Katherine Leidy oversees DCA’s marketing and public relations efforts. Her responsibilities include internal and external communications, advertising, promotions, Web and interactive marketing, trade show planning and coordination, marketing research, community relations and sales support. Before joining DCA Services, Leidy spent 17 years in marketing, public relations, advertising and business communication in corporate, agency and association settings in Dallas and Oklahoma City. She also taught public relations writing at the University of Oklahoma’s Gaylord College of Journalism and Mass Communication. Leidy is accredited in business communication (ABC) and public relations (APR), and holds a bachelor of arts degree in journalism/public relations from the University of Oklahoma. She was honored with a Public Relations Society of America Bronze Anvil award in 2001, and has received numerous other awards from PRSA, the International Association of Business Communicators and the Society of Professional Journalists. She is a member of the COMPTEL Marketing Council, American Marketing Association, PRSA and IABC. She is a past president of the Friends and Alumni Association of the O.U. Gaylord College of Journalism and Mass Communication. |