Introducing the 2001-2002 IABC Executive Board.

Chairman

John G. Clemons, ABC, APR, is vice president of internal communication at Nextel Communications, Inc., headquartered in Reston, Va.

He was formerly director of internal communication for Ameritech, Chicago, Ill., a Fortune 100 global communications services provider acquired by SBC Communications Inc.

Clemons has spoken at IABC international conferences, has served on IABC's multiculturalism committee, and was a member of the 1996 international conference planning committee. He has served on the IABC executive board for more than six years and in 1997-98 was appointed a trustee for the IABC Research Foundation.

Dually accredited by IABC and PRSA, Clemons has received numerous communication awards.

In 1997, IABC/Washington (D.C.) named him Communicator of the Year. Clemons was vice president of communication of IABC/Tampa and executive vice president of IABC/Atlanta.

Clemons has a bachelor's degree in news journalism from Syracuse University.

Vice Chair

Annette Martell, ABC, is a consultant for William M. Mercer Limited in Toronto. She has worked with not-for-profit, financial services, corporate and agency-based organizations during her 15 years in the communication field, including acting as part of the senior management team at Acadia University of Wolfville, N.S.

Before joining Acadia, Martell was divisional vice president of communication, government and industry relations with the Canadian Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors.

An active IABC volunteer, she has served as a director-at-large on the IABC executive board, on various international committees, and as president of IABC/Atlantic Canada, director of Canada District 2 and blue ribbon panel judge for the international Gold Quill competition.

A graduate of Mount Saint Vincent University's bachelor of public relations (co-op) program and a recipient of Acadia University's arts degree, she earned the ABC designation in 1992.

Past Chairman

Charles Pizza is principal of the New Orleans-based public relations agency P.R. PR, Inc., and a former assistant system operator of the PR & Marketing Forum for CompuServe. P.R. PR, Inc., is the Louisiana affiliate of Edelman Public Relations Worldwide and a member of the Phoenix Network of independent PR agencies.

Pizzo served two terms as a director-at-large and as vice chairman and chairman on the international executive board and was past president of IABC/New Orleans.

He frequently speaks on such topics as strategies for online communicators, media relations online, technology for entrepreneurs, and labor relations. Pizzo has written for PRSA's national magazine, Tactics, and served as a member of the editorial board and columnist for Interactive PR, a national U.S. technology publication for communicators. He is a member of PRSA and a graduate of the Culinary Institute of America.

Directors at Large

Shelley J. Griewahn is a consultant in Arlington, Va. Formerly she was practice leader for the communication unit of Towers Perrin in Rosslyn, Va., where she was responsible for strategic planning, project management and implementation in a variety of areas.

Active in IABC since 1981, Griewahn has been a member of two chapters and served on the U.S. District 3 board. She has held a number of leadership positions in IABC/Washington, including president. She also served on the IABC/Philadelphia board.

In her tenure in Washington, a "twinning" program, connecting IABC/Washington and IABC/London as twin chapters, was instituted.

Griewahn received her bachelor's degree in communication from The College of Wooster.

Stephanie M. Griffiths is the senior partner of Material Assistance, Johannesburg, SA, an organisational development and applied communication practice.

Before founding Material Assistance 10 years ago, Griffiths worked in communication, human resources and organisational development with the Star, South Africa's leading daily newspaper, and edited various consumer and financial journals within the Barlow Rand Group.

Griffiths served on the IABC Research Foundation research committee. She has served on the IABC/Southern Africa board since 1994 and is a past chapter president. She has served on the board of SAAIE (South African Association of Industrial Editors) and on a regional board of SACOB (South African Chamber of Business).

Her tertiary studies have been in behavioural science and organisational communication, and she is currently completing an MBA.

Brane Gruban, ABC, has more than 28 years of business experience, including 15 years in public relations and management consulting. He is managing director/CEO, Literal Information Technologies, Ljubljana, Slovenia. Previous to his current position, he formed Pristop, a public relations and communication management firm.

