Dave Slater
Director of Communications
Share Our Strength
Dave Slater is director of communications at Share Our Strength®, a national organization that is ending childhood hunger in America. Slater oversees Share Our Strength’s communications strategies and directs a team responsible for the organization’s media outreach, design, editorial, and on-line functions. The communications team also supports program and development staff with creative on-line strategies, strong celebrity and media partnerships, and sound brand management and messaging. Read More »
Slater has more than 20 years experience in strategic campaign communications at both national and regional nonprofits. Before joining Share Our Strength in 2010, he was the acting vice president for communications at The Wilderness Society in Washington D.C. While there, he led a national team of communications specialists focused on moving wilderness campaigns through Congress, promoting sound energy policies and protecting America’s roadless forests; he also provided messaging and overall communications guidance to coalitions and regional partner groups.
Before that position, Slater was the communications director at the Chesapeake Bay Foundation, where he helped develop the annual State of Bay Report, which became a national model for environmental monitoring and communications. Early in his career, Slater worked in restaurants for nearly ten years and wrote about industry issues and trends at the National Restaurant Association.
Slater graduated with honors from the University of Virginia and holds an M.A. in writing from Johns Hopkins University. He is an avid biker and hiker and has published short stories. He is married with two children.
Posts By Dave Slater on Strength.org
- How Walmart's Commitment to Nutrition Benefits Share Our Strength [ 2 comments]
- January 20, 2011
On Thursday, Walmart announced a comprehensive food and nutrition program to provide its customers with greater access to healthier, more affordable food choices. A key component of Walmart’s effort will be increasing charitable support for nutrition programs that help educate consumers about healthier food solutions and choices, including Share Our Strength’s Cooking Matters™ program (formerly known as Operation Frontline®).
Tags: Cooking Matters, partners, walmart - Jeff Bridges on No Kid Hungry [ No comments]
- December 14, 2010
While on the talk-show circuit to promote his upcoming films, No Kid Hungry national spokesperson Jeff Bridges discusses his role in the No Kid Hungry Campaign.
Tags: jeff bridges, no kid hungry - A Deserved Salute to Debbie Shore [ No comments]
- November 24, 2010
If you haven’t seen it already, pick up the current issue of ELLE magazine and turn to page 122. Debbie Shore, Share Our Strength’s co-founder, is sitting solidly among what ELLE calls “the capital’s shiniest stars,” in its D.C. Power List 2010.
