Anne B. Solem, former managing partner of Solem & Associates, serves as a consultant to the agency for specific client projects. As a major stockholder, she also participates in agency management.
Mrs. Solem specializes in developing and implementing communications strategies and programs for her clients. Current and major former clients include Washington Hospital Healthcare System, The Port of Oakland, Lucasfilm Ltd., Catellus Development Corporation’s Mission Bay Project A. F. Evans, ValleyCare Health System and Citizens Housing Corporation, among others.
Until July 2005, Ms. Solem was the agency’s managing partner and had primary management responsibility for several of the agency’s client practice areas including the agency’s healthcare practice and crisis management practice. She currently focuses on providing communications consulting and counseling for her client group.
Ms. Solem also offers media and presentation training. Clients of this service include the senior management staff and board of directors of the Washington Hospital Healthcare System, senior staff and board of directors of the Port of Oakland, selected governmental relations and sales staff personnel of Sprint PCS, the Ladera Management Group, the California Power Exchange and the Emergency Physicians Medical Group/EMSource, among others.
Ms. Solem also is active in her community and recently completed an eight years of service on the Mill Valley City Council, including two years as the city’s mayor. Previously, Mrs. Solem was president of the Mill Valley Public Library Board of Directors and president of the Board of Directors of The Redwoods, a residential facility for seniors. From 1994 through 1998, she chaired the Mill Valley Library Building Committee, which managed the design and construction of a new wing to the city’s library.
In 1980, Mrs. Solem took a leave-of-absence from the agency to accept an appointment as Regional Representative for the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Transportation. In that post, she represented the Secretary of Transportation in all federal matters in Region IX, which then included California, Nevada, Arizona, Hawaii and the Pacific Trust Territories.
Prior to the formation of Solem & Associates, Mrs. Solem worked as a political consultant and journalist. She directed Northern California press and scheduling activities for several national and statewide political campaigns, including the 1972 and 1976 Democratic presidential campaigns and the 1974 U.S. Senate campaign. In 1970-71, Mrs. Solem served as press secretary for the California Democratic Party. She began her career in 1960 as a writer for Associated Press in New York City and, in subsequent years, worked as a reporter in the Bay Area. A native of Berkeley, she is a graduate of the University of California at Berkeley, where she was Editor-in-Chief of the Daily Californian.
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