Walker Communications principal Molly A. Walker has worked to meet the communication needs of employers and clients—and their audiences—for more than 30 years. She founded Walker Communications in Oakland, California, in 1999 to provide first-rate editorial and project management services to business and education.

Trained as a journalist and photographer at the Valley Times in Pleasanton, California, Molly has written news and feature articles and case studies for print and Web applications, produced newsletters (writing, editing, designing and sometimes collaborating with other contributors and designers) and managed communication projects.

Her background includes editing trade magazines at Miller Freeman Publications; performing industry and corporate public relations at the California Beef Council, The Bank of California and BHP Minerals; and general corporate communications positions at Fibreboard Corporation and AT&T.

Since 1995, Molly has assisted clients in a range of industries in an effort to improve the communication climate for employees, organization members, parents and other audiences. Her work has been recognized by the San Francisco chapters of the International Association of Business Communicators (IABC) and the Public Relations Society of America.

She has a bachelor's degree in Spanish from the University of California, Berkeley. A past president of the San Francisco chapter of IABC, Molly co-chaired the host chapter hospitality steering committee for the 2009 IABC World Conference in San Francisco. She is a board member of the IABC Pacific Plains Region and serves as a chapter advocate for the Hawaii; Lincoln, Nebraska; Oregon-Columbia (Portland, Oregon); and San Diego chapters of IABC.

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