Wood will draw on more than two decades of experience at regional and global communications agencies to support the firm and its professional services clients
DALLAS / FORT WORTH – April 28, 2025 – North Texas-based strategic communications firm Cooksey Communications (Cooksey) recently appointed seasoned communications professional Shawn Paul Wood to lead the agency’s esteemed Professional Services Practice.
Shawn Paul Wood
Wood brings more than 20 years of experience in managing multifaceted communications projects for prominent architectural, financial, healthcare, legal and nonprofit clients on a regional and global scale to the agency. He has trusted expertise and a wide range of communications skills to support Cooksey’s diverse professional services client roster and achievement of their critical business development objectives.
Cooksey’s Professional Services Practice serves sophisticated financial and professional services firms that are leaders in their respective fields, including law firms, banks and credit unions, private equity firms, architecture/engineering/construction (A/E/C) firms, and other prestigious B2B and B2G service providers. Agency clients served by the group include American National Bank of Texas, Credit Union of Texas, Juniper Capital Management and Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP (Weil).
“Shawn’s extensive agency experience, coupled with his editorial prowess and deep connections with regional media, will help us sustain and enhance the extraordinarily high caliber of work product and impactful communications outcomes our clients expect and deserve,” said Colby Walton, chairman and CEO at Cooksey. “I’m confident our professional services clients and practice group team members will continue to thrive under his leadership.”
Before joining Cooksey, Wood led the communications and content development efforts for paid, earned, shared and owned media initiatives at several other prestigious regional and global public relations firms.
Earlier in his career, Wood spent nine years as the first-ever in-house public relations director for Bishop T.D. Jakes Ministries and The Potter’s House, a global, 40,000-member church with over 200 ministries spanning hundreds of countries across the globe. Additionally, he spent 12 years on local radio, where he worked as an on-air host, producer and voice-over artist.
“I’m honored to join an agency as reputable and well-respected as Cooksey, and I am eager for the opportunity to work with some of the most prominent professional services clients in our state,” said Wood. “Alongside this team of talented and passionate public relations professionals, I have no doubt we will bring long-term success to our clients, the Professional Services Practice and the agency as a whole.”
During his award-winning career, Wood has served on the board of the Dallas Press Club, been a committed PRSA member and been a journalist for several national industry trade media outlets. Wood earned a bachelor’s degree in communications from the University of North Texas and spent six years in seminary studies, earning a master’s and doctorate in theology.
About Cooksey Communications
Cooksey Communications is a leading, Texas-based strategic communications firm with over three decades of essential expertise in three core practice areas: (1) Professional Services; (2) Public Sector; and (3) Real Estate & Development. Cooksey was recently recognized as the 2024 Small Agency of the Year by the Public Relations Society of America’s Dallas chapter. For more information, visit www.CookseyPR.com.