Neil Nixon has nearly 30 years of experience as a communications and management professional. After extensive experience as a journalist, corporate public relations practitioner and management professional in both the corporate and agency worlds, he formed Nixon & Associates to provide clients with comprehensive public relations, crisis communications, community relations and management counsel.
Prior to forming Nixon & Associates, Neil was chief operating officer for Informative Design Group (IDG), a multi-faceted communications company based in Washington D.C., with satellite offices in New York and London. There he coordinated efforts for some of the most prominent companies in Corporate America -- names like Shell Oil, Kimberly-Clark, International Paper and Sears. While at IDG, Neil also established a separate communications company, The Reputation Factor, the forerunner to Nixon & Associates.
Prior to moving to the Washington area, Neil worked for Hill and Knowlton Inc. -- one of the world’s largest public relations organizations – serving as vice president and deputy general manager of the firm’s Houston office, where he was responsible for day-to-day operations. Before joining Hill and Knowlton, he worked 11 years with Tenneco, the last five of which were spent managing the public relations, marketing communications and community relations’ functions for Tenneco Energy.
During the past 17 years, Neil has primarily focused on issues management and crisis communications, effectively organizing campaigns and responses to violent labor disputes, refinery fires, chemical spills, pipeline explosions and environmental issues, among others. A frequent speaker on crisis and corporate communications, Neil has authored award-winning crisis plans and video programs and has provided training to more than 9,000 people in almost 350 different organizations on how to deal effectively with the news media.
His clients for crisis communications training, planning and counsel have included Dynegy Inc.; El Paso Corporation; CenterPoint Energy; Tenneco Gas; Kinder Morgan; Dow Chemical; Aramco Services; Burlington Resources; Peoples Energy; Ocean Energy; Nicor Gas; Iroquois Gas Transmission; New York State Electric & Gas; El Paso Corporation; Kern River Gas Transmission; Natural Gas Pipeline Company; Occidental Petroleum; Enron Operations Corp.; PanEnergy Corp.; Shell Oil; Exxon Chemical
Prior to forming Nixon & Associates, Neil was chief operating officer for Informative Design Group (IDG), a multi-faceted communications company based in Washington D.C., with satellite offices in New York and London. There he coordinated efforts for some of the most prominent companies in Corporate America -- names like Shell Oil, Kimberly-Clark, International Paper and Sears. While at IDG, Neil also established a separate communications company, The Reputation Factor, the forerunner to Nixon & Associates.
Prior to moving to the Washington area, Neil worked for Hill and Knowlton Inc. -- one of the world’s largest public relations organizations – serving as vice president and deputy general manager of the firm’s Houston office, where he was responsible for day-to-day operations. Before joining Hill and Knowlton, he worked 11 years with Tenneco, the last five of which were spent managing the public relations, marketing communications and community relations’ functions for Tenneco Energy.
During the past 17 years, Neil has primarily focused on issues management and crisis communications, effectively organizing campaigns and responses to violent labor disputes, refinery fires, chemical spills, pipeline explosions and environmental issues, among others. A frequent speaker on crisis and corporate communications, Neil has authored award-winning crisis plans and video programs and has provided training to more than 9,000 people in almost 350 different organizations on how to deal effectively with the news media.
His clients for crisis communications training, planning and counsel have included Dynegy Inc.; El Paso Corporation; CenterPoint Energy; Tenneco Gas; Kinder Morgan; Dow Chemical; Aramco Services; Burlington Resources; Peoples Energy; Ocean Energy; Nicor Gas; Iroquois Gas Transmission; New York State Electric & Gas; El Paso Corporation; Kern River Gas Transmission; Natural Gas Pipeline Company; Occidental Petroleum; Enron Operations Corp.; PanEnergy Corp.; Shell Oil; Exxon Chemical