Dená Brummer

Dená Brummer

Degree: 2005, MPA

Job Title: Partner, Yellow Brick Creative Studio

Dená Brummer née McClurkin  (MPA '05) is a partner in Yellow Brick Creative Studio, an integrated public relations and design collective specializing in marketing, logo, Web, print, and video. Dená is responsible for the development of integrated marketing, sales, and advertising strategies for retailers and business-to-business companies throughout the U.S. in addition to providing public relations support for a variety of consumer and business-to-business accounts. 

Drawn to starting her own business after numerous years in mainstream employment, Dená decided to open Yellow Brick Creative Studio with a group of her colleagues and former associates. Previously, Dená served as a marketing coordinator for Valley Emergency Physicians in San Francisco, where she managed a comprehensive public relations and marketing program. She provided strategic consulting and tactical implementation of successful marketing initiatives that included press conferences, analyst meetings, and media relations.

Dená's past professional experience includes a position as a public affairs officer at the Georgia Emergency Management Agency and as Deputy Director of Communications for the Georgia Department of Community Health. Before starting her MPA program, Dená had three years of experience in communications with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and National Capital Planning Commission.

 "Working as a Legislative Fellow was one of the best experiences I have ever had in my professional career," she says. "The work assignments were always challenging and exciting, and there was never a dull moment. Not only did this program provide me with excellent experience and understanding of state government, but it also provided me with skills that serve me well today in the private sector," says Dená about the Institute for Public Administration's seminal program with the Delaware General Assembly.

To be open-minded is a piece of advice that Dená likes to share with current students and encourages them to get exposure to as many things as possible because it can benefit them in the long term. 

Dená currently resides in St. Louis, Missouri with her husband and daughter. She earned her BA degree from Clark Atlanta University in Mass Media Arts with a concentration in journalism.