Jo Trizila, Founder & CEO, TrizCom PR & Pitch PR

Jo Trizila is the founder & chief executive officer of Dallas-based TrizCom Public Relations and Pitch PR.

Jo is a multi-talented, high-caliber public and media relations marketing pro with over three decades of experience building and leading many companies' integrated and strategic public relations operations. She has an in-depth background in crisis communications, digital marketing, messaging, expert positioning and legislative affairs for Fortune 500 corporations, small to mid-size companies and not-for-profits/nonprofits. She is experienced in conceptualizing, creating and implementing innovative communication strategies. As a result, she has earned a reputation for continually making a positive bottom-line difference while fostering excellent relations and maintaining a high profile in business.

After graduating from the University of Texas at Arlington's School of Liberal Arts with a fine arts bachelor's degree in theater, she pursued her Master's Degree of Fine Arts from Wayne State University in Detroit on a full scholarship. Following Detroit, she returned to Dallas and spent many years with the Shakespeare Festival of Dallas, the City of Irving, Irving Arts Center and the Dallas Regional Chamber before opening her award-winning digital public relations and crisis communications agency, TrizCom PR, in 2008.

Leveraging more than 25 years of building and leading integrated and strategic public relations operations for a vast array of companies—over 200 brands ranging from corporations to nonprofits to startups have turned to Jo for strategic counsel with their internal and external online and offline communications.

Jo has helped place stories in thousands of outlets internationally, nationally, regionally and locally. Some of her favorites have included: BBC One, Cosmopolitan, The Today Show, Good Morning America, ABC Nightly News, Squawk Box, NDR, CNN, Fox Business News, Associated Press, The Dallas Morning News, Dr. Oz, CBS, Nancy Grace, NBC, Elle, CW, The Daily Mail, Inside Edition, People Magazine, USA Today, The New York Times, Inc., Entrepreneur and The Huffington Post, to name a few.

She has been instrumental in the formation of many promotions and publicity stunts, including Cadillac's Team Escalade Texas, Chevrolet & Chrysler's The Great $50,000 Giveaway, GMC Terrain Charity Challenge, GMC and Carry The Load, GMC Stars & Stripes Sierra Hashtag Challenge, Cadillac Cares, Fan Expo's Heroes for Heroes, The Little Black Dress Experiment and many more.

A career highlight for Jo was being selected to give the 2021 commencement speech to the College of Business, College of Liberal Arts and School of Social Work for the University of Texas in Arlington.

Jo steadfastly believes that to whom much is given, much shall be required, and she never stops at just the bare minimum of what is required. From pro bono work to leadership, she has danced on camera for pediatric cancer, worn red noses for hunger and had an ice bucket poured over her head for ALS, to name a few.

Currently, Jo serves as Dallas City Councilwoman Cara Mendelsohn's appointed Arts and Culture Advisory Commissioner, where she serves as vice chair of allocations. She is also very active on nonprofit boards. She is an advisory Board Member for Taylor's Gift, a national charity advocating organ donation, and an ex officio board member for the Dallas Symphony Orchestra and the Dallas Wind Symphony. She has also served Heroes for Children, Big Brothers Big Sisters, The Freedom Run, Dallas Theatre League, American Advertising Association and the Dallas/Fort Worth Area Tourism Council.

Jo is the recipient of the Big Brother Big Sister "Big of the Year" award, the YWCA Woman of Achievement Technology and Communications Award and was selected for Texas Woman Magazine Woman of the Month. She is a Leadership Irving graduate (1999-2000) and served as its vice president (2000-2001).

Jo is purposeful and affects meaningful change wherever she goes. She goes 90 miles an hour, seven days a week and doesn't miss a thing. She sees opportunities where others see roadblocks and celebrates failure as much as successes. Yet, when emotions run high, Jo is calm and collected. She's a nurturer, a cheerleader, a builder and a planner. Jo is an accomplished leader and storyteller.. Simply put, Jo Trizila gets things done.

Phone: 972-247-1369
Cell/Text: 214-232-0078
Email: Jo@TrizCom.com
LinkedIn: JoTrizila