NEWS
- The Agency Business
- A Turbulent Courtship: PR and Legal Must Embrace Love In The Time of Litigation
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- Lawyers Learn How To Cross The Communication Divide
- Van Prooyen Greenfield LLP Opens San Francisco Office
- M.B.A.s Offer More Than A Degree Of Knowledge
- A Unique Strategy To Litigation Communications
- Lori Teranishi Joins Van Prooyen Greenfield LLP as Chief Operating Officer and Director of the San Francisco Office
Events
- Media Myths and Realities
- Top Five Media Relations Myths and Realities
- Advanced Corporate Communications
- USF-PSI International Business Plan Competition
- Working With Law Firms During Crises to Win the War of Words
- Media Relations
- Providing The Context For Litigation Communications In High-Profile Cases
- Litigation Communications: Protecting Privilege
- Understanding Litigation Communications
Articles
Lori K. Teranishi
Chief Operating Officer
Lori Teranishi brings more than 20 years experience in business, communications and marketing expertise as Chief Operating Officer for Van Prooyen Greenfield LLP, and as director of the firm’s San Francisco office. Most recently, Ms. Teranishi was vice president of Product Development with Visa U.S.A., where she led a team of 60 developers, product managers and sales directors to launch a national loyalty rewards program for Visa credit and debit cards. Ms. Teranishi’s skills include communications strategy and execution, marketing, and product development and management.
In her seven years with Visa, Ms. Teranishi held a variety of positions, including chief of staff to Visa USA’s chief operating officer where she instituted a company-wide business planning process and assisted in negotiating major deals with Fortune 50 companies.
She also held various director-level positions in Visa’s corporate communications group, where she oversaw product and technology communications, and supported the CEO of Visa in media relations and speaking opportunities. During this period, Ms. Teranishi provided litigation communications strategy for a variety of high-profile cases involving Visa U.S.A, including a U.S. Supreme Court case alleging anticompetitive practices. Prior to Visa, she worked in Silicon Valley at Cunningham Communications on the Novell and Hewlett-Packard accounts. She was also previously the Director of Communications for Quaker State Corporation.
Her work has been awarded numerous national marketing and public relations industry awards, including a PR Week Award for Best Small Business campaign, a regional Public Relations Society of America award for a top crisis communications plan and several Effie Awards from the American Marketing Association for the national launch of Quaker State Q Lube’s retail oil change centers. Her community relations campaign to start a national used oil collection program was awarded the State of Utah’s highest environmental award and a variety of commendations from municipalities including Phoenix, Indianapolis and Seattle.
Ms. Teranishi received an M.B.A .from the University of San Francisco, and a B.S. in Mass Communications and a B.S. in Political Science from the University of Utah.
Education
- M.B.A., University of San Francisco
- B.S., Mass Communications, University of Utah
- B.S., Political Science, University of Utah
Noteworthy
- PR Week Award, Best Small Business campaign
- Public Relations Society of America award, crisis communications plan
- Effie Awards, American Marketing Association for the national launch of Quaker State Q Lube’s retail oil change centers
- State of Utah’s highest environmental award
- Commendation from Phoenix, Indianapolis and Seattle.
Memberships
- Member, Legal Marketing Association