LAUREL THOMAS
Director of Online Research

Laurel monitors media coverage for Nautilus clients, using an array of state-of-the-art tools and services to produce monitoring reports of traditional news and new media coverage, audience size and relative value for clients using our public relations services. She joined the Nautilus team in 2002.

Her publicity and project management skills were honed during her four years in public office as an elected Board of Education representative in her home town of Medford Lakes, New Jersey. She had led several efforts to gain public and community support for the school budget through public forums, direct mail and presentations. She served on the Facilities Advisory Committee overseeing school construction and renovation, and was responsible for gathering public support for a successful bond referendum through public forums, development of collateral materials, a letter-writing campaign, and a PowerPoint presentation. She also led negotiations with the teachers’ union during contract renewals.

Laurel is active in her community, serving as a Girl Scout leader, church volunteer, and Home and School Association organizer. She has headed up advertising and marketing efforts for a range of community and fundraising activities, including the circus (which she threatened to run away and join). She lives with her husband and two children on the edge of the Pine Barrens in southern New Jersey, not too far from the Atlantic ocean.