JOHN GARDNER SENIOR ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE jgardner@zeppos.com As a senior account executive at Zeppos & Associates, Gardner is responsible for providing strategic counsel and leading and directing client projects. His recent projects for the firm include generating extensive awareness for a new fire protection device among the national electrical industry media; coordinating a public education and government affairs campaign to highlight new safety guidelines for the sport of mixed martial arts; announcing the arrival of a new creative arts school in the metro–Milwaukee area; promoting local and regional events and conducting media outreach on behalf of local and national experts. Gardner previously served as an account executive for the firm before his promotion to senior account executive. Prior to joining Zeppos & Associates, Gardner served as public relations manager for a national non-profit healthcare organization represented by a Milwaukee–based association management firm. Joined Zeppos & Associates: 2005 Education: Bachelor of Science in Communications with an emphasis in Public Relations, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point Professional affiliations: Member, Southeastern Wisconsin Chapter of the Public Relations Society of America