Stafford Wood, Founder and President of Covalent Logic

Stafford Wood, APR

Accredited Senior Practitioner of Public Relations, entrepreneur, crisis communications strategist, recipient of two lifetime achievement awards from the American Advertising Federation and Public Relations Association of Louisiana. Installed in the Southern Public Relations Federation Hall of Fame.

As Founder and President of Covalent Logic, Stafford Wood leads a team of over 30 corporate communications experts in internal and external communications, investor relations, graphic design, web development and public relations across offices in Austin, Houston, Baton Rouge, Dallas and New Orleans.

She provides strategic oversight to several of Covalent’s major national clients, such as Shell Chemical, major industrial clients like Cleco Power, startups and small businesses and state and local governments.

Her expertise has been sought after by high-visibility clients due to her ability to navigate crisis communications scenarios with authenticity and set the stage for internal learning and future growth. She is best known for her ability to secure “no headlines” within international and national markets. 

Stafford has received two lifetime achievement awards from the Public Relations Association of Louisiana (Baton Rouge Chapter) and was inducted into the Southern Public Relations Federation Hall of Fame. When she is not stewarding organizations’ online presence, she can be found teaching Public Relations at the Manship School of Communications at LSU and the Gaylord College of Journalism and Mass Communications at the University of Oklahoma.