KP

Nicole Ratcliff

Contact Information

1201 K Street, Suite 800
Sacramento, CA 95814

Direct: 916-498-7733

Cell: 916-267-1834

Fax: 916-448-4923

E-Mail: nratcliff@ka-pow.com

Professional Experience

Nicole Ratcliff leads several major clients in the communications division of KP Public Affairs. Since joining the firm Ms. Ratcliff has delivered client results through third-party ally development, grass roots advocacy and crisis management. Her areas of expertise include strategic planning, media relations, coalition building, special event planning and coordination.

Ms. Ratcliff currently handles the day-to-day operations of several major clients, providing media relations support and business and brand communications strategies for clients such as Protected Harvest, PETCO, California Restaurant Association and a leading Indian gaming tribe in Southern California. 

Most recently, Ms. Ratcliff managed a siting project for Nestlé Waters North America in Northern California to develop an industrial manufacturing project in a community where jobs and economic diversification are needed. She also oversaw the siting of an industrial project that will meet the EPA's call for the development of new technologies for handling waste streams. Ms. Ratcliff was also involved in two successfully completed projects, one with the Yolo County Flood Control & Water Conservation District and the other with PETCO, Inc. to raise awareness about  pieces of legislation that would have negatively impacted each of these client's business operations. In her coalition building on behalf of PETCO, Ms. Ratcliff was able to generate over 2,000 letters of opposition that helped lead to the defeat of the legislation.

Prior to joining KP, she worked for almost five years at Burson-Marsteller, where she served as a key client contact for global clients developing regional communications programs through community outreach.

Ms. Ratcliff is married and has Irish twins, a boy and girl and is a stepmother to a teenage girl.

Education

Ms. Ratcliff holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Government and a second Bachelor of Arts degree in Journalism from California State University, Sacramento.

Professional Memberships & Activities

Member, Sacramento Public Relations Association (SPRA)
Member, Capitol Network