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2022 State Contest Results

2022 State Contest Results

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Virginia Professional Communicators Announces Winners of 2022 State Communications Awards Contest; 1st Place Winners Compete Nationally Richmond, Virginia — Winners of the Virginia Professional Communicators 2022 Communications Contest were announced on April 30, 2022, at VPC’s spring conference, held in Richmond. VPC’s first-place winners have advanced to the...

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Member Profile: Karen Schwartzkopf

Member Profile: Karen Schwartzkopf

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Wogging, Zumba and The Miami Heat — Introducing Karen Schwartzkopf By Terry Haycock, 1st Vice President for Membership New member Karen Schwartzkopf hails from Wheeling, in the northern panhandle of West Virginia. She attended Wheeling Jesuit College. After studying a variety of writing styles and techniques (advertising, journalism, magazine, broadcast, and...

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Member Profile: Devin Reese

Member Profile: Devin Reese

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Tortoises, Rowing, and Georgetown — Meet new VPC member Devin Reese By Terry Haycock, 1st Vice President for Membership Devin Reese is Executive Editor of Natural History Magazine managing the Samplings news section. She and husband Hal Cardwell live in Alexandria, Virginia. They have three children: Camilla, 21, born in Panama, who is studying economics in London,...

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Member Profile: Melissa Face

Member Profile: Melissa Face

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Chicken Soup, Buddy Holly and French Roast Coffee — Meet New Member Melissa Face By First Vice President for Membership Terry Haycock Melissa Face hails from Wakefield, Virginia, where she’s lived most of her life. She attended high school at Wakefield’s Tidewater Academy. After graduation, she resided in South Carolina while earning a Bachelor of Arts from Coastal...

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Member Profile: Mary Jane King

Member Profile: Mary Jane King

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Camino De Santiago, Community, and Communication: Introducing the Marvelous Mary Jane King By Terry Haycock, 1st Vice President for Membership Longtime VPC member Mary Jane King, a native Virginian, resides in Keswick (near Charlottesville) with her husband David. She majored in English at Eastern Mennonite University, Harrisonburg, VA, graduating in 1969 with a BA....

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Member Profile: Gail Kent

Member Profile: Gail Kent

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By Terry Haycock, 1st Vice President for Membership Gail Kent is a longtime VPC member who served as our president from 2014–16. Like her colleagues in VPC, Gail is a fascinating, multi-talented writer and PR practitioner. She hails from Hickory, North Carolina. Gail says she “wound up in Virginia” in 1975 with her first husband, a Navy man stationed here. She later...

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