Vivvi (pronounced Vee-Vee) is a strategic healthcare public relations leader with nearly a decade of agency experience helping pharma, biotech, and medtech brands–from startup to Fortune 500–build standout communications strategies. She began her career as a high school English teacher, helping students shape their personal narratives. She taught in Hungary, Italy, Croatia, South Korea, and Mexico—an experience that sharpened her adaptability, empathy, and global perspective.
After returning to the U.S., she transitioned into tech sales, where she helped companies measure media performance and prove the ROI of their communications. Today, as a leaders at a healthcare focused agency, she thrives on supporting both clients and colleagues through complex challenges, navigate difficult conversations, and build confidence.
Vivvi holds an M.A. in International Relations, where she explored media bias in coverage of female violence, and is currently pursuing a professional certificate in Strategic Communications with a concentration in Crisis Communications from Purdue University. In 2025, she was honored with the WCA Gene Barnwell Waugh Mentor Award for her dedication to developing others in the Austin community.
She has served on WCA’s board of directors multiple times and currently leads its Peer Mentor Program. She is also part of the University of Texas Alpha Phi House Corporation Board and is an active supporter of the Health Alliance for Austin Musicians, the Paramount Theater, and the Austin Saegurrunde. Vivvi lives in central Austin with her husband and their German Shepherd, Inga. She brings curiosity, clarity, and a wealth of lived experience to every mentoring relationship—meeting people where they are and helping them move forward with purpose.
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