Kevin Gaydosh, APR

Current

Director of PR/Strategic Planner at O'Brien et al
Director of PR/Strategic Planner at O'Brien et al. Advertising

Past

Member, and Board Officer at PRSA Hampton Roads
Senior Counselor at The Meridian Group
Committee, PR Director, Board of Directors, Chairman at East Coast Surfing Championships (ECSC)

Director of PR at Greater Carolinas Region, American Red Cross Blood Services
PR Specialist -- Dept. of Communications at City of Norfolk
PR Director at Group III Communications
PR counselor/AE at Arthur Polizos Associates

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Education

Indiana University of Pennsylvania

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Kevin Gaydosh, APR’s Experience

Director of PR/Strategic Planner

O'Brien et al

(Public Relations and Communications industry)

May 2004 — Present (5 years 3 months)
Director of PR/Strategic Planner

O'Brien et al. Advertising

(Public Relations and Communications industry)

2004 — Present (5 years)
Member, and Board Officer

PRSA Hampton Roads

(Public Relations and Communications industry)

1988 — 2008 (20 years)
Senior Counselor

The Meridian Group

(Privately Held; Information Technology and Services industry)

September 1998 — April 2004 (5 years 8 months)

Senior PR counselor for various agency accounts. Primary responsiblities for STIHL Inc. power equipment account; STIHL Timbersports Series sports marketing/PR account. Considerable tourism, travel, food and golf PR accounts: Kingsmill Resort, Norfolk Int'l Airport, St. James Plantation, Bay Creek Resort & Club. Part of agency's new business development team.
Committee, PR Director, Board of Directors, Chairman

East Coast Surfing Championships (ECSC)

(Public Relations and Communications industry)

1987 — 2002 (15 years)
Director of PR

Greater Carolinas Region, American Red Cross Blood Services

(Non-Profit; 201-500 employees; Pharmaceuticals industry)

August 1996 — August 1998 (2 years 1 month)

A dual position, also included management team position as PR director for the Greater Carolinas chapter (Charlotte, Mecklenburg & Iredale Counties). Communications and marketing director for the largest-producing blood region in the Red Cross system.
PR Specialist -- Dept. of Communications

City of Norfolk

(Government Agency; Government Administration industry)

August 1995 — August 1996 (1 year 1 month)

Served in city government's communications office, designated department support of Tourism/CVB, The Virginia Waterfront campaign; Economic Development; Civic Facilities; Mayor's Office. Issues management counsel (public policy and economic development projects) and crisis communications during weather-related (winter storms, hurricanes).
PR Director

Group III Communications

(Public Relations and Communications industry)

1993 — 1994 (1 year)

Various account work for regional and local clients. Primary PR responsibility involved communications strategy, advance publicity and eventual grand opening of Nauticus, The National Maritime Center in Norfolk, Va. Also was president of the Hampton Roads chapter of PRSA in 1994. Chapter earned PRSA National's "Best of Chapter Excellence" for our membership size that year.
PR counselor/AE

Arthur Polizos Associates

(Public Relations and Communications industry)

1990 — 1993 (3 years)

Various account work for local and regional clients, most notably assisted on the national PR account for the City of Virginia Beach Convention & Visitor's Bureau. Specialized in tourism/travel and crisis communications and issues management. Also chaired the 30th Annual East Coast Surfing Championships (ECSC) for the Virginia Beach Jaycees in 1992. Earned Accreditation in Public Relations (APR) designation from PRSA in Feb. 1991 at age 29.

Kevin Gaydosh, APR’s Education

Indiana University of Pennsylvania

BS, Honors , Communications Media , 1981 — 1985

Activities and Societies:

Theta Chi
Alpha Epsilon Rho (Broadcasting service fraternity)
WIUP-FM and CIUP-TV
Work study in Communications Media offices