Tracey Palmer

Tracey Palmer

Principal/Writer/Editor
Palmer Communications
Crystal Apple Winner
Speaker

Bio

Tracey Palmer is a storyteller on a mission. She loves crafting compelling stories that build relationships and drive results. An award-winning marketing and development communications professional with more than 20 years' experience, Palmer specializes in writing, editing, coaching, and project management for education clients, healthcare organizations, and other nonprofits, through her consulting company, Palmer Communications.

Some of her recent clients include MIT Sloan, Brown University, St. Mark’s School, Sutter Healthcare System, and the University of Colorado.

Formerly, Palmer was senior university writer and magazine editor for Suffolk University; director of publications, public relations, and advertising for Curry College; and marketing associate for an international academic publisher.

A highly rated workshop leader and coach, Palmer is a longtime CASE faculty member and volunteer, serving on the Development Writing Conference faculty since 2004. Most recently, she served as a judge for the CASE District 1 best Magazine Article competition. She is a CASE Crystal Apple recipient and a CASE Laureate. Palmer also presents workshops for APF-Massachusetts, Cape Cod Philanthropy Day, the Brand Together Conference, and the Northeast Annual Giving Conference. She is the founder of Chicks Who Write—a 300-member professional networking group for women who freelance as writers in greater Boston.

Palmer has a bachelor's degree in American literature from The George Washington University and a master's degree in communication from Suffolk University, and studied in England at the University of East Anglia. She completed Grub Street's Novel Incubator program in Boston in 2016, and serves on the group's alumni board.