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• Social Media Manager at University Hospitals
• Kent State University graduate (Go Flashes!)
• Fun fact: I’m a motorsport fanatic. When I’m not watching Formula 1, I’m autocrossing my Miata in Sports Car Club of America (SCCA) events.
  
  

Katie Archer, CCMP™, President Elect

• Communications Specialist at Ascensus
• Ohio Northern University graduate
• Fun fact: Outside of work I have two boys and a dog who keep me busy. I love binge-reading a good fiction book, baking, and spending time outside in the fall.

Vicki McDonald, Immediate Past President

• Director of Media Relations at CareSource
• University of Toledo for Undergraduate and Cleveland State University for MA
• I have two kids and a dog; I love travel, music and yoga.

• Director of Marketing and Communications at Ohio Turnpike and Infrastructure Commission
• The Ohio State University graduate

• Sr. Content Director at Falls & Co.
• Ohio University graduate
• Fun fact: In the summer, I love combing beaches looking to expand my expansive beach glass collection.

• Corporate Communications Specialist at GNCO, Inc.
• Kent State University graduate
• Fun fact: In my free time, I spend time with my boyfriend and dog. My hobbies include hiking, travel and flute!

• Advancement Officer at I am Boundless
• Baldwin Wallace graduate

• Marketing Manager at Cleveland Public Power
• Ohio University and Cleveland State University graduate
• Fun fact: I’m an avid cyclist and enjoy riding the streets of Cleveland and the many beautiful trails in Cuyahoga County.

• College professor in the School of Communication at Cleveland State University
• Slippery Rock University (bachelors), University of Akron (masters) and Kent State University (Ph.D.)
• Fun fact: I enjoy trying new foods and have eaten chicken feet, ostrich and snails. My hobbies include indoor rock climbing, reading memoirs, attending concerts and comedy shows.

• Account Executive at Falls & Co.
• John Carroll University graduate
• Fun fact: I direct and choreograph musical theatre productions for a variety of theatres around Cleveland! I’ve even toured professionally performing in a musical.

• PR Director at Sonnhalter
• University of Dayton graduate
• Fun fact: I like golfing (I’ve been on a lady’s league for more than 20 years with the same foursome), yoga (twice a week!), working out, reading (when I can find time), doing yardwork with my hubby and checking out restaurants around town with my hubby. 

• Manager for Communications & Special Projects, Office of the Provost, Case Western Reserve University
• Miami University graduate
• Fun fact: I love to travel alongside my family. I've been to over 30 countries, 28 out of 30 MLB stadiums and 41 U.S. presidents’ gravesites.

• Communications Advisor at Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland
• Baldwin Wallace University (undergrad); Case Western Reserve University (graduate)
• Fun fact: I love to knit and recently completed a sweater with a halibut fish pattern that I look forward to wearing this winter.

• Semi-retired after 40 years as a Marketing, Public Relations executive at Fortune 100 companies and leading Midwest public marketing communications agencies
• BA Journalism Central Michigan University; MA Communications Kent State University
• Fun fact: Now as semi-retired, I have more time than ever to achieve my other lifetime goal to become the BEST, worst golfer in all of Northeast Ohio.

• Digital Marketing & Content Manager at American Optometric Association
• Kent State University graduate
• I’m an avid vinyl collector, enjoy playing my drum kit and riding my motorcycle (when I have time). 

• Account Associate at Fahlgren Mortine
• Cleveland State University graduate
• Fun fact: I took a cooking class in France! Outside of work, I like to read and tour the Cleveland food scene.

• Marketing Manager at United Way of Greater Stark County
• Walsh University graduate
• Fun fact: I love playing pickleball!

• Marketing Supervisor at Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland
• Cleveland State University graduate