MARIE T. RAPERTO
Previously, she was a principal and vice president with Jim Cotton Communications, Inc., an advertising/public relations/design firm. Her clients included numerous Fortune 500 industrial and services companies, as well as leading hotels and consumer products companies.
Earlier, Ms. Raperto was with Westvaco Corporation in various communications capacities including manager of corporate relations. She has experience in financial and investor relations, media relations, marketing and employee communications.
Ms. Raperto was a past president and member of the Board of Governors of the New York chapter of the International Association of Business Communicators. She served as a Director at Large for IABC and in 2002, she received the IABC Chairman's Award for volunteer leadership. Ms. Raperto was a member of the Public Affairs Committee for the American Red Cross of Great New York. She has served on the Board of the Publicity Club of New York. She is also a member of PRSA, The Healthcare and Marketing PR Society and SHRM. She formerly served on the Board of Governors for New York University's Metropolitan Center for Urban Education.
Ms. Raperto serves on the Girl Scout Council of Greater New York's Board of Directors. She served for six years on the Women of Distinction Breakfast committee and was co-chair for the 2000 Breakfast, the 2006 Tribute Dinner and co-chair of the Nominating Committee. Currently, she is Treasurer.
She is both an author and lecturer on topics dealing with Public Relations Staffing and finding employment. Her company is involved with full and part-time recruitment, organizational development, communications audits, mergers and acquisitions of PR agencies and HR consulting.