Kim Fischer is the National Spokesperson and Senior Vice President of Communication for Waterford.org. After 16 years in journalism, when she left the industry in 2018, she wasn’t sure how her skill set would translate in a world outside of a newsroom. Kim quickly learned that the skills needed to be a newsroom leader, are the same needed to lead a nonprofit/corporate team. Understanding what’s going on in the community; what’s making an impact… listening to stakeholders, problem solving, coming up with solutions and communicating those clearly and concisely.

During her time in journalism, Kim covered a myriad of issues and topics, and found her true passion was addressing injustice. That is why she ended up in the nonprofit field working for Waterford.org.

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As the Senior Vice President of Communication and National Spokesperson for the organization, Kim works with some incredibly talented teams to create internal and external messaging, branding, advertising, and public relations strategies that inform communities about their nonprofit programs through a lens of inclusivity and caring. Kim understand that every community is different, so her team works  to meet the needs of individual communities so every child succeeds.

 

Kim is also an award-winning journalist, who prior to working on the Waterford.org team, worked in large cities across the country. From Dallas to San Antonio and Salt Lake City, she told stories that gave a voice to the most underrepresented members of her community, including abused children, victims of domestic violence and sexual assault. In 2016 Kim won a National Gracie award for her story on Rape and the Criminal Justice System, and in 2018 she was named the Anne Freimuth Child Advocate of the Year by Prevent Child Abuse Utah.