Blake D. Lewis III, APR, Fellow PRSA

Blake Lewis founded Lewis Public Relations, Three Box’s predecessor firm, in 2000. He specializes in developing marketing strategy, crisis communications, thought leadership and community relations programming. As Principal and a strategic communications expert, Blake assists in developing strategy for Three Box clients and contributes to business development within the Three Box organization.

Prior to Three Box, Blake was a member of the global corporate communications team for EDS (now Hewlett Packard Enterprise). Previously, he held senior-level roles at Edelman, following program and leadership positions at the American Heart Association, a regional level-II medical center and a boutique advertising and public relations firm in the Midwest.

Blake earned a bachelor’s degree in telecommunicative arts with a minor in sociology and counseling and elective studies in electrical engineering and physics from Iowa State University. He’s a member of the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA), earned the Accredited in Public Relations (APR) credential in 1985 and was inducted into the Society’s College of Fellows in 2005.

Blake is a past national treasurer, national secretary and board member of PRSA, and a former chair of the Universal Accreditation Board. Currently, Blake serves on the board of directors of long-term medical housing provider Ark House, is treasurer and a member of the board of the Richardson Citizen Police Academy Alumni Association, and volunteers with the Richardson Police Department field operations team and City of Richardson Office of Emergency Management.