Operating PrinciplesWho We Are:
Erin Koshut - Vice President and Director of Huntsville, AL Operations
Erin Koshut began her career with AkinsCrisp in 1999, working first in the Nashville office assisting such state government clients as the Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development, the Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development and the Tennessee Governor's Highway Safety Office with media relations and special events.
In 2004, Erin moved to Washington, DC to establish and lead a new AkinsCrisp office. While in DC, Erin provided strategic communications and government affairs support to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, the Appalachian Regional Commission, the Council on Competitiveness and many others.
In 2006, Erin and her family moved to Huntsville, Alabama where Erin helped establish the new AkinsCrisp office, and where she has since provided strategic communications and relationship building support for clients such as NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, the Miltec Corporation, Teledyne Brown Engineering and many others.
Throughout the years, Erin has also been a top leader and strategist for the firm's work with the Tennessee Valley Corridor, a regional technology and economic development initiative, and the organization's annual national technology Summits.
Prior to joining AkinsCrisp Public Strategies, Erin worked as an assistant publicist for Cumberland House Publishing in Nashville, where she was responsible for author and media relations. Erin received her Bachelor of Arts degree in public relations from David Lipscomb University. While at Lipscomb, she was a member and later Public Relations Director for the Public Relations Student Society of America (PRSSA). Erin is a member of the North Alabama Public Relations Council, an active volunteer with the Huntsville/Madison County Chamber of Commerce and has been involved with the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society.
