Springfield IL Area Chapter, Association for Women in Communications
The site for members of the Association for Women in Communications in Springfield, IL, representing communications professionals and communications students in central Illinois.
AWC Board Members
The AWC officers serve our chapter from July to June of each year. If you are interested in assisting a board member by serving on a committee, please contact any of the board members below.
  • President - Linda Dawson, Illinois Association of School Boards
  • Co-VP Programs - Kara Kuhrts, Illinois Association of REALTORS; Andrea Carl; and Farah Salim, Squires Advertising Agency
  • Co-VP Communications - Jennifer Antonacci, American Red Cross Ill. Capital Area Chapter and Amy Rodek, Orthopaedic Center of Illinois
  • Co-VP Membership - Kelly Thompson; Shayne Squires, American Cancer Society; and Raegan Hennemann, Mental Health Centers of Central Illinois
  • VP Finance - Chris Smith, Town and Country Bank
  • Media Guidebook - Nancy Zimmers and Merle Shiffman, SIU School of Medicine
  • Secretary - Margaret Strano, Teragram Communications
  • Jobs Chair - Shayne Squires, American Cancer Society
  • Scholarship Chair - Raegan Hennemann, Mental Health Centers of Central Illinois
  • Web Master - Kara Kuhrts, Illinois Association of REALTORS
  • Past President - Linda Dawson