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Who Is Alan L. Gaudynski? Alan L. Gaudynski, APR, Fellow PRSA, is a communications professional with more than 40 years of experience in the business. For the six years prior to starting this firm he was the vice president of Corporate Communications for Blue Cross & Blue Shield United of Wisconsin. That position placed him in charge of advertising, public relations, marketing communications, legislative affairs, and the corporate giving foundation. For the seven previous years he was a vice president and general manager of a leading Wisconsin marketing communications and public relations firm where he was in charge of the health care and environmental affairs service group. He also held management positions at two of Wisconsin's largest hospitals and a public television station. He was a teacher of speech and English on secondary and junior college levels after obtaining his Bachelor of Arts degree. In addition to the management of his firm, he is currently a member of the faculty of the College of Communication, Department of Advertising and Public Relations at Marquette University - Milwaukee. Past volunteer board involvements: American Heart Association of Wisconsin, executive board and communications chair American Heart Association (National) communications committee and its Task Force on the Mission to the Elderly Channel 10/36 Friends, Inc., executive board St. Mary's Hill Hospital, board chair Wisconsin Equal Rights Commission, 17 years, 2 1/2 years chair Wisconsin Venture Network, executive board, communications chair Wisconsin Center for Independence, executive board WISCRAFT - Quality Production by the Blind, marketing committee chair Peacebuilders Initiative - St. Michael Hospital Foundation Volunteer Center of Greater Milwaukee - vice president Candle Society - Milwaukee Athletic Club Milwaukee Achiever Adult Literacy Services American Heart Association (seven-state) Greater Midwest Affiliate board of directors American Heart Association national center communications and marketing commitee, national board of directors Public Relations Society of America - Wisconsin Chapter, ethics officer Peter Farve Forum - executive board and program chair Current volunteer board involvements: Graphic Design and Printing & Publishing Advisory Committee, Waukesha County Technical College Volunteer - Wisconsin Humane Society He is a long-time member of the Public Relations Society of America and is one of 5,000 practitioners to be Accredited in Public Relations (APR) by PRSA, and is one of 435 members of the PRSA College of Fellows. He is a distinguished fellow in the Wisconsin Hospital Public Relations and Marketing Society and has been the recipient of numerous awards for excellence in the profession. Recent News... Gaudynski Admitted into the PRSA College of Fellows New York/Pewaukee, WI…Bob Frause, chair of the College of Fellows of the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA), has announced Alan L. Gaudynski, a local public relations executive, has been admitted into the College.  Gaudynski, president and CEO of Alan L. Gaudynski & Associates, Inc., Pewaukee, will be officially inducted into the College and receive his Fellow medallion at a black tie gala at the Detroit Yacht Club on October 25th. In confirming his selection Frause said, “Your selection recognizes you for exceptional contributions to the public relations profession, the Public Relations Society of America and your community for more than 20 years.  As a member and role model to professionals and students within your state, region, the nation and even internationally, you should know that less than two percent (435) of PRSA’s more than 22,000 members hold this status.”   Gaudynski will become the fifth professional in Wisconsin to be admitted in the PRSA College of Fellows. Other professional accomplishments for Gaudynski include, Accreditation in Public Relations (APR) in 1995, and the recipient of the Dorothy Thomas Black Award for lifetime achievement in public relations from the local PRSA chapter in 2000.  He was also the chapter’s ethics officer for ten years. Gaudynski said, “This is the greatest professional honor I have received in my 40-plus-year career.  It is especially meaningful because it comes from a panel of my peers.” Websites: www.prwisconsin.com; www.prsa.org

Alan at Age 3 After the bombing of Pearl Harbor and our country's entry into World War II, Alan was photographed for the Milwaukee Journal as he tried to enlist in the Army. Alan at Age 7 At an early age, Alan was already planning on a career in public relations.  He is seen here in the yard of their family home on Milwaukee's South Side.

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