Weber Shandwick's Charles Fitzgibbon Awarded Lifetime Achievement Award by PRSA Maryland

Friday, June 27, 2008 Baltimore – June 27, 2008 – Charles Fitzgibbon, executive vice president of the Baltimore office of Weber Shandwick, has been honored with the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA), Maryland Chapter’s Lifetime Achievement Award. The award was presented June 26 at the 2008 Best in Maryland awards banquet at the Intercontinental Harbor Court in Baltimore.

The PRSA Lifetime Achievement Award is presented annually to an individual who has demonstrated outstanding leadership in the field of public relations and maintained consistent involvement with the PRSA or other organizations committed to the advancement of the communications profession.

In 20 years with Weber Shandwick, Fitzgibbon has promoted the growth and development of the public relations firm while serving numerous corporate, healthcare, institutional and non-profit clients with local, national and international campaigns.  An accredited member of PRSA, he served as the Maryland Chapter President from 1990-1991. His work in public relations has been honored five times with the prestigious Silver Anvil Award of the national PRSA. Fitzgibbon is a summa cum laude graduate of Towson University.

About Weber Shandwick
Weber Shandwick is one of the world's leading global public relations firms with offices in major media, business and government capitals around the world. The firm specializes in strategic marketing communications, media relations, public affairs, reputation management, and crisis and issues management. It also offers corporate communications counseling services. The firm provides specialized integrated services including Web relations, advocacy advertising, market research and visual communications. Weber Shandwick received the highest client-satisfaction honors in the 2007 Agency Excellence Survey by PRWeek U.S. and in 2006, was named Large PR Firm of the Year (PR News U.S.), European Consultancy of the Year (The Holmes Report) and Network of the Year (Asia Pacific PR Awards). The firm also won the 2005, 2006 and 2007 United Nations Grand Award for Outstanding Achievement in Public Relations. To learn more, please visit www.webershandwick.com.

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