Find your voice. Reach your audience. Impact your community for the better.
Find your voice. Reach your audience. Impact your community for the better.
Lerner Communications helps organizations reach their goals through strategy, capacity, media, crisis, and training support. Each client gets a tailored plan and support to achieve goals and impact the community — for the better.
About Lerner Communications
Michelle Lerner founded Lerner Communications to help organizations find their voice, reach their audiences, and impact their communities for the better. She has more than a decade of communications and advocacy experience in the education sector, most recently at DC Public Schools, where she served as Press Secretary and later led the communications work for the fastest improving urban school district in the nation. Michelle also has led communications for the Thomas B. Fordham Institute and the American Federation for Children.
In the community
Michelle serves as board chair for Inspired Teaching Demonstration Public Charter School and is on the LSAT at her child’s DCPS elementary school. She graduated from Boston University with a bachelor’s in journalism and from George Mason University with a master’s in public policy. Michelle lives in Washington, DC, with her husband, two sons, and two highly energetic cats.
Services
Strategy
Align your communications strategy with your organizational strategy to achieve your goals.
Capacity
Assess and align your communications capacity to reach your audience effectively.
Media
Tell your story to the media and reach a broader audience.
Crisis
Prepare for and respond quickly to unexpected news and ensure your audience hears directly from you.
Training and coaching
Help your executive, senior, or full team lead the conversation on your impact.
Partners
Lerner Communications has worked with:
Lerner Communications can help your organization meet your goals and reach your audience.
Lerner Communications can help your organization meet your goals and reach your audience.