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Dawn Pfeifer Reitz

Dawn Pfeifer Reitz

Helping experts speak, lead, and move ideas forward

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Dawn Pfeifer Reitz is a communication strategist, leadership educator, and higher education leader who helps people transform expertise into influence. With more than three decades of experience in teaching, training, and organizational leadership, her work focuses on the power skills that drive professional success: communication, leadership presence, collaboration, and strategic thinking.

Dawn serves as an Associate Teaching Professor of Communication Arts and Sciences and First Year Seminar Coordinator at Penn State Berks, where she leads curriculum innovation, faculty collaboration, and student success initiatives across programs.

Dawn is also the founder of DSPR Consulting, where she advises organizations and leaders on communication strategy, leadership development, and learning systems.

Known for translating research into practical tools, Dawn's sessions combine storytelling, frameworks, and real world application. She regularly speaks on communication for career readiness, leadership development, mentoring, and the role of communication in professional mobility.

Her work sits at the intersection of education, leadership, and workforce development, helping students, professionals, and organizations communicate with clarity, confidence, and purpose.

Area of Expertise

  • Arts
  • Business & Management
  • Government, Social Sector & Education
  • Humanities & Social Sciences
  • Information & Communications Technology

Topics

  • The Power Skills Advantage: Why Communication Drives Career Mobility
  • From Knowledge to Influence: Teaching Experts to Communicate
  • Mentorship as Leadership
  • Communication as Infrastructure for Success
  • Quiet Confidence: Building Leadership Presence

Dawn Pfeifer Reitz

Helping experts speak, lead, and move ideas forward

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