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As part of Padilla’s Crisis + Critical Issues team, Koury Wilson provides clients with media relations counsel and training, communication plans and media outreach campaigns. She brings diverse communication experience working with nonprofit, corporate and government organizations. Prior to joining Padilla, Koury served as a public information officer for the Richmond Police Department. There she acted as the department’s chief spokesperson and media liaison, managing crisis and high-stakes situations in Virginia’s capital city. Her strategic skills and media relations expertise led to top-tier media coverage in outlets such as the Associated Press, The Washington Post and CNN. Koury holds a bachelor’s in mass communication from Virginia Commonwealth University and a master’s in new media management from Syracuse University in New York.