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Dick Jones Communications

is in the Advertising Industry

Last Fiscal Year Sales:$750.0M
  • Private
  • US
Dow Jones Description

Dick Jones has more than 25 years of experience in higher education public relations. Before founding the firm in 1987 in Dalton, PA, he was public relations director at the University of Scranton and assistant news bureau manager at Penn State University. He also served as president of the College and University Public Relations Association of Pennsylvania (CUPRAP). And has won five communications awards from the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education (CASE). He wrote the chapter on media relations for CASE's third edition of the Handbook of Institutional Advancement in 2000. He is co-author of a book, How To Get Noticed by the National Media: Your Complete Guide To High-Impact Publicity (Trellis Publishing, 2001). Jones also has worked for daily and weekly newspapers and in radio. He has a bachelor's degree in journalism from Penn State and a master's degree in television and radio from Syracuse University.

Number of Employees 34
Contact Information

PO BOX 214

State College, Pennsylvania 16804-0214

www.dickjonesco...

1 814 867 1963

NAICS Code Public Relations Agencies: 541820

Decision Makers

Name (plus bio) Position
Richard F. Jones Owner
Kathy Milton Office Manager
Linda Zellers Office Manager
Kevin Stacey Account Executive
Laura Snyder Account Executive
Scott Willyerd Account Executive

Organization Position Status
Agricap Financial Corporation President Current
Dick Jones Communications Owner Current
Dick Jones Communications Principal Current
Coastside Physical Therapy Current
ARINC Incorporated CFO & Vice President, Operations Former
University of Scranton Relations Director Former
Chevron Corp. Former
Syracuse University Master's Degree In Television Former
Penn State B.S. In Marketing Former
The Pennsylvania State University B.S. in Accounting Former

Kathy has experience as an office manager at several firms and is enrolled at Penn State University with a business administration major. She is a U.S. Navy veteran and lives in Bellefonte.

Organization Position Status
Dick Jones Communications Office Manager Current
The Pennsylvania State University Business Administration Former

Organization Position Status
Dick Jones Communications Office Manager Current
Faith United Methodist Church Treasurer Current

Organization Position Status
Dick Jones Communications Account Executive Current
The Pennsylvania State University BA Degree In Political Science Former

Now in her sixth year with the company, Laura began working with Dick Jones Communications as a student intern in 1999 while completing her degree at Penn State. She is a contributing editor covering love and relationships for the web portals Netscape and CompuServe (where her advice is regularly featured on the John Tesh national radio show). She has reporting experience from the Morrisons Cove (Pa) Herald and has also been published in Cosmopolitan, The Associated Press, Scripps-Howard News Service and the online She Knows Network. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in English from Penn State University.

Organization Position Status
Dick Jones Communications Account Executive Current
Penn State Degree Former
Compuserve Interactive Services, Inc. Editor Current
The Pennsylvania State University Bachelor of Arts Degree In English Former

Organization Position Status
Dick Jones Communications Account Executive Current
Whp TV Producer Former
Columbia University MS In Journalism Former
Otterbein College BA In Communications Former
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