Beth Strike, APR serves as the Communication Specialist for Area Education Agency 267 based in Cedar Falls, Iowa. She has served the Area Education Agency system for over 10 years providing consultative services to school districts in the areas of internal communication, news media relations, parent involvement, community needs assessments, and communication plan development. She has worked in television news as well as clerked in a Washington, DC law firm.

Beth is past president of the Iowa School Public Relations Association (ISPRA) and is accredited in public relations (APR) by the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA).