About the Medway Group – The Medway Group

Reba Hull Campbell established the Medway Group after more than three decades of professional success in politics, government relations, organizational leadership, fundraising and communications. The Medway Group specializes in strategic communications planning, project management, writing/editing, advocacy outreach, video/podcast production, and communications training.

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The Medway Group’s client roster is diverse and includes organizations in state and local government, K-12 and higher education, small business, regional media and statewide associations. Clients include SC Educational Television/Public Radio, the Buckley School of Public Speaking, Civint, SC TEACHER, the Charleston County School District, the SC Department of Transportation, the SC Association of Counties, the SC Charter School District, the City of Hanahan, Chernoff Newman, USC College of Education, Soda City Market, Capital Information Affiliates, the Municipal Association of SC, and Columbia Metropolitan Magazine.

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Meet Reba Campbell

After spending 35+ years in the halls of Congress, the South Carolina State House and more city halls than she can count, Reba Hull Campbell launched her freelance career in 2019 and established the Medway Group in 2022. Her focus is connecting the dots between people and ideas to communicate an authentic voice through the written and spoken word.

Reba works with a variety of public and private sector clients to help them raise awareness, raise money, raise their profile, raise questions, raise voices and sometimes even raise a little Cain.

A committed government geek, Reba understands the intersection of policy and politics. She is adept at the nuances of advocacy messaging and spends way too much time with her earbuds typically tuned to legislative hearings, political podcasts or books on state history.

Reba is the word nerd’s word nerd. She has long believed that everyone can benefit professionally by fine tuning their speaking and writing skills – even if “writing” and “public speaking” aren’t in their official job description. Reba has seen it over and over at every level of an organization – the people who can speak and write with confidence are the people who leaders want around their leadership table.

Reba’s writing appears regularly in business and lifestyle magazines on topics ranging from technology and government to the local music scene and book reviews. Her personal blog, Random Connect Points, features her writings ranging from issue-driven news stories to personal essays. Her professional writing can be found by linking to the Medway Group stories.

In addition to serving her Medway Group clients, Reba is a media trainer, business etiquette instructor and writing coach at the Buckley School of Public Speaking and has been an adjunct instructor at the University of South Carolina and Newberry College.

Reba’s background

Before establishing the Medway Group, Reba spent 13 years as the deputy executive director at the Municipal Association of SC that represents South Carolina’s 271 cities and towns. Her primary focus was leading advocacy, outreach, communications and research strategies on behalf of the state’s cities and towns. Reba was also a key member of the Association’s senior leadership team.

Reba’s other previous career experience was on the front lines of politics, communications and policy development in Washington, DC and South Carolina. Her work includes more than 10 years as a press secretary and lobbyist on Capitol Hill; fundraising and political campaign leadership positions for local and state candidates; director of a statewide education foundation; and lobbyist/VP/interim president for the state’s public broadcasting network.

Reba is a graduate of the University of South Carolina’s College of Information and Communications and has served on the College’s Alumni Council. She is a past president of the SC chapter of the Public Relations Society of America and served on the PRSA southeast region board along with numerous statewide and Midlands-area boards including the SC Economic Developers Association, the USC Alumni Association, Historic Columbia, City Year and the Junior League of Columbia. She currently serves on the Board of Trustees at Hammond School. Reba graduated from Leadership SC, the Riley Institute at Furman University and the SC Economic Developers Institute.

A frequent presenter, trainer and writer, Reba has received regional and national awards for her work on communications, leadership and advocacy topics from the Public Relations Society of America, the International Association of Business Communicators,the SC Press Association and the National Educational Television Association. She was recognized as a Woman of Influence by the Columbia Regional Business Journal and a Woman of Distinction by the Girl Scouts of SC and was awarded the Distinguished Alumni Award from Hammond School. She received the national grassroots advocacy award from America’s Public Television Stations (public media’s national advocacy organization) for her work with SCETV.

Reba isn’t all work and no play

In her free time, Reba enjoys travel anywhere with bike paths. She is plays the ukulele, guitar and keyboard in a band with her husband so they can reach their goal of “quitting life to join the band” one day.