As a multilingual public relations professional with more than 25 years of experience, Joel Staley is an expert at training c-suite executives and brand spokespersons to deliver effective media interviews, public speeches, and sales presentations. He's worked as SVP of brand & external communications for Seacoast Bank, as a PR director for Walt Disney Parks & Resorts and as an account leader for global public relations firms Edelman and Burson Cohn & Wolfe. He graduated from Brigham Young University with a Bachelor of Arts in public relations and is a 2016 PRSA Florida Radiance Award winner for crisis communications, a 2021 National Boating Industry Safety Award winner for Top Marketing & Boating Safety Outreach Campaign and a 2021 Marine Marketers of America Neptune Award winner for Public Relations.