Eileen P. Petzold-Bradley,

Owner and Director of pb, has over 12 years of professional experience in the policy and communications field. She has a interdisciplinary, diverse and cultural background. Her numerous projects have taken her to Europe, United States of America, Central & Eastern Europe, Southeast and Central Asia, and Latin America.
Since 1997, she is actively working as a consultant and communications expert in Germany. She works with a wide range of academic institutions, policy think-tanks, foreign governments, private industry representatives and international organizations providing her expertise in foreign and environmental policy consulting, political advising, preparation of official documents and marketing reports, and the planning of public relations events. Previously she worked for the US Army National Ground Intelligence Center (NGIC) as a Latin American security analyst and as a protocol assistant for the Panama Canal Commission (PCC).
She is an American born and raised in the former Canal Zone in Panama. She holds a Masters of Planning from the School of Architecture, University of Virginia (UVA) and a Bachelor of Arts in International Studies & Spanish, from the Schools of Public Administration & Foreign Languages, George Mason University (GMU) in Virginia.
Her accomplishments included publishing numerous policy-related articles in scientific journals; serving as an editor for many publications and books; and preparing a variety of commercial advertisements, briefings and press statements. Other achievements include organising international conferences for over 300 persons and other events (workshops, seminars, social functions) for large audiences. She is also a Honorary Editorial Board Member of journal AARMS - Academic & Applied Research in Military Science.
She is able to speak German and Spanish and has undertaken formal language training for German in the (Berlitz School, Hartnack School, and Goethe School) and Spanish in (Spain- University of Madrid, George Mason University-USA, and Panama). Additional training includes attending courses at the: US Foreign Service Institute, Virginia, USA; the Carl Duisberg Gesellschaft e.V., Germany; and Defense Intelligence College, Washington D.C. USA.
She is a certified Helen Doron language teacher and provides language services to companies, schools, kindergartens, and private individuals. She is well networked within the policy and business communities in Germany and active member of the American German Business Club and Berlin International Women’s Club.