PRSA Foundation Paladin 2018 Award Ceremony
Live Event: Wednesday, May 9, 2018 (New York City)
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The PRSA Foundation's annual Paladin Awards Ceremony brings together leaders from across the Public Relations industry to celebrate the profession and to honor a colleague recognized as a champion for diversity in the field.
The PRSA Foundation’s mission is to attract and support a diverse range of ambitious and promising professionals and students to the public relations profession. Each year PRSA Foundation honors a member of the public relations profession who has made an indelible impression on the community, helping to increase dversity and inclusion in the industry for the next generation of public relations leaders.
This year's Paladin Honoree, Lou Capozzi, is a Public Relations icon. With a broad background in corporate and marketing communications, Lou was formerly chairman of the MSL Group, one of the world’s largest public relations firms, and was Chief Communications Officer at Aetna. As a past President of the PRSA Foundation he raised over $3 million dollars for Foundation scholarships and Programs. Now an adjunct professor at the University of Oregon, he holds a B.A, in journalism and an MBA in finance.