Centennial Committee Mission Statement

The AWC National Centennial Committee will chart the course and coordinate activities for the year-long 100th anniversary celebration. The committee will:

• Develop a strategic plan
• Communicate information and ideas
• Advise about plans and projects
• Recommend funding sources
• Market the celebration and activities

The committee's role is primarily as consultant and cheerleader in working with the national AWC Board, the Matrix Foundation, Seattle Chapter (the host chapter for the 2009 conference) and all other professional and student chapters in marking this 100-year milestone. The goal is an all-inclusive celebration.

Committee:
The committee is broadly representative of the AWC community, reflecting national leadership, the Matrix Foundation (AWC's education affiliate) the centennial conference host chapter, chapters throughout the country and independent members.

Pam Baggett, Centennial Committee Chair
Pam Baggett is CEO of Persuasion Communication, a public relations firm specializing in issue advocacy and crisis management. She is a 1968 graduate of the University of Texas with a bachelor of journalism. Keeping Austin as home base, she created career opportunities in a stunningly broad scope of communications, from newspaper reporter to public relations for agencies, healthcare, natural gas and state and federal agencies. Today she offers these many life lessons and experiences to help businesses, organizations and individuals plan, execute and achieve communications goals.

Pam joined the Association for Women in Communications in the early 1970s (when it was WICI) and has served at all levels locally, plus regional vice president on the national board and judge for Clarion and Vanguard competitions. She is particularly proud of peer recognition:

• First recipient of Austin Professional Chapter Leadership Award;
• Recipient of Gladys Hearst Award for contributions to the chapter;
• Mentor Award;
• Judge for national Clarion and Vanguard awards;
• Advisory Board to Austin Professional Chapter

Lin Berryman, Consultant to Centennial Committee
Lin Berryman believes that working in communications is the best of all possible worlds. She has worked as a freelance writer and editor, a copy editor on a daily paper, in benefits communications and public relations in the pharmaceutical industry, in state government and now at Premera Blue Cross, where she works in sales and marketing. Her strengths are project management and budgeting, and her passions are writing and editing. At various times, she has done volunteer communications for United Way and literacy agencies. A former AWC chapter president in both West Michigan and Seattle, she oversaw Matrix celebrations in both chapters and helped Seattle turn its banquet into a successful one-day seminar. Currently she serves on The Matrix Foundation’s Board of Directors. She graduated from Western Michigan University summa cum laude with a bachelor's degree. in English/creative writing and a minor in journalism, and holds a master's degree with honors in English/professional writing.

Melanie Trunkey Camp, AWC Board and 100 Women Chair
Melanie Trunkey Camp has been a community volunteer for nearly three decades. She promoted the Broward Center of the Performing Arts as the leader of Pacers Speakers Bureau and has held several leadership positions and chaired numerous fundraising projects since moving to South Florida in 1976.

In 2003 she became a certified Yoga Instructor and completed Level II and Level III teacher training. She is an associate trainer for Yoga Kids International, completing Phase I in Italy in August 2004. She has taught yoga while traveling to Southeast Asia as part of the CARE International delegation following the Tsunami of 2004. She participated in the 2005 Caribbean 1500 sailboat rally and taught yoga while on board and at beaches in the British Virgin Islands. She has assisted her teacher at his yoga retreats in Costa Rica, Brazil, Santorini and North Carolina.

A consultant to authors and president of her publishing company, Trunkey Publishing, Inc., she is currently writing a book of yoga tips featuring her original oil paintings. Her other recent projects include The Barkan Yoga Method, Yoga for Jocks, Amsterdam Journals, Boating 101, and Oh! To Joy.

Amy Carr, AWC Board and Resource Committee Chair
Amy Carr has more than 10 years of experience in the communications field and has been a member of the Association for Women in Communications since 1995.

She currently leads the marketing communications and strategy efforts for the Center for Child Protection, a nonprofit organization dedicated to reducing the trauma of child abuse, in Austin, Texas. Prior to joining the Center for Child Protection, Carr managed the marketing program for Publishers Resource Group, Inc., a K–12 instructional materials developer. She has also worked for state government. Carr wrote, edited, and published research materials and educational pieces for the Texas Commission on Alcohol and Drug Abuse and conducted nutrition education outreach for the Texas Department of Human Services. She began her career in the communications department at Catholic Life Insurance in San Antonio, where she was first introduced to AWC.

Shortly after moving to Austin in 1995, she began getting involved with the local Austin Chapter and has served in numerous positions on the board including vice president of membership, vice president of professional development, and president, among others. She also received a president’s award from the chapter for outstanding membership recruitment in May 2000.

Carr graduated with a B.A. in International Studies and German from Trinity University and has earned Master of Science in Organizational Leadership and Ethics at St. Edward’s University.

Lorraine Howell, DVD Committee Co-chair

Whitney Mason, AWC Board Liaison to Centennial Committee and Editorial Chair Committee

Born & raised in Seattle, Whitney returned to Seattle in 2003 after 20+ years living mostly in the Midwest, Southeast, Japan & Europe. While she has enjoyed all of her "homes" and local adventures, she is happy to be back home. What brought her back to the Pacific Northwest? After serving 11 years on active duty in the U.S. Marine Corps and actively drilling in the Marine Corps Reserve, she was invited to return to Seattle to establish a transition assistance program for Marines returning to civilian life in Western Washington. Whitney, a lieutenant colonel in the USMCR, continues to serve with the Marine For Life program, Wounded Warrior Regiment, in this capacity as a drilling reservist.

Prior to returning to Seattle, she served in the Marine Corps Public Affairs Reserve Officers Detachment at Headquarters Marine Corps at the Pentagon. Before putting the uniform back on, Whitney served as an executive director for two not-for-profit animal shelters in Charlottesville, VA. , and Golden, CO. during the 2000-2003 timeframe.

Whitney graduated from Northwestern University with a bachelor’s and master’s in journalism, and is a graduate of Seattle’s Queen Anne High School. She studied abroad in France and Belgium during college. She was the editor for Magnolia Milestones & Memories in 2000, and a peer editor for the second in the series, Magnolia: Making More Memories in 2006, both coffee table books produced by a local historical society in Seattle. In addition, she has completed the University of Washington’s Fundraising Management and The House as Architecture certificate courses, the Marine Corps’ Command and Staff course, and has completed local chamber of commerce leadership programs in Charlottesville, VA., and Seattle. From 1988 – 1999, she served on active duty in the fields of logistics and public affairs in Quantico, VA., Okinawa, Japan, Beaufort, S.C., and Washington DC.

Whitney is a licensed real estate agent and currently works in partnership with her mother at Coldwell Banker Bain Associates.

She is active in her local community, volunteering with Girl Scouts Western Washington, Puget Sound Marine Corps Support Group, and Friends of VA Puget Sound Fisher House. She is a member of Seattle Rotary and Women In Communications Seattle Chapter, and serves as the newsletter editor for her high school alumni association.

Whitney has several dogs & cats (all rescues from various shelters and ditches along the way), enjoys travel, art & antiquing, home & garden design, nature, theater, jogging with her dog Sophie, yoga, a good book, great conversation with friends and strangers, and warm chocolate chip cookies right out of the oven.

Lynn Osborne, Matrix Foundation Chair and Liaison to Centennial Committee
Lynn Osborne, as president of Ad Management Insights, helps companies find the right advertising or PR firm, consulting with them through the entire agency search. At Grey Advertising in New York City for more than 12 years, she provided senior account management services to a variety of Fortune 500 companies, including Procter and Gamble, Bristol Myers-Squibb/ Clairol, Borden, Block Drug and Glaxo-Wellcome. Before joining Grey, she was account executive at Avrett, Free & Fischer Advertising, serving companies such as Carter Wallace, Estee Foods and Pfizer.
On the client side in Washington, D.C., she directed the national image advertising program for the pharmaceutical industry at PhRMA. She then launched and managed the multi-million dollar national branding initiative for Touchstone Energy, including direction of all advertising, public relations, market research, communications and marketing programs. Recent clients have included such companies as L'Oreal USA, Wella, Washingtonpost.com, Newsweek Interactive, the FDA and EPA, Southern Maryland Electric Cooperatives, Touchstone Energy, Nioxin Research Laboratories, and Aveda.
She also serves as chair of the board of directors for the Matrix Foundation (affiliated with The Association for Women in Communications), president of the Washington, D.C., professional chapter, and is a past chair of AWC. She has a bachelor's degree from the University of North Carolina and a master's degree. in marketing from New York University. She is located in Arlington, Va., just outside Washington, D.C.

Cathy Stevens, 2009 Conference Chair
Cathy Stevens has been a member of the Seattle Chapter of AWC for 40 years, joining while a student at the University of Washington. She has served the professional chapter in a variety of roles and board member positions, including as president in 2002-03. She is currently at work helping plan and coordinate the 2009 Centennial Conference. Professionally, Cathy is vice president of The Marketing Partners, Inc., a marketing/advertising agency serving clients in the Pacific Northwest.

Nancy Wright, DVD Committee Co-chair

Open Position, Independent Member Liaison

Open Position, Student Chapter and Advisor Liaison

Pam Valenzuela, AWC Administrator