Experience

• Buffalo & Erie County Public Library

  Deputy Director, Chief Development & Communications Officer

  Member of senior management team responsible for setting overall strategy and direction for organization. Planned, initiated, and managed system’s branding, marketing, public relations, and development programs to create more loyal patron base and donors. Positioned Library to garner community support to maintain appropriate levels of public funding and build reliable, renewable sources of income outside government. Served as liaison between Library and independent Library Foundation. Professional and support staff of eight.

• Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site

  Executive Director/Superintendent

  Stanton worked at Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site as a Executive Director/Superintendent

• Hudson & Associates Public Relations Counselors

  Principal

  Principal of strategic public relations counseling firm. Firm offers organizations of all sizes a complete range of customized public relations services ranging from employee, community, and media relations to new product introductions and publicity; from strategic planning and issues management to editorial and writing services. Operated on two distinct levels, as strategic advisors as well as technicians performing a multiplicity of communications functions.
  
  Major clients included Unifrax Corporation, a leading worldwide manufacturer of ceramic-based engineered ceramic fiber materials and products, Wilson Greatbatch Ltd., the world's largest manufacturer of lithium batteries for use in implantable medical devices; Blockbuster Entertainment, the world’s largest renter of videos and video games; and Sprint PCS, the nation’s largest all digital mobile telecommunications provider.

• American Lung Association of New York State, Inc.

  President & Chief Executive Officer

  President & CEO of $10 million, New York State constituent of the oldest national voluntary non-profit health organization. Following 23-year association with the American Lung Association as a volunteer leader at the local, state, and national levels, including nearly six years as the New York State constituent board chair, selected to lead the organization, following a two-and-one-half year merger process that brought six former local affiliates and divisions into a single operating entity.

• Buffalo State College

  Adjunct Instructor

  Teach a variety of public relations/communication courses. Courses offered have included Media Literacy, Media Writing, Principles of Public Relations & Advertising, Public Relations Writing, and Campaigns in Public Relations & Advertising.