Our Team

 

• Don Yaeger
• Jeanette Wilk Yaeger
• Jim Henry
• Jenny Fernandez
• Kyle Conner
• Lisa Aaron
• Matt White

 

Join team 180

 

The team at 180 Communications is exactly that—a team.  We are a group of individuals with diverse talents and expertise working together for the common good of our clients.  If you have the knowledge and skills to help us achieve winning results, we would love to have you on our team.  Please send a resume and cover letter to Heather Wartenberg at heather@team180.com.

 

We are also always looking for hard-working, enthusiastic interns with initiative and the ability to manage multiple tasks.  If you are interested in cultivating your communication skills at 180 Communications, please send a resume and cover letter to Jenny Fernandez at jenny@team180.com.

Don Yaeger

 

Don Yaeger is a four-time New York Times best-selling author and nationally-acclaimed journalist. He spent ten years at Sports Illustrated working on many of the magazine’s most significant and groundbreaking stories, including the first national investigation of steroids and their influence in baseball, the future of Internet sports gaming and its potential to influence the games, as well as the horrific efforts of Saddam Hussein’s son, Uday, in shaping the Iraqi Olympic Committee and Uday’s torture of Iraqi athletes when they didn’t perform up to his standards.

 

The first 10 years of his career were spent as a reporter for newspapers in San Antonio, Dallas and Jacksonville. During that time, he covered everything from the 1988 Presidential election to traveling with the Mujahadeen as they battled the Soviet Army in Afghanistan.

 

In his 20 years as a journalist, Don conducted more than 2,000 interviews with everyone from the President of the United States to some of the great athletes of our time. On the flip side, he has been interviewed more than 100 times on many national television talk shows, including: Oprah, Nightline, Good Morning America, CNN, 20/20, Dateline and Fox.

 

Don has also served as a media trainer to scores of attorneys, corporate officers, association executives, athletes and politicians. His media crisis management advice has been sought by a number of clients, including being asked to prep two executives for their interview with 60 Minutes and Mike Wallace.

He is now a member of the National Speaker's Association and has shared many of his experiences with sports and sports icons to motivate people on all levels.

 

Updated 10/25/08 6:59 PM