Happy new year, New Professionals Section! Welcome to any new members, and congrats to any December graduates who have entered the PR workforce.
The start of a new year brings a whole new New Professionals Section Executive Committee with it, and we are excited to introduce your 2012 blog co-chairs. Returning for a second year as blog co-chair is Heather Sliwinski, joined by newcomer Zaneta Chuniq Inpower. Big thanks to Diahnn Henderson, 2011 blog co-chair, for her dedication to and refreshing ideas for the blog last year. She will no doubt be a great asset to the New Professionals Section newsletter this year as co-editor.
We are gearing up for 2012, planning content and reaching out to members who want to guest blog for us. We will definitely be continuing our successful “Intro to” series and Summer Book Club, as well as tips for successful job hunting. In the meantime, read below to learn a bit more about us, leave us comments on what you would like to see on the blog in 2012 and connect with us if you would like to volunteer.
Zaneta Chuniq Inpower is owner and president of Chuniq PR, an independent media and marketing management firm. Additionally, she is the digital communications coordinator for Douglas J Salons and Institutes and editor and writer for Supreme Design Publishing. Her personal interests include reading, international travel and culture and community revitalization. Inpower received her B.A. in advertising from Michigan State University.
Heather Sliwinski returns as PRSA New Professionals Section blog co-chair with one year of editing the blog under her belt. Sliwinski is an account executive at KemperLesnik, a Chicago-based public relations agency, providing media relations and social media services to a variety of B2B clients. She holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism and mass communications with an emphasis in strategic communications from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. In her free time, she roots for her Wisconsin Badgers, plans her next vacation (probably to Walt Disney World) and catches up on her Netflix queue. Feel free to connect with her on LinkedIn or Twitter (@hsliwinski).
Check back next week when we introduce our entire 2012 committee!