About Doris
Doris McMillon | CEO
Doris E. McMillon is the President and Chief Strategic Officer for McMillon Communications, Inc., a WBENC certified company, a full-service communications firm specializing in strategic positioning and effective communications. Based in the Washington, D.C. Metropolitan area, McMillon Communications, Inc. represents, a powerful blend of branding communications to tactics to cultivate business success for agencies, non-profit organizations, and corporate entities. With a myriad of exceptional talent and diverse media experience, Ms. McMillon brings unequaled leadership and qualifications to establish McMillon Communications, Inc. as a top notch communications firm. Clients benefit from a variety of staple services including influential media training, key message development, executive presentation coaching, image consulting, customer service training, facilitation and moderation, and video production. Additionally, Team McMillon has partnered with Pearson Learning and Technology ED, to provide access to continuing education through online certificate training programs.
McMillon’s communications savvy has afforded her the opportunity to be an instructor at The Graduate School USA in Washington, D.C., where she teaches all levels of government employees how to communicate effectively in their workplace. She provides Media Training for Senior Executive Service personnel who are tasked with providing important policy-making, policy-determining, or other executive functions. As a sought after speaker, McMillon also provides Spokesperson Presentation Coaching. She is currently working on a new publication entitled, It’s Showtime!: Wowing Your Audience with Power, Passion and Confidence. McMillon is also the co-author of, The ABC’s of Media: Turning Negative News into Positive Press. Readers will learn how to give a great interview for Radio, TV, Print and Social Media.
McMillon is the Vice President and Sponsorship Director of the Women Business Owners of Prince George’s County.
A veteran journalist, newscaster and producer, this communications strategist has more than three decades of business experience with work spanning posts at major market radio stations, cable television networks, and three major networks, where she created the innovative concept of Excellence in Communications TM – a baseline principle focused on executing effective communication for business representatives. “How we communicate, whether using the written or spoken word, is the basis for how our message is sent and received. Knowing how to deliver your message will determine your success in the marketplace.”
As a television and radio professional, McMillon has been appointed to serve as a Commissioner for the Prince George’s County Cable Commission. McMillon’s career has spanned the nation and the international community. In addition to anchoring and hosting programs for the former United States Information Agency, Ms. McMillon reported for WJR Radio in Detroit, Michigan. She was a correspondent and anchor for the NBC Radio Network in New York. When she moved to television, she co-anchored and reported in prime-time news hour slots at WABC-TV, Eyewitness News including tenure at Metromedia/Fox New York flagship station, WNTW-TV, where she went undercover as a welfare recipient for the hard-hitting, Emmy Award winning series, The Welfare Rip-off. Her stellar career took her to WJLA-TV and Black Entertainment TV in Washington, D.C. McMillon Communications, Inc. assists its clients to strategically and successfully communicate key messages to influence and deliver results.