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Bloomington/Normal, Illinois Area United States

Experienced & Award-winning Public Relations Professional & Professor (my surname pronunciation: smood-dee)

Education

I’m a life-long learner. While my brother and I were growing up, my parents valued learning and provided ways to learn about the world, ranging from educational television programs to yearly three-week drives across the country to discovery projects about anything. I am a “practitioner-scholar,” which is my label for how I became who I am. I have 30 years of experience (16 in industry) leading, planning, writing, and editing a full range of public relations, marketing, executive, and technical discourse for various companies in many industries. Being a life-long learner is a joy and an avocation. It ties to my view of leadership: Enabling others to succeed, which is always a challenge...