Dave Folkens recently joined the health care practice at Padilla Speer
Beardsley, an integrated communications firm based in Minneapolis. As
director, Folkens will help oversee staff,
develop new business, and plan and lead strategic communications
programs for health care clients such as National Marrow Donor Program,
OptumHealth and LifeSource.
Folkens brings 15 years of corporate,
agency and non-profit experience to the firm. Most recently, he was the
director of communications for the Minnesota AIDS Project and prior to
that was with
Fleishman-Hillard, leading clients in strategic public relations
programs in the health care and technology sectors. In the corporate
arena, Folkens worked for Medtronic and Orphan Medical, managing
corporate communications.
Folkens
is a regular participant in many social media circles, a contributor for
New Pharma magazine, the MNPR Blog, an active member of the Public Relations Society
of America and a graduate of Minnesota State
University Moorhead.
