Auburn University alumnus, Todd Stacy, graduate in 2006 with a degree in Public Relations. During college, he jokingly set a goal for himself to become a press secretary by the time he was 25 years old. Not only did he achieve the goal he set for himself, Stacy has excelled in his field by working for the Governor of Alabama, Bob Riley.

Stacy has been Governor Bob Riley’s press secretary for a year and half. He is responsible for keeping in touch with the media, arranging news conferences and writing speeches among other things. His job requires a lot of multi-tasking in order to keep everyone involved happy.

“Sometimes it is difficult to manage so many things at once,” Stacy said.

Stacy has only had a few years of experience on the job compared to other people he works with who have decades of experience. He does not consider the amount of experience as a setback; instead it makes him work harder to be the best he can be.

Stacy uses his strong knowledge of politics and public relations skills he learned while in college to carry out his job everyday.

“There are too many experiences, skills, things I’ve picked up in my college career that help me today,” Stacy said.

He has contributed to the governor’s press office a lot. Stacy’s main contribution came from what he learned in Robert French’s Style and Design class. He re-designed the governor’s Web site and started a Facebook page.

Stacy also purchased a camera to shoot, then edited video, to distributed it to news stations so that their message can be delivered exactly they way the want it to be.

He uses a process called FTP (File Transfer Protocol) to post his videos online. As a result of Stacy’s efforts, he has increase the number of media impressions on the governor’s Web site. In other words, more people around the world, especially those in Alabama are receiving the governor’s message directly from him through the Internet.

The governor’s term ends Jan. 12, 2011, which gives Stacy nine and half months left to work and learn as much as he can in a busy office. Stacy plans to stay in politics, but he has to work for someone with integrity.

When asked if he would ever like to become an elected official, Stacy said, “I’m a little better off behind the scenes.”