May 11 Session Details

"Writing A Plan"
May 11, 2009
6 p.m. - 8 p.m.
University of Pennsylvania, Office of Communications
3600 Chestnut Street, Ste. 200
Philadelphia, PA 19107

Check-in Instructions:

• Participants are required to bring a photo ID
• Participants will be asked to sign-in at the front desk

Contact:
Please contact Committee Members Sarah Way at 717-314-3797 or Jessica Pomraning at 717-818-8626 if you have difficulties getting into this session.

Food & Beverages:
Courtesy of the University of Pennsylvania, pizza and drinks will be provided at this session

Transportation/Parking:

Nearest parking - open lot located at 38th and Walnut streets; street parking (meters) along Chestnut Street

Nearest train station - 30th Street Station, Regional Rail Lines

Nearest subway stop - 30th Street Station, Market-Frankford line


Featured Guest Speaker:




LORI DOYLE
Vice President of University Communications, University of Pennsylvania

Lori Doyle is a senior public relations professional with 25 years of experience spanning PR agencies, academic medicine, and corporate communications. She spent eight years as Chief Public Affairs Officer of the University of Pennsylvania Health System, before leaving the university to become Vice President of External Affairs for American Water Works Company, Inc. Ms. Doyle returned to the University of Pennsylvania in February 2001, as the Director of University Communications and was named Vice President of University Communications in June 2002. Before joining the University of Pennsylvania Health System in 1992, Doyle was general manager of the Philadelphia office of Golin Harris Communications, Inc., one of the top ten PR firms in the United States.

At Penn, she oversees a staff of 15 professionals and is responsible for media relations, internal communications, publications, the Penn web site, issues management and crisis communications. She reports directly to Penn President Amy Gutmann and serves as a member of the senior management team.

Doyle has a bachelor’s degree in Communications from Temple University and a master’s degree in Communications Management from Ohio University. She lives in Medford Lakes, New Jersey with her husband and three sons.