A longtime communications consultant was announced Friday as the director of the city of San Diego’s new Communications Department, Mayor Kevin Faulconer said.
Amelia Brazell, who once led the public relations staff of the San Diego Zoo and what was then known as the Wild Animal Park, will head a department that will consolidate the city’s various communications functions.
“With her nearly three decades of experience in the field of communications, Amelia will help develop a city government that speaks with one voice and is focused on improving the lives San Diegans in every neighborhood,” Faulconer said. “Amelia will oversee the restructure of citywide communication functions and initiatives that increase the use of technology to enhance communications with the public and media.”
Currently, many individual city departments have their own spokespeople, and the plan is to bring most of them under one roof. CityTV will also be included in the department.
Public information officers with the police and fire departments and the mayor’s and city attorney’s offices will remain separate.
Brazell will start her new job Monday.
— City News Service
