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Gayle Goodman
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President: Gayle Goodman is principal of Goodman Lynch Communications, a marketing, communication and strategy consultancy. Most recently Gayle was vice president of marketing for a consumer services company based in Dallas. Previously, she was director of marketing communications for Centex, one of the nation's largest home builders. For more than a decade Gayle had served in various roles for Centex, including director of communications for Centex Destination Properties, the company's resort and second home division based in Lake Mary, Fla. Gayle holds an M.B.A. in marketing from the University of Dallas and a B.S. in journalism from Texas Christian University in Fort Worth. In addition, she is a graduate of the North Texas Business for Culture and the Arts Leadership Arts program. Gayle resides in East Dallas with her husband, Greg and daughter, Ailish.
President-Elect: Since 2001, Donna has been integral to the development and launch of various intranet and web-based applications and programs for Verizon, including the birth of Verizon’s employee website and the Digital Workplace, which was cited by Forester as a Best Practice, citing Donna’s role as lead communication strategist. Prior to her current role as Director of Corporate Communications at Verizon, she was a communications manager for EDS in Plano, Texas for five years and held a similar position at a Dallas-based Internet marketing firm called imc2. She was named 2003 Communicator of the Year by the Dallas chapter of IABC and served on the Board of Directors for six terms.
Past-President: Julie Songer has been a communications professional for over 20 years. Currently, she is an internal communications writer at Northrop Grumman. She began her career as a radio news and sports anchor in Dallas, where she worked for KRLD, USA Radio Network, Fox Sports Radio and KTCK, the Ticket. She also anchored international and business news at an English-speaking radio station in Taiwan. Since leaving radio in 1996, Julie has worked in public relations for Burk Advertising, internal communications for Celanese and marketing copywriting for NEC. Julie has a bachelor’s in telecommunications and French from Indiana University and an MBA from the University of Dallas.
Kimberly Carpenter Edwards
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Finance Director: Kimberly Carpenter Edwards is marketing communications writer for Altair Global Relocation, the largest certified woman-owned relocation management company in the U.S. She is responsible for developing and executing the company’s national advertising and marketing initiatives. Prior to Altair, she spent more than five years at Centex where she held various marketing communications roles within the company’s financial services division. Also, she previously worked in the corporate communications group at CitiCapital Relocation, a subsidiary of Citigroup. Kimberly earned her B.A. in journalism from the University of North Texas and earned her M.B.A. from Texas A&M University. She resides in Mesquite with her husband.
Stephanie Forest
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Secretary: Stephanie Anderson Forest has more than 20 years experience in business journalism and corporate communications. She is currently an editor and senior writer at Electronic Data Systems (EDS) in Plano. Forest joined EDS in 2004 after spending 15 years as a national correspondent for Business Week magazine in its Dallas and Atlanta bureaus. Prior to Business Week, Forest was an editor and staff writer for Pacific Business News in Honolulu. Forest is an award-winning business journalist and corporate communicator. Recent awards include a 2007 Silver Quill Award of Excellence (Writing), two 2007 Silver Quill Awards of Merit (Writing and Online & Electronic Communications) and three 2007 Dallas IABC Quill Awards of Excellence (Writing, Electronic & Digital Communication, and Audiovisual). Forest earned her B.S. in Journalism from Louisiana State University and her masters from Central Michigan University. She lives in Rowlett with her husband, two sons and two dogs.
Wesley Bates
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Membership Director: Wesley Bates is the public relations manager for Fujitsu Transaction Solutions, one of the top three information technology companies in the world. His duties include media and analyst relations. He graduated from Texas A&M University and then worked with St. Joseph Health System in Bryan, and with Texas Health Resources before taking his current position with Fujitsu. Wesley enjoys meeting new people, working with the community and is always interested in learning more about developing networking tools. He hobbies include: basketball, running, weight-lifting, going to the movies and sports. As the Dallas IABC Membership Chair, he will be more than happy to help you learn more about what IABC has to offer. He knows first-hand how this group can help you develop your skills, meet new people and become a better communicator.
Melinda Guravich
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Programs Director: Melinda Guravich is manager of brand communication for Mary Kay Inc. Melinda’s expertise is global marketing and branding integration. She’s created communication tools to deliver product rollouts and marketing strategy to Mary Kay’s subsidiaries around the world and led conferences to develop global business thinking. Melinda is a recipient of the chapter's Quill Award of Excellence for international communication. She is a graduate of the Thunderbird School of Global Management in Glendale, Arizona, and the University of Texas at Austin.
Nancy Del Regno
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Technical Director: Richard Buse, owner of R.S. Buse Communication Services, has been an independent writer/consultant for the past 20 years. Celebrating 20 years with IABC, Richard started as a member of IABC Southeastern Wisconsin (1986-2001) and board member from 1989-1995, including chapter president (1993-1994). Richard is active in the Dallas ASTD (American Society of Training and Development) and works with the Hope Clinic, a non-profit facility in Waxahachie where he lives with his wife, Chris, and four step-children.
Paul Maynard
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Volunteers and Sponsorships Director: Paul Maynard, an account executive with Zachry Associates, has 20 years’ experience as an events and trade show professional and has produced events and programs in 35 cities in 21 states and 7 international locations. He has worked in Marketing and Communications departments for Honeywell, Fujitsu, and Alliant Techsystems as an independent consultant, providing marketing, sales and communications support to clients; and generating new business for a number of small and start-up businesses in Dallas and Minneapolis. In his role as an account executive with Zachry Associates, Paul develops new business and manages major accounts in the Dallas Meteroplex market. Paul earned his BS from the University of Arizona, and did graduate studies in Journalism at the University of Nevada, Reno.
Quill/Knowledge Recognition Co-Director: Peggy Norton has more than 20 years experience in communications. She currently works in Corporate Communications at Verizon managing their corporate Intranet and online communications. Norton joined Verizon in 2002 after spending four years at Avaya working in customer communications. Prior to that, she was a communications consultant in the telecommunications field. She has a bachelor's degree in Journalism from Penn State. She lives in Coppell with her husband and son.
Mary McMinn, ABC
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Communications Director: Mary McMinn is an independent communications consultant and senior writer working for global organizations and entrepreneurial entities, providing strategy, planning, management and written materials for clients.She is an award-winning writer and manager – including IABC’s Bronze Quill and Silver Quill awards – with an extensive background in technology and executive communications. Mary has a bachelor’s degree in journalism from The University of North Texas and a master’s degree in business administration from Texas Woman’s University.
Lorraine Jameson
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Chapter Services Director: Lorraine Jameson has worked in public involvement and environmental education for 20 years. She is a Senior Consultant with CH2M HILL/Dallas providing public involvement services for a diverse array of clients that includes U.S. EPA, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. She speaks on environmental education to professional societies and serves as a trainer for other CH2M HILL community involvement staff. An award winning communicator, she has received a Bronze Quill Award from the International Association of Business Communicators and a Group Achievement Award from NASA’s George C. Marshall Space Flight Center.
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Last Updated ( Tuesday, 10 February 2009 )
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