Honors, Awards, Appointments
Appointments and Affiliations
- National Fellow of PRSA
- Cleveland PRSA Lighthouse Award for professional achievement and community service
- Cleveland PRSA President’s Award
- Adjunct Professor, Notre Dame College, South Euclid, Ohio
- Adjunct Professor, John Carroll University, University Heights, Ohio
- Adjunct Professor, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio
- Executive Committee Member, PRSA Counselors Academy
- Officer, PRSA-Cleveland and PRSA-Western Reserve Chapters
- Board Member, Villa Angela-Saint Joseph High School
- Corporate Counsel, Cleveland Museum of Art
- Advisory Council, Hospice of the Western Reserve
- Trustee, Achievement Centers for Children
- Member, Leadership Cleveland’s Class of 2002
- Member, Ohio Chamber of Commerce
- Board Member, Boys Hope Girls Hope
- Trustee and Speaker, Federation for Community Planning
- Consultant to WomenSafe, a Geauga County Women’s Shelter
- Marketing Committee Member, Commission on Economic Inclusion, Greater Cleveland Partnership
Awards
National Public Relations Society of America Silver Anvils (and Bronze Anvils where noted)
- Marketing public relations program (Eastman Kodak Document Imaging)
- Marketing public relations campaign (ALLTEL)
- Internal communications program (Sky Financial Group)
- Crisis communications program (Ohio Bancorp)
- Management of major events surrounding a corporate headquarters’ opening (BP, then Standard Oil)
- Media relations program for a trade association (Steel Service Center Institute)
- Marketing consumer services program (CMJ Music Fest – Cleveland Visitor’s Bureau and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame)
- Annual report for not-for-profit organization (Ohio Steel Industry Advisory Council) – Bronze
- Newsletters for (HomeTown Health Network) – Bronze
- Brochures (Johnsonite) – Bronze
Regional and Local Awards
- PRSA CLE Judge’s Choice – Marketing business-to-business (Kelly Tires)
- PRSA CLE Gold – Guerilla marketing/grass roots (The Cleveland Film Festival)
- PRSA ECD – Consumer marketing (Black Flag)
- PRSA ECD – Media relations program for a trade association (Steel Service Center Institute)
- PRSA ECD – National media relations program for law firm (Arter & Hadden)
- PRSA ECD – Public affairs program (Ohio Steel Industry Advisory Council)
- PRSA ECD – Marketing communications program for business-to-business (HomeTown Health Network)
- PRSA ECD – Public affairs program (The Western Reserve Transit Authority)
- PRSA ECD – Change communications program (Sky Financial Group)
- PRSA ECD – Marketing/Business-to-Business (Bendix)
- AHA Touchstone Award for Excellence for the practice of healthcare marketing and public relations (St. Elizabeth Hospital Medical Center)
- Metalworking News/SSCI Silver Triangle Awards for two advertising campaigns