Amy Storey
As CTIA's Assistant Vice President of Public Affairs, Amy Storey works with a variety of audiences, including the media, on wireless industry issues and policies.
Having worked in various capacities for Fleishman-Hillard, one of the world’s premier public relations agencies, as well as serving in key roles for a number of state level elected officials, Storey has considerable public affairs experience.
Storey graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Madison with a bachelor's degree in political science.
Twitter: @ctia
NCMEC Hope Awards 2013 Dinner
Last night in Washington, D.C., CTIA President and CEO Steve Largent accepted the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) Hope Awards. Steve accepted the award on behalf of the wireless industry for its work on the Wireless AMBER Alerts, which has now transitioned to Wireless Emergency Alerts. As Steve noted in his remarks, [...]
Tips on How to Pitch Reporters for Interviews at CTIA 2013
We’re less than a month away from CTIA 2013, so we thought we’d provide some tips for PR/marketing people when you pitch reporters for interviews. Remember, the pre-registration media list is only available to those who are exhibiting, sponsoring or speaking. For those of you who have successfully pitched reporters for interviews at CTIA 2013, [...]
I Text for Coffee
“I text for coffee” is not a bumper sticker (yet), but it’s actually how we get our coffee in the morning. As a part of CTIA’s Landline Texting Working Group, Zipwhip modified a regular commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) espresso machine so when a user sent a text message to a particular landline number and tell it either [...]
How a Smartphone Becomes a Microscope: Connected Health
This month’s Wonders of Wireless theme is connected health. While there are a number of great examples, we thought we’d highlight a few. Today, it’s CellScope. As this story from Tree Hugger states, “Microscopic images of blood samples could be used by doctors (or sent to doctors in a remote location) to identify diseases like [...]
Text4baby Turns 3!
Three years ago, The Wireless Foundation, CTIA and a number of its members joined the National Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies Coalition (HMHB) to launch text4baby, a free mobile educational service designed to promote the birth of healthy babies, particularly those in underserved populations. The infant mortality rate in the U.S. is one of the highest [...]
MyDCcharters Unveiled by The Wireless Foundation, D.C. Mayor and DC PCSB Execs
Representatives from the DC Public Charter School Board, Steve Largent, President & CEO of CTIA and President of The Wireless Foundation and Vincent Gray, Mayor of the District of Columbia, introduced MyDCcharters, a free mobile app with info on the city’s public charter schools for families who may be considering them. The press conference was [...]
American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
I’ve nominated ASPCA because animals are wonderful additions to anyone’s family. Unfortunately, there are some who do not treat animals properly, which is why the animals need to be removed and placed with people who can take care of them. Puppy mills, dog fighting and other such actions are cruel, inhumane and must be stopped, [...]
AMBER Alert Program Transition
This morning, we (CTIA-The Wireless Association®, The Wireless Foundation™, The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) and Syniverse) announced the Wireless AMBER Alerts™ program will end operations effective December 31, 2012 and will transition to the Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA) program. Millions of cellphone users across the country will now receive free, automatic [...]
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