Colby Reade, APR

Director of Communications, M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust

Portland

Colby Reade is a Strategic Communications Professional and Career Coach. Colby built his first career in broadcast journalism before transitioning into strategic communications. He has held roles at leading PR firms representing brands such as Microsoft, JELD-WEN, HEALTHWORKS and Alcatel-Lucent. In his current role, Colby leads communications for the M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust, one of the largest private, nonprofit foundations in the Pacific Northwest. As a passion project, Colby enjoys coaching dozens of professionals through the job hunt and career development process every year. A proud alumni of the University of Oregon, Colby is currently pursuing his masters in Public Relations and Corporate Communications at Georgetown University.