Gruban is a founding member and past president of IABC/Slovenia and of the Public Relations Society of Slovenia (PRSS). Gruban is also a member of the International Public Relations Association (IPRA) and the Confederation of European Public Relations Associations (CERP). His work has earned three IABC Gold Quill awards.

Following formal training in electronic engineering, Gruban participated in specialized programmes at the Harvard Business School, the Management Centre Europe and the London Business School.

Glenda R. Holmes is the director of marketing and member services for the Texas Apartment Association, in Austin, a statewide trade association representing the Texas rental housing industry.

Holmes's focus during her 13-year career has been association communication.

Holmes has served as a volunteer for several professional societies and associations, including IABC and the Texas Society of Association Executives.

As an active participant in IABC for the past 11 years, Holmes has held various positions on the local, district and international boards. She most recently served as director for IABC U.S. District 5. In 1997, she was named Member of the Year for U.S. District 5.

Holmes holds two undergraduate degrees from the University of Texas at Austin.

Allan C. Jenkins leads the Healthcare and Government practices in the Copenhagen office of Valtech S.A., an e-business consultancy.

Although a native of South Carolina, Jenkins has lived in Copenhagen since 1985.

He joined IABC as a member-at-large in 1988. In 1994, Jenkins helped found the Danish PR agency Communications Alliance and developed the agency's Internet practice. In 1997, he joined client Novo Nordisk, a Danish pharmaceuticals company.

Jenkins is a frequent international speaker on e-business and e-communication, especially as they affect the pharmaceuticals industry.

Katherine "Kit" Jenkins, ABC, is associate professor of communication and journalism at Webster University in St. Louis, Mo. Her area of expertise is organizational communication. During her eight years as a professor she has taught in Leiden, The Netherlands, and Beijing, China, in addition to the U.S. Before teaching, Jenkins was creative supervisor at Maritz Motivation and manager of internal communication for AT&T.

Since joining IABC in 1980, she has served in every chapter leadership role and as director of professional development, director of finance and associate director for U.S. District 4.

She has a bachelor's degree in English literature and a master's degree in marketing.

Paul F. Mlodzik, ABC, is vice-president of marketing and communication for The Co-operators Group, Guelph, the largest Canadian multi-line insurance corporation.

Mlodzik has also held senior positions in marketing communication with the Insurance Corporation of B.C. (ICBC), Richmond Savings Credit Union and Prudential Assurance. His work at ICBC and Richmond Savings has earned him many honours, including IABC awards at the regional, national and international levels.

Mlodzik was district director for Canada District 1 and a past president of IABC/BC. He has a bachelor's degree in economics and a master's degree in communication studies.

He received IABC accreditation in 1995.

Almudena Rodriguez Tarodo is senior manager of internal communication and organisational development for Amadeus, Madrid, Spain.

She manages internal communication at the corporate level, addressing employee needs in more than 140 countries.

Tarodo joined Amadeus from ADC DirCom (Association of Communication Executives), where she was director general for seven years.

Previously she worked at Andersen Consulting in change management.

Paul Sanchez, APR, is former executive vice president of Stoorza Communications, a full-service communication firm offering services in communication strategy, brand marketing, public affairs, public relations and advertising. Sanchez led a firm-wide practice area specializing in internal communication and integrated communication programming. He was also general manager of the firm's San Diego office.

Before joining Stoorza, Sanchez was global director of Watson Wyatt's communication and education consulting practice and U.S. east region practice leader. He has a bachelor's degree in psychology from Loyola University of Los Angeles and a master's degree from Boston University and attended the Harvard Business School Advanced Management program.

Sharon L. Wamble King has more than 20 years experience in organizational communication. She currently serves as a business consultant at Andersen, LLP, in San Francisco. Previous to her current position, she served as a communication consultant at William M. Mercer and in a variety of senior level public affairs positions at Kaiser Permanente.

She has served in a number of leadership positions within IABC, including San Francisco chapter board (1998), IABCs international board (1993-1997), Foundation trustee (1994-1995), Multiculturalism Committee chairperson (1991-1993) and the Gold Quill blue ribbon panel (1998-2001).

Wamble King has earned a B.S. (magna cum laude) in communication and sociology and an M.S. (Phi Beta Psi) in Mass Communication.

Marcia A. White, ABC, is vice president of community relations for the Foundation for Educational Funding, Inc., in Lincoln, Neb. She also is adjunct faculty to Doane College,--Lincoln, Neb., where she teaches public relations.

An 18-year member of IABC, White served in many capacities at local and district levels, including chapter president of IABC/Lincoln and district director of U.S. District 4. White is a Gold Quill award winner and received her accreditation in 1991. She has chaired the EXCEL award committee and served as Gold Quill division coordinator and on the Gold Quill blue ribbon panel. She served on the IABC accreditation board.

White received her bachelor's degree in agriculture and master's degree in adult and continuing education from the University of Nebraska, Lincoln.

District/Regional Directors

ASIA/PACIFIC

Meryl B. David, ABC, runs her own business, MD Communication, specializing in developing leaders' communication skills in the areas of media, business presentations, crisis and community relations.

She was part of the team that established IABC's chapter in Australia and has served on the chapter board for three years, in 1998 as chapter president.

David received her undergraduate degree from the University of South Africa and subsequently an English honours degree from Victoria University in Wellington, New Zealand. She has continued her education in business, has a business management certificate from the Australian Institute of Management and is in the process of completing the diploma course of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

EUROPE/MIDDLE EAST/SO. AFRICA

Nelo Emerencia has been communication director of APME (Association of Plastics Manufacturers in Europe) since June 1998. He is responsible for the development and co-ordination of the communication programme, measuring its effectiveness through media coverage analysis and public opinion surveys.

Before joining APME, he held a number of communication and marketing roles within Exxon Corporation and affiliated organisations.

He was president of IABC/Belgium from 1997 through 1999.

Emerencia was educated at the Universities of Delft in The Netherlands and of the Netherlands Antilles and holds degrees in Chemical Technology and Antillean law.

SUB SAHARAN

Mitchell Ramsay is the internal communication manager for South African Breweries Ltd. He also has responsibility for all corporate publications. He served on the board of the Southern Africa chapter for five years. Ramsay served on the conference organizing committee for the chapter's annual conference in 1999 and 2000, and on the chapter's research sub-committee.

He has addressed numerous conferences in South Africa on communication principles and processes and has been a presenter at IABC's international conference as well as the Chapter Leaders Institute. He has won many awards, including Gold Quills.

He holds two degrees from the University of the Witwatersrand.

CANADA DISTRICT 1

Jennifer A. Wah, ABC, is president and principal consultant of her own company, Forwords Communication Inc., North Vancouver. Wah practices a virtual strategic alliance approach for a variety of clients in the not-for-profit and other sectors.

In the seven years since she began consulting, Wah's work has won more than 20 awards for communication planning, creative and editorial management and writing, including three IABC Gold Quill awards.

A past president of IABC/BC, she has been an active volunteer for many years, and she won the chapter's Volunteer of the Year award in 1999. She has served on the IABC Gold Quill blue ribbon panel twice, the IABC international conference Vancouver 2000 Task Force, and the program advisory committee for the New York international conference in 2001. Wah is currently accreditation liaison for IABC/BC.

CANADA DISTRICT 2

John Fleming, ABC, has been a communication practitioner and member of IABC for the last 20 years. Currently, he heads his company, Excalibur Strategies Inc., in Lonqueuil, QC. Previously he held positions as account director with Optimum Public Relations, senior consultant with William Mercer and writer/editor with Alcan, Teleglobe and National Bank.

Fleming is director of IABC Canada District 2; an Accredited Business Communicator and member of the Accreditation board. In 1996 he was voted Master Communicator by his

IABC peers in Canada. Fleming holds an M.A. in French Literature from Laval University and also studied at Grenoble University, University of Toronto, and York University.

His projects have won many communication awards, including a Gold Quill Award of Merit, and he speaks frequently at various forums on the role of perceptions in motivating people to buy ideas, behaviors, services and products.

U.S. DISTRICT 1

Jan Thibodeau is the founder and president of JT Communications LLC in Rhode Island, where she develops employee and marketing communication programs for corporate clients in the technology and health care industries.

Before founding JT Communications in 1994, Thibodeau worked for eight years at Motorola as a marketing communication manager, instructional designer and trainer. She is currently on the adjunct faculty of Lesley College school of business, Cambridge, Mass.

Thibodeau has been active in IABC since 1995, serving on the district board. She has a bachelor's degree in elementary and special education and master's degrees in arts in education and business management.

U.S. DISTRICT 2

Susan H. Dixon, APR, founded Imagination Ink, a writing and public relations firm, in 1994, the same year she was elected president of IABC/First Coast in Jacksonville, Fla. She has held the roles of chapter liaison and director-at-large on the U.S. District 2 board. The recipient of a 2000 Silver Quill Award of Excellence, she has served as a judge for other districts' awards programs.

Dixon was accredited in public relations (APR) in 1996. She received a bachelor of arts degree in mass communications/public relations from the University of South Florida in Tampa. She is active in the Florida Public Relations Association, serving as 2000-2001 Jacksonville chapter president.

U.S. DISTRICT 3

Edward H. "Ned" Lundquist, ABC, has served as the president of IABC/ Hampton Roads and IABC/Washington. He served two terms on the IABC Accreditation board and was a member of the IABC Research Foundation's think tank. Lundquist is the vice president of communication for the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association.

Lundquist retired from the U.S. Navy last year. His final assignment was as commanding officer of the Naval Media Center, responsible for the Navy's publishing, video production, broadcasting and visual information.

Lundquist has won two IABC Gold Quills and is the 1994 winner of the Jake Wittmer award.

U.S. DISTRICT 4

Brian S. Everett, ABC, is senior partner with MindShare Strategies, Inc., an integrated marketing communication firm in Waconia, Minn., serving the transportation, logistics and health care industries.

Before founding his own consultancy in 1998, he was an account manager with Colle & McVoy Marketing Communications and was also director of marketing communication at C. H. Robinson Worldwide.

Everett, a member of IABC since 1988, held leadership positions with the IABC/Minnesota chapter for five years, including chapter president. He has served on the IABC U.S. District 4 board for three years. In addition, he is the current executive director of the Transportation Marketing and Communications Association, a nonprofit organization.

Everett has received numerous communication awards from several industry associations, including IABC. He holds a bachelor's degree in mass communication/public relations.

U.S. DISTRICT 5

Lan A. Joseph, ABC, is currently director of marketing communication for Sprint PCS in Overland Park, Kan. She is responsible for a team of people who develop integrated marketing communication plans for each of the company's business units. Joseph also manages a team responsible for the analysis and measurement of marketing communication programs. She has been with Sprint PCS for five years.

Other career highlights include corporate communication manager (10 years) for two different engineering firms based in Kansas City (Terracon and Layne-Western). Joseph has a total of 20 years experience in journalism and in corporate and marketing communication. She has a B.A. in journalism from the University of Kansas.

U.S. DISTRICT 6

Todd T. Hattori has worked as a strategic communication generalist since 1990. He is currently employed by Ingenix, Inc., West Valley, Utah, the information and technology segment of UnitedHealth Group, as the director of corporate communication. His primary responsibilities include strategic planning, implementation and assessment of internal and external communication, public relations and media relations strategies.

He has been a member of IABC since 1994.

He is an associate professor for Westminster College, master of professional communication program, where he teaches writing, design and desktop publishing. Hattori obtained a bachelor of arts degree in speech communication from the University of Utah and a master of professional communication degree in technical writing from Westminster College.

U.S. DISTRICT 7

Linda Walker is a marcom specialist at NCR Corporation, Dayton, Ohio, a leader in providing Relationship Technology [TM] solutions to customers worldwide. Before assuming her marketing role, she served eight years in NCR Public Relations.

An active member of IABC for several years, she has served in many capacities at the chapter level, including V.P. programs, president-elect, president, and past president; and as member-at-large on the D7 Board.

She holds a bachelor's degree in management from Antioch University.