Events
Communications
Media & Public Relations
Events
Communications
Media & Public Relations
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It's About Relationships....
Take a scroll/stroll. Life or the sports world likely has us connected in one way or another.
Spectrum of Services
Events
Small to large scale events, from planning through implementation with measurable effect -- domestically and internationally
Campaigns and Media Relations
Telling your story and/or promoting awareness through creative and classic PR and well-established relationships
....And Everything Else
PR solutions, writing, editing, research and publications, teaching, mentoring, leadership and relationship maintenance and all your other PR needs
What You Can Depend On
Experience
Building & Maintaining Reputations
Building & Maintaining Reputations
· Expert communicator
· Large-scale special events/operations
· Media/public relations
· Staff and office management·
Building & Maintaining Reputations
Building & Maintaining Reputations
Building & Maintaining Reputations
· Media/public relations, journalism
· Strategy/crisis communication/resolution
· Teaching/mentoring/leadership
Relationships = Earned PR
Building & Maintaining Reputations
Relationships = Earned PR
· Media relations with international, national, regional and local contacts
Clients and Job History
CLIENTS
The Country Club of North Carolina (2019-2020)
Oakland Hills Country Club (2020)
2022 U.S. Senior Open
Keeler1930 (2020)
Club Management Association of America (2020)
Cabo Collegiate (2020)
Ladies National Golf Association (2020-21)
Arizona Golf Insider (Arizona GA)
Dominican Golf & Travel Exchange (2019)
PGA.com (2019)
Golf Pennsylvania/Golf Northeast (2020)
JOB HISTORY
USGA Communications (1999-2019)
Rutgers University Athletics (1988-1998)
Penn State University Athletics (1980-88)
Affiliations/Activities
-Metropolitan Golf Writers Association: Member (since 1999); Board Member (since 2010)
-College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA): President in 1997-98 and in officer rotation from June 1994), Member (1984-present)
-Public Relations Society of America (1999-2005)
-Golf Writers Association of America: Member (1999-present)
-U.S. Basketball Writers Association: Member (1984-1998)
-Football Writers Association of America: Member (1986-1998; Press Box Merit Award, 1990)
-New York Football and Basketball Writers Associations: Member (1988-1998)
-American Cancer Society: Member of Middlesex County Unit Communications Committee (1990-96)
-Sigma Pi Social Fraternity at Penn State: Theta Alumni Board (1982-86), Undergraduate secretary
-Varsity Lacrosse at Penn State (1975-1978): 4-year letter-winner; 3-year starter, North-South All-Star Game nominee
-Penn State Lacrosse Alumni – Teammates for Life Program (2016 -- current)
-U.S. Lacrosse Coaches Association: Member (1980-86)
-Saucon Valley Lacrosse: Founding member, officer and coach (2005-current)
-Saucon Valley Foundation for Educational Innovation: Founding member (2007-2015); Communications Committee chairman (summer 2011-summer 2015)
Education/Honors
M.S. in Physical Education (Sports Administration), The Pennsylvania State University, 1982
B.S. in Journalism, The Pennsylvania State University, 1978
· College Sports Information Directors (CoSIDA) Hall of Fame (2017)
· Scoop Hudgins Lifetime Sports Information Directors Award from All-American Football Foundation (1999)
· Football Writers Association of America SID Operations Rankings: Rutgers 2nd in BIG EAST (1997)
· New Jersey State Resolution for work on NCAA Basketball Final Four (1996)
· Football Writers Association of America: Press Box Merit Award, 1990
· Outstanding Young Men of America (1986)
· CoSIDA Publications Awards for Excellence in basketball, football, gymnastics, soccer and wrestling
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Contact Us
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Kowalski Sports and PR
Lehigh Valley, Pennsylvania, United States