Melanie Boyer Joins Daly Gray Public Relations
JANUARY 16, 2007. Daly Gray Public Relations, a firm specializing in the hospitality industry, today announced that Melanie Boyer has joined the company as account executive.
"Melanie has great hotel genes, having started her career as a summer intern with her father, Skip Boyer, who spent 23 years at Best Western in corporate communications," said Jerry Daly, Daly Gray president. "She has hands-on journalism experience, and her background gives us additional international communications experience. Her expertise in training and development will give us added bench strength in internal communications. Her range of skills will benefit both our business- and consumer-oriented clients."
Prior to joining Daly Gray, Boyer was with the Education Development Center, Inc., a Washington, D.C.-based international development non-profit, where she was the communications manager for a multi-country project funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development. In her home state of Arizona, Boyer was the education reporter for The Arizona Daily Sun and a feature writer and columnist for Flagstaff Live!, a weekly entertainment magazine. Prior to coming to Washington, D.C., Boyer spent two years teaching English in West Africa with the Peace Corps.
Boyer holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Journalism from Northern Arizona University and a Master of Sociology degree in International Training and Education from the American University in Washington, D.C.
Founded in 1987, Daly Gray Public Relations is one of the nation's leading hospitality and real estate communications consultancies. In addition, the firm has in-depth experience in some 10 other industries. Daly Gray's hospitality account group serves more than 40 companies and associations, including brands, ownership groups, management companies, suppliers and consultants. The agency's services include financial relations, marketing communications and product support, employee and organizational communications, advertising, strategic planning and community relations. For more information about Daly Gray Public Relations, visit the company's Web site: www.dalygray.com.
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