Monday, May 19 Meeting

- This is our last regular meeting of the YEAR!

- The PRSSA banquet is scheduled for June 2 (location TBA).

For everyone interested in learning more about government lobbying positions in PR and how to gain entry into such a field, there will be an excellent opportunity to do so at our next meeting! Please join us at 6:00p.m. in E.W Scripps Hall Rm. 111 to hear Todd Bailey from Huntington Bancshares. We will going to BW3's immediately following the meeting for a casual dinner and appetizers.

Todd Bailey is Assistant Vice President, State Government Relations Manager for Huntington Bancshares Incorporated, a $56 billion regional bank holding company based in Columbus, Ohio. He's responsible for the company's legislative lobbying efforts in Michigan, Indiana, West Virginia and Kentucky. Additionally, he manages the Huntington Associates' Good Government Fund, the company's political action committee.

Prior to re-joining Huntington, he was corporate communications manager at Atlanta-based Atlantic Southeast Airlines where he managed merger, bankruptcy and labor negotiation communication for the company. Additional previous posts include corporate communications specialist at Huntington and communications coordinator at the Ohio Bankers League. 

Bailey is  a graduate of Ohio Northern University. While there, he was very active in PRSSA, serving at both the chapter and national levels. It's through PRSSA that he met his wife Karen, an account supervisor at Fahlgren Mortine Public Relations. 

He has an insatiable appetite for news and politics.

For questions and inquiries, please don't hesitate to leave a comment or send an email to Paul Matson at pauljmatson@gmail.com.

SEE YOU MONDAY!