Contact Public Relations
The Cook Children's Public Relations team is full of dedicated storytellers and talented media relations specialists, trained to assist the media, while keeping its patients, parents and staff the priority. The team is on call 24 hours a day, seven days a week, and handle all media relations, podcast inquiries, social media, special events and more.
For patient information or interest in patient stories, or interview requests with subject matter experts, please email the team at media@cookchildrens.org. They will consider the request and then coordinate all interviews.
The Public Relations team is to be contacted for news purposes only. Please no solicitation.
Meet the team

Chelsea Kretz
Director, Public Relations
chelsea.kretz@cookchildrens.org

Sydney Hanes
Manager, Public Relations
sydney.hanes@cookchildrens.org

Lourdes Vazquez
Multimedia Storyteller
lourdes.vazquez@cookchildrens.org

Reilly Ternan
Digital Communications Specialist
reilly.ternan@cookchildrens.org
Tom Riehm
Visual Production and Content Specialist
Logo and advertising requests
Deirdre Jack
Director, Marketing
682-885-4243 phone
deirdre.jack@cookchildrens.org