Keeli Parkey

Director of Public Relations

Parkey joined CI/CM in 2021 after spending most of her career working as an editor and managing editor for newspapers in Northeast Tennessee, including The Erwin Record. She was part of The Erwin Record staff that won the Tennessee Press Association’s (TPA) General Excellence Award in 2014. She has also received several individual TPA awards during her career.

Parkey’s responsibilities include overseeing CI’s project management team as it executes strategic media and communications campaigns. 

Parkey has a bachelor’s degree in philosophy from East Tennessee State University and a master’s degree in theological studies from Lipscomb University.