Denise Gee Peacock

Denise Gee Peacock is AATTAP's Project Coordinator for Strategic Communications, Publications, and Websites.

As managing editor of The AMBER Advocate, she writes, edits, and designs each quarterly magazine while overseeing the work of two Communications Associates. She also produces content for The AMBER Advocate website and social media platforms; assists with marketing initiatives for AATTAP-AMBER Alert in Indian Country programs and the National Criminal Justice Training Center (NCJTC); and helps plan and produce special projects and events.

Prior to joining NCJTC full-time in 2022, Denise was a communications-focused NCJTC Associate from 2018 to 2022, providing compelling content to The AMBER Advocate, writing high-level AATTAP and AMBER Alert in Indian Country reports, and helping update the new multimedia edition of When Your Child is Missing: A Family Survival Guide.

From 2010 to 2018, Denise was Media Relations Manager for Southern Methodist University in Dallas. She helped SMU garner national and international higher-ed marketing awards by creatively and strategically promoting subject matter experts/students within SMU’s Dedman School of Law, Human Rights Program, Political Science Department, Maguire School of Ethics, Perkins School of Theology, and the Texas-Mexico Program.

Prior to working in education communications, Denise was editorial/creative director for Media News Group’s 200+ specialty publications/websites across the nation. She served as a senior editor/regional editor for Better Homes and Gardens and its numerous special-interest publications/websites. She also worked as a senior editor for Southern Living and managing editor of its sister publication, Coastal Living. Additionally she has written and photo-styled seven books for national publishers and produced numerous articles for major magazines.

The Natchez, Mississippi, native holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in journalism from Louisiana State University.