KRIS NAIDL, APR EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT knaidl@zeppos.com Naidl has been involved with numerous high-profile and challenging assignments at Zeppos & Associates. Projects have included communications surrounding landfill expansions and environmental clean up projects, media relations regarding a negligence suit that gained national attention, the ongoing national public relations effort to promote Wisconsin's largest fruit crop, community outreach regarding a multimillion-dollar energy infrastructure project and the implementation of a major brewery's community outreach program. She also helped develop and implement a waste service provider's comprehensive community relations program, which received national recognition for its success. Naidl's work has resulted in eleven Paragon Awards from the Southeastern Wisconsin Chapter of the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA). Prior to joining the firm, Naidl was the assistant director of community relations at the largest substance abuse prevention agency in Wisconsin. She has also held positions as a copy editor and writer at a southeastern Wisconsin magazine and worked for a state legislator. In 1998, Naidl received her designation as Accredited in Public Relations (APR) from the national Public Relations Society of America. Naidl has served two terms on the board of directors for the Southeastern Wisconsin Chapter of PRSA and served on the advisory board for IMPACT, Alcohol and other Drug Abuse Service's All Sports Spectacular fund-raiser. Joined Zeppos & Associates: 1994 Education: Bachelor of Arts in Journalism and Political Science, University of Wisconsin-Madison Professional affiliations: Member, Southeastern Wisconsin Chapter of the Public Relations Society of America; member, The Counselors Academy; mentor, University of Wisconsin School of Journalism; career mentor, Pi Beta Phi; member, Milwaukee Press Club