Zechariah Van Harris III, steps into the newly developed role of Public Relations and Marketing Lead for Hart2Hart Inc., and will act as a liaison working closely with our media partners, and our 18 restaurant locations to help continue bringing online quality content for our company.
Although PR is often thought of as “outside” relevance and relationships, he will be supporting our internal relations as well by leading the recognition programs and company communications deployed; celebrating the efforts your teams and the organization do day in and day out to support the community. In time Zech will be handling customer complaints, supporting job fairs and grand openings, anchoring the social media accounts, working with our HR to deploy recognition to our team members and other various organizational programs.
Zech started his Hart2Hart Inc., journey formerly as the Admin Assistant at our South Louise store in Sioux Falls. With his background we are fortunate that he has taken on this new role. Zech has a long history of bringing teams, organization and communities together. Strong networking skills and a history of leading community committees are some of his attributes we look forward to lean in on as he gets aligned within his role with the Organization. Zech will help our 18 General Managers formulate their annual community donations and events, to build a framework and structure to our program for future celebrations and recognition.
Zechariah is a university scholar, researcher, and curator for the South Dakota African American History Museum (SDAAHM). He is an Event Coordinator for Sioux Falls Chamber Music Collective (SFCMC), and serves on boards for various diversity and inclusion groups in the Sioux Empire community. He is a graduate of multiple leadership programs such as the Citizens Planning Academy, Sanford Research SURE Internship, BSLI, Conscious Youth Solutions, and Leaders of Tomorrow to name a few.
Zechariah is a lover of travel and nature who enjoys spending time outdoors at natural parks & reserves hiking with his wife Laura. He is steadfast about building bridges with people of all backgrounds and discovering healthy ways everyone can contribute to our diverse ecosystem in South Dakota.
