Kim Marks Malone
Kim Marks Malone is an accredited PR professional, a retired Navy public affairs officer, a part-time PR consultant, and a full-time public relations and journalism professor at the University of Memphis. Kim also serves as the adviser for the university's student-run strategic communication firm, Meeman 901 Strategies.
Kim enlisted in the Navy in 1986 and was commissioned as a public affairs officer via Officer Candidate School in 1996. In her last Navy assignment, she commanded the Navy Office of Community Outreach, the only grassroots-level public affairs command in the Navy. She also managed issues on the Navy's National News Desk, led the public affairs team aboard the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68), oversaw communication for Navy operations and programs, worked overseas, and with submarines.
Kim retired from the Navy after 28+ years, and when she's not teaching public relations, she's helping Memphis small businesses and nonprofits.
