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Patti Ghezzi is an award-winning writer with 17 years experience, including 13 at the Atlanta Journal-Constitution where she covered education, social services and other issues.
She founded the blog, Get Schooled, which was a model for education blogs around the country and a finalist for a n
ational Online News Association public service award in 2005.
What Patti enjoyed most about the newspaper business was the ability to make people’s lives better through the power of the printed word. Starting in 2000, she chronicled the struggle of Candace Anderson, a high school student whose mysterious illness was robbing her of her senses. Readers from around the world responded. When the state revoked the home health care Candace’s family depended on, news coverage got the services restored.
Since 2006, Patti’s work has appeared in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, where she writes a weekly feature on book clubs, Georgia Trend, Mother Nature Network, Adoptive Families and other print and Web publications.
As a volunteer for Hands On Atlanta, Patti coordinated a Saturday tutoring program at Whitefoord Elementary School for nine years. She was named a Daily Point of Light by the Points of Light Foundation in 1999. She has since served on several nonprofit boards.
Patti graduated from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst in 1991, with a degree in journalism. She earned a masters degree in professional writing from Kennesaw State University in 2005.
She lives in Avondale Estates, Georgia with her husband, daughter and dogs.
Here are some links to Patti's recent work:
Nonprofit writing
Institutional writing
Environmental writing
Corporate blogging
News feature
Personal essay
She founded the blog, Get Schooled, which was a model for education blogs around the country and a finalist for a n
ational Online News Association public service award in 2005. What Patti enjoyed most about the newspaper business was the ability to make people’s lives better through the power of the printed word. Starting in 2000, she chronicled the struggle of Candace Anderson, a high school student whose mysterious illness was robbing her of her senses. Readers from around the world responded. When the state revoked the home health care Candace’s family depended on, news coverage got the services restored.
Since 2006, Patti’s work has appeared in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, where she writes a weekly feature on book clubs, Georgia Trend, Mother Nature Network, Adoptive Families and other print and Web publications.
As a volunteer for Hands On Atlanta, Patti coordinated a Saturday tutoring program at Whitefoord Elementary School for nine years. She was named a Daily Point of Light by the Points of Light Foundation in 1999. She has since served on several nonprofit boards.
Patti graduated from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst in 1991, with a degree in journalism. She earned a masters degree in professional writing from Kennesaw State University in 2005.
She lives in Avondale Estates, Georgia with her husband, daughter and dogs.
Here are some links to Patti's recent work:
Nonprofit writing
Institutional writing
Environmental writing
Corporate blogging
News feature
Personal essay
Kerry Ludlam has more than six years experience in nonprofit and health communications. She has expertise in health care, executive, internal, crisis and nonprofit communications, as well as event planning and speechwriting. Having worked with both high-profile local and national nonprofit organizations, Kerry has helped raise awareness of and position her clients as thought leaders. Kerry also has supported her clients through times of crisis, effectively managing organizational messaging and media reporting.
Kerry’s background includes serving both the national and chapter offices of the Arthritis Foundation, as well as Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta. At the Arthritis Foundation, Kerry wrote the Arthritis Foundation’s 2004 Phoenix Award-winning annual report, Within Our Grasp. Kerry also helped plan national conferences through speaker acquisition, scripting and logistics coordination. Kerry’s work at the National Office of the Arthritis Foundation allowed her to understand the nonprofit structure, as well as the unique needs and challenges facing nonprofits.
At Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, Kerry managed the day-to-day public relations and awareness strategies for several clinical service lines. Kerry served as the lead speechwriter for Children’s senior leadership team, including the president and CEO. Kerry’s work at Children’s gave her a keen understanding of physician relations, as well as the ability to reach the many demographics within metropolitan Atlanta.
Before Kerry’s entry into public relations, she began her career as newspaper reporter in suburban Atlanta, covering community interests, including health care, government, education and lifestyle. Kerry can take complex information and make it digestible for consumers of all educational levels. Her work has been featured in Arthritis Today, RA Today, Just Diagnosed, Kids Get Arthritis Too, RT Image, Fostering Families and Crush Magazine, the official publication of the LPGA.
Kerry graduated from the University of Georgia in 2002 with a bachelor of arts in journalism and a minor in history. She lives in Decatur, Georgia, with her husband, daughter, son and dog.
Kerry’s background includes serving both the national and chapter offices of the Arthritis Foundation, as well as Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta. At the Arthritis Foundation, Kerry wrote the Arthritis Foundation’s 2004 Phoenix Award-winning annual report, Within Our Grasp. Kerry also helped plan national conferences through speaker acquisition, scripting and logistics coordination. Kerry’s work at the National Office of the Arthritis Foundation allowed her to understand the nonprofit structure, as well as the unique needs and challenges facing nonprofits.
At Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, Kerry managed the day-to-day public relations and awareness strategies for several clinical service lines. Kerry served as the lead speechwriter for Children’s senior leadership team, including the president and CEO. Kerry’s work at Children’s gave her a keen understanding of physician relations, as well as the ability to reach the many demographics within metropolitan Atlanta.
Before Kerry’s entry into public relations, she began her career as newspaper reporter in suburban Atlanta, covering community interests, including health care, government, education and lifestyle. Kerry can take complex information and make it digestible for consumers of all educational levels. Her work has been featured in Arthritis Today, RA Today, Just Diagnosed, Kids Get Arthritis Too, RT Image, Fostering Families and Crush Magazine, the official publication of the LPGA.
Kerry graduated from the University of Georgia in 2002 with a bachelor of arts in journalism and a minor in history. She lives in Decatur, Georgia, with her husband, daughter, son and dog.
