Ron Whittington

Principal consultant, whittington pr.

Workshop E Speaker | Are You Ready for a Crisis? | Wednesday, June 21st

Born and raised in Atlanta, Ron received a journalism degree from Georgia State University in 1982, and started his career as a reporter with CNN Radio in Atlanta and later moved to Dallas to join the staff at the Dallas-Fort Worth Business Journal as a reporter and researcher.
 
He entered the public relations profession in 1986 when he joined the Dallas Chamber of Commerce as a media relations manager. Since that time, he has been a publications editor and media manager for Dallas Area Rapid Transit, served as the Olympic Information Officer for the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transportation Authority during the Centennial Olympic Games, served as the spokesman for Jacksonville s electric authority, JEA, along with Visit Jacksonville, the city s tourism agency. Ron also served as a field public information officer for the Federal Emergency Management Agency, periodically assigned to disasters throughout the U.S.

He previously worked with London-based Mulberry Marketing and Public Relations as a senior account representative and as an account director for the Tampa-based firm PRmediaNow from 2016 - 2020.
 
Ron's career also includes managing three public relations consulting firms he founded: WhittCom, Inc. in Atlanta and both Whittington & Associates, LLC, and Whittington PR in Jacksonville, Florida, where he continues working in the public relations industry today.

Workshop: The speakers will define a media crisis using real-life situations and provide attendees a framework to help them successfully navigate their own when/if they face a crisis themselves.  This is followed by a Q&A and a general Toolkit to use in the future.