Board of Directors

Meet the 2018 Board of Direc­tors of the Pub­lic­ity Club of Chicago. Named to two-year terms, board mem­bers serve on a vol­un­tary basis to direct PCC pol­icy, pro­grams and activ­i­ties, as well as to chair PCC committees.

Exec­u­tive Board of Directors

Pres­i­dent:  Dominic Calabrese, Senior Vice Pres­i­dent of Pub­lic Rela­tions ‚ Chicago Light­house
First Vice Pres­i­dent:  Deb Lawrence, Director of Busi­ness Svcs, Mar­ket­ing Com­mu­ni­ca­tions, North Suburban Cook County American Job Cen­ter — Busi­ness and Career Ser­vices, Inc.
Treasurer:  David Smolen­sky, Chief Oper­at­ing Offi­cer, Res­olute Consulting
Sec­re­tary:  Lindsey Ryan Cramer, Public Relations Specialist — Lifstyl Real Estate

General Board of Directors

• Peggy Austin, President & Founder, Gold Star Communications
• Carolyn Barth, CEO, Digital Content Strategy LLC
• Christina Cordova-Herrera, Director of Marketing & Communications, Benefit Chicago
• Missy Dundov, Media Specialist, State Farm
• Thekla Eftychiadou, Partner, Finn Partners
• Daisy Garcia, Account Supervisor, Flowers Communications Group
• Andrew L. Gold­stein (ex offi­cio), Part­ner, Free­born & Peters LLP
• Anna Marie Imbordino, CEO/Director of Marketing & PR, Chicago Buzz Marketing
• Sameera Luthman, Director of Marketing & Communication, Naperville Park District
• Jim  O’Reilly, Executive Producer, 4-Media Group
• Brigid Parr, Account Supervisor, Zapwater Communications, Inc.
• Payal Patel, Public Relations Manager, Navy Pier
• Susan Swartz, Nalco Water, an Ecolab Company

Proposed 2019 Board of Directors slate:

PCC Administrator: Donna Lake

Pres­i­dent, Larkin Lake Communications
773.463.5560   office@publicity.org
PCC Imme­di­ate Past Pres­i­dent:  Tim Fris­bie, Com­mu­ni­ca­tions & Pol­icy Direc­tor, Shared-Use Mobil­ity Center

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