About

Rae Hostetler, an Indianapolis-based sole practitioner, has provided public relations and communications counsel and support for 15 years to clients of various shapes and sizes—from non-profits and corporations to sole proprietors, and from organizations of few to many. Projects range from strategic planning and execution of tactics to project management and client coordination.

Rae's professional experience includes working in radio-television news as journalist for the NBC television affiliate in South Bend, Indiana. Subsequently, she was news director for South Bend's number-one radio station. She transitioned to the public relations field when she moved to Indianapolis in 1993 and joined the public relations staff at the Indianapolis Museum of Art. She then invested five years as public relations manager for Resort Condominiums International. There, she led the company's external communications strategies with senior management to build a positive image for the company and timeshare industry.

Rae focuses her pro bono hours on non-profits that support education and women. She is an immediate past board member the Women's Fund of Central Indiana and currently serves on the board of Dress for Success Indianapolis. Rae has chaired events raising funds for Dress for Success Indianapolis and the Zionsville Education Foundation. She is a member of the Hoosier Chapter of the Public Relations Society of America.

She is a graduate of Indiana University's School of Journalism and has attended Butler University MBA classes.

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