Intesa is growing! Today, we announced that seasoned communications professional Tabatha Thompson has joined Intesa as director of our new office in Washington, D.C.

Tabatha has more than 17 years experience as a journalist and communications strategist. She has a sincere passion for engaging the public—students in particular—in science, technology, engineering and math initiatives.

Her background includes serving as a public affairs officer for NASA and managing strategic outreach for the corporate host partner of the USA Science & Engineering Festival. Before crossing over into public relations, Tabatha was a writer for CNN International and was heard around the world as an anchor and reporter at CNN Radio.

Besides her excellent work product–from executive communications, to speech writing, to strategic partnership planning–Tabatha is a supportive, fun, positive and detailed-oriented colleague. She simply is a joy to work with and we are thrilled to welcome her to our leadership team!