Phillip brings experience as a journalist, public-sector communicator, conservation communicator, project manager, public relations practitioner, and historical storyteller. His work connects public land, conservation, community communication, Native-guided consultation-support work, public memory, and meaningful historical storytelling.
Storytelling, Communication, and Public Trust
Phillip’s work is grounded in a simple idea: Building trust through meaningful historical storytelling. He helps organizations make history accessible, honor what matters, and communicate complex public issues and difficult stories responsibly.
Journalism & Storytelling
Phillip’s approach began in journalism, where he covered politics, energy, natural resources, crime, and breaking news. He wrote thousands of articles that kept communities informed and provided information that mattered in readers’ lives.
Strategic Communication
Phillip transitioned into strategic communication with Resource Media, a nonprofit public relations firm, where he helped land conservation organizations communicate their stories, engage targeted audiences, and influence public policy conversations.
Public Sector & Public Land Communication
At City of Boulder Open Space and Mountain Parks, Phillip directed a comprehensive communications program for a public land department with a $41 million budget, 147 employees, and hundreds of annual projects.
His work included communication planning, media relations, public engagement support, conservation communication, wildfire communication, public land stewardship, Native-guided consultation-support communication, historical storytelling, documentation, and closing-the-loop communication.
Historical Storytelling & Relationship-Building
Phillip’s City of Boulder work included communication and project support connected to Fort Chambers / Poor Farm, the 1864 Sand Creek Massacre, The Peoples’ Crossing, land acknowledgment work, the Tribal Ethnographic Education Report, and relationship-building work with Arapaho and Cheyenne Tribal Representatives.
His independent community work includes Niwot Living History, Building Arapaho, Cheyenne and Niwot Relationships, the Niwot Native Art Market, and NiwotCarvings.org.
Project Management & Follow-Through
Phillip’s project management, risk management, and agile credentials help CenterSignal keep complex work organized, documented, and responsive as public questions, community needs, and project conditions change.
Risk management is a background discipline. Relationship-building through meaningful historical storytelling is the public-facing promise.
AI-Informed, Human-Led
CenterSignal may use AI-informed tools to organize source material, review content structure, and improve discoverability. All storytelling, strategy, ethical judgment, client guidance, and final content decisions are led by Phillip Yates.