Denise Dixon-Cooper is a strategic communications and marketing leader with more than 15 years of experience developing communications strategies, strengthening organizational brands, and engaging diverse audiences across nonprofit, academic, and public-sector environments. Throughout her career, she has led integrated marketing campaigns, public relations, digital communications, stakeholder engagement, storytelling, and high-profile events designed to increase visibility and strengthen partnerships.
Prior to joining the Baltimore Convention Center, Denise served as Director of Strategic Communications & Events for Innovation Works, where she led organization-wide communications and marketing strategy and helped strengthen the organization’s presence within Baltimore’s entrepreneurial ecosystem. She is also the founder of Noir Elite Consulting & Management, through which she has provided strategic communications, branding, and marketing expertise to organizations and initiatives including Johns Hopkins University’s Institute in Critical Quantitative, Computational, & Mixed Methodologies (ICQCM), The Brookings Institution, the University of Maryland, the Trayvon Martin Foundation, and the WNBA.