KATHLEEN OBERT, APR – Chairman & Chief Executive Officer
 
   
  AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION
  · Corporate Communications
· Marketing Communications
· Crisis/Risk Communications
· Media Spokesperson Training
· Media Relations
· Investor and Financial Relations

  REPRESENTATIVE CLIENT EXPERIENCE
  · TTI Floor Care North America
· Kidde
· Genie/Overhead Door
· Huffy
· Rubbermaid
· Oglebay Norton
· Major League Baseball
· DeBartolo Corp.
· San Francisco 49ers
· Sealy
· Target Stores
· BP
· Dairy Mart
· Elder-Beerman Stores

  RELEVANT EMPLOYMENT EXPERIENCE
  · Invacare Corporation, Director of Advertising and Public Relations
· Revco D.S., Inc., Director of Public Relations

  EDUCATION
  · Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School, Performance Mgmt. Studies, 1998
· Westminster College, B.A., Business Administration, 1980

  PROFESSIONAL / COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
  · Allegiant Asset Management Company (National City Bank) – Board of Trustees
· Young Presidents' Organization – Board of Directors
· The Cleveland Clinic Foundation Women's Health Leadership Board
· Greater Cleveland Partnership Commission on Economic Inclusion – Investment and Growth Task Force
· Leadership Cleveland – 2002
· Cleveland City Year – Advisory Board
· Business Volunteers Unlimited – Board of Directors
· 50 Club
· Council of Public Relations Firms – Board of Directors
· Pinnacle Worldwide – Board of Directors
· Public Relations Society of America (PRSA)

  AWARDS / ACHIEVEMENTS
  · PRSA Best of Silver Anvil Award
· Cited for media relations excellence by nation’s journalists (Yankelovich survey)
· Crain’s Cleveland Business – Women of Influence
· Smart Business News – Women Business Leaders