Kaia Roman

Kaia Roman is a public relations consultant with more than ten years of experience working in a diverse range of fields including education, natural medicine, technology and renewable energy.

In 2004, Kaia established a successful public relations consulting business in the Northern Rivers region of New South Wales, Australia in which she focuses on the planning and implementation of communication strategies for her clients, mainly in the various fields of sustainability.

Kaia’s work promoting biodiesel fuel in the United States from 1996-2000 was instrumental in jumpstarting the industry, which has since grown into a large international movement. In 1998, Kaia led the PR launch of Green Mountain Energy, one of the first renewable energy electricity companies in California and Pennsylvania at the beginning of electricity deregulation in the United States.

In 2000, Kaia joined Schwartz Communications in San Francisco as a Senior Account Executive, where she represented Internet and technology companies and secured extensive media coverage for her clients.

  
Before moving to Australia, Kaia was the Director of Public Relations, Marketing, and Continuing Education at Five Branches Institute, College and Clinic of Traditional Chinese Medicine, in Santa Cruz, California. Kaia’s promotional work at Five Branches Institute doubled the college’s enrollment and greatly expanded its clinic appointments.
Kaia Roman

In addition to her professional experience, Kaia has also volunteered her time as a teacher of Sustainable Living classes, as a worker on organic farms across Europe, and as a sustainable agriculture educator in Guatemala. Kaia is an Emeritus Board Member of the non-profit organization Young Women Social Entrepreneurs (YWSE), a national organization that promotes women with socially-conscious agendas to reach high positions of leadership in business, government, and not-for-profit work. Kaia was previously the Publicity Officer for the Northern Rivers Community Gallery in Ballina and she is an active member in the Byron Bay Sustainable Ventures Network.

Kaia holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Sustainable Living (Environmental Studies) from the New College of Florida and a Certificate 4 in Small Business Management from the Business College in Coffs Harbour, NSW. She lives with her husband Dan and daughters, Kira Rose and Nava Joy, on the far north coast of New South Wales.

  

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