reuters, AOL TV, A& E TV and many more. A media savvy spokesperson, she has been interviewed by PBS TV, Comcast Newsmakers, CNN Headline News, NBC WI and NPR.
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| With Michael Douglas at Gala in DC |
A sought after event maestro, MC, public speaker, speech
writer and talent promoter, Ashraf has worked with celebrities, authors
and philanthropists such as Geena Davis, Micheal Douglas, America Ferrera, Greg
Mortenson, Helen Hunt, Maz
Jobrani and Jack Black.
Research Writing & Diplomacy work
With an academic background, she has written research based strategy and policy documents, white papers, press boiler plates, processing complex organizational information and reconstructing it for the public and press. Recently she published a coffee table book for Aeros to be presented to the White House Technology department and various Congress members.She also created academic resource lists related to South East Asia that have been used by professors around the US which she presented to the White House Envoy and staff to the OIC in 2010.
With an academic background, she has written research based strategy and policy documents, white papers, press boiler plates, processing complex organizational information and reconstructing it for the public and press. Recently she published a coffee table book for Aeros to be presented to the White House Technology department and various Congress members.She also created academic resource lists related to South East Asia that have been used by professors around the US which she presented to the White House Envoy and staff to the OIC in 2010.
Her diplomatic relations led her to
be invited to meetings with senators, congressmen, policymakers, and State
Department officials speaking on topics as diverse as immigration laws, global
market access and non-for-profit development. It all started in 1996 when Ashraf was honored to be the
spokesperson for her college and led a one hour round table talk with (then) First Lady, Hilary Clinton.
Career Trajectory
Before Worldwide Aeros, she has worked as a corporate entertainment and media publicist at Shout-Out Marketing and previously was the Outreach Director for Central Asia Institute (CAI) and editor of CAI’s online publications. She launched their large scale fundraisers, peace conferences and galas nationally. As a spokesperson for one of the world’s most well known, Nobel peace-prize-nominated nonprofit, she documented education research and statistical data for national presentation— travelling and speaking nationally at universities, communities and events.
Before Worldwide Aeros, she has worked as a corporate entertainment and media publicist at Shout-Out Marketing and previously was the Outreach Director for Central Asia Institute (CAI) and editor of CAI’s online publications. She launched their large scale fundraisers, peace conferences and galas nationally. As a spokesperson for one of the world’s most well known, Nobel peace-prize-nominated nonprofit, she documented education research and statistical data for national presentation— travelling and speaking nationally at universities, communities and events.
A consummate fundraiser, she has helped raise over 3 million for various cause-based organizations through promotion, galas, marketing and grass roots organizing.
She has previously worked as a Public Relations Manager at
Friends of Community Public Art where she supervised projects from inception to
completion and was the press liaison, editor and content strategist. Ashraf has also worked as an art history
research director and a freelance writer.
Additionally, for her community service, Ms. Ashraf is a
board member of several foundations including Zindagi Trust, Bring Hollywood Home and Shine Humanity.
She holds two Masters Degrees in English and English Literature from Loyola
University Chicago, specializing in Postcolonial studies and creative Writing.
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