Communications Professional
Media Engagement
I am skilled in mass media management and public relations. I send regular statewide media releases to more than 1,500 media contacts across North Carolina. I serve as the spokesperson for NCDOT's Human Resources and Talent Management Office, Safety & Risk Management Office, and our Facilities Management Unit.
I have handled multiple on-camera and quoted interviews for different N.C. media outlets, including sensitive subjects like employee accidental deaths, department suicide rates and mental health in the construction industry.
"What it does is it bounces a beam down to the water, and then it bounces right back up," said NCDOT Spokesperson Tanner Holland. "With that information, we're able to tell exactly what the water level is."
Tanner Holland, a DOT communications officer, said Hopkins’ comment shouldn’t be understood as workplace stress driving employees to take their own lives.
“We also have a huge push for hybrid work environment, which just … sometimes we can support it and sometimes we can’t,” said NCDOT spokesperson Tanner Holland.
"This system, what it's able to do is, collect information from a series of gauges across the state. We have over 600 strategically placed across the state," said NCDOT spokesperson Tanner Holland.
“By investing in apprentices, NCDOT is building a pipeline of qualified employees who are passionate about transportation.”