Karen Hendricks, Owner/President, Hendricks Communications, LLC

Karen Hendricks demonstrates a love of writing and communicating in all she does; it’s the common thread linking all of her current and past experiences.

She enjoys managing her own communications firm, which she founded in 2008, to provide customized, compelling public relations and marketing services to a select group of clients. Karen is also an established spokesperson and engaging speaker on marketing, PR, photography, and social media topics. And she enjoys fielding freelance writing assignments for numerous Pennsylvania-based magazines. Click here for Celebrate Gettysburg magazine’s “Contributor Spotlight” interview with Karen.

The foundation of Karen’s career included nearly 20 years of award-winning experience in the media field.  As a journalist working in television, radio, and newspaper, she developed an intuitive ability to listen, focus on message(s), and then craft engaging stories accompanied by visuals and/or audio. An additional 10 years of experience in the PR/Marketing field focused on tourism, events, the arts, entertainment, fundraisers and corporate events.

These experiences blend, driving her current creative commitment to each of her clients’ stories, allowing her to share them with the public via award-winning and results-driven public relations and marketing campaigns. Her fined-tuned journalism skills shine in numerous regional magazines, as she tells the stories of Pennsylvania’s places and people.

Past and present clients include:

• Adams Economic Alliance, Gettysburg, PA
• Health Sciences Library Association of New Jersey, Princeton, NJ, a non-profit organization linking more than 130 hospitals throughout the Mid-Atlantic
• Graphcom, a health care, education, & non-profit marketing agency with production capabilities, located in Gettysburg, PA; working on the following accounts:
  • Kessler Foundation, East Hanover, NJ
  • Frederick Regional Health System, Frederick, MD
  • Allegany College of Maryland, Cumberland, MD
• Several prominent dental offices in central PA including Cole Family Dentistry (Hanover and Littlestown, PA) and Gettysburg Smiles (Gettysburg, PA)
• TheBurg, Greater Harrisburg’s Community Magazine
• Celebrate Gettysburg magazine, Gettysburg, PA
• Susquehanna Style magazine, Lancaster, PA
• The Valley Magazine, Lebanon Valley College, Lebanon, PA
• Adams County Arts Council, Gettysburg, PA
• Wendy Heiges Designs, Gettysburg, PA
• Adams County Habitat for Humanity, Adams County, PA
• The Pennsylvania Municipal League, Harrisburg, PA
• The Borough of Gettysburg, Gettysburg, PA
• The Majestic Theater, Gettysburg, PA
• Gettysburg Dance Center, Gettysburg, PA
• The Gettysburg Festival, celebrating American arts, culture and cuisine for 10 days in Gettysburg, PA; an economic arts initiative created under former Governor Edward G. Rendell
• Handmade in PA, A Blog from the Pennsylvania Guild of Craftsmen, Lancaster, PA
• Blogger for Visit PA, the Pennsylvania State Tourism Office