Chelan PUD Welcomes New Communicator (Northwest Public Power Association)

(WENATCHEE, WA) -- Rachel Hansen has joined Chelan PUD as senior

communications strategist and chief media contact. She is taking over from Kimberlee Craig, who retired on June 30 after 21 years at the PUD, most of that as public information officer.

Hansen comes to Chelan PUD from Cascade Medical Center in Leavenworth where she developed outreach and public engagement programs as the center’s first communications staffer. Before that she was a reporter and editor at The Wenatchee World. She also has written for Northwest travel publications and provided public relations for others, including wineries.

Craig is lucky to be moving into a different role as a contractor, helping Visitor Services Manager Debbie Gallaher and the Rocky Reach Discovery Center with communications during renovations expected to start in August. She’s excited to see the project through reopening in spring 2021.