Diana Carranza Maddock

Public Affairs Professional

United States

As a public affairs professional with 11 years of work experience, Diana Carranza Maddock has been in charge of strategic communications planning, knowledge dissemination and outreach to key audiences in the companies where she has worked. She is currently consulting for energy companies and non-profit organizations designing internal and external communications plans, including crisis communications, as well as designing marketing strategies for the Non-profit sector.

Her job as an Energy Market Reporter was mainly focused on covering regulatory and pricing developments in Mexico and the Americas for a daily and a weekly publication. As a Market Reporter, she was also in charge of engagement with Mexico’s midstream regulators and presenting at energy conferences.

As a graduate researcher for the Baker Institute, Maddock focused on academic research and her writing pieces targeted the Entrepreneurs and Venture Capitalists in Houston. She was in charge on internal and external communications as a Legal and External Affairs Manager for an FMCG (Fast Moving Consumer Goods) Company, where she led the communications component during crisis management. Her expertise also includes digital marketing, government relations, stakeholder engagement, market entry and exit strategy and compliance.

Portfolio
Rice University's Baker Institute
12/21/2017
The Top 100 U.S. Startup Cities in 2016

This report uses data to examine venture capital investment in the United States for 2016 and generate a ranking for the top 100 U.S. startup cities in 2016.

Rice University's Baker Institute
03/05/2018
Venture Capital in Houston

On this issue brief, the authors examine the amount of growth and transactional venture capital (VC) in Houston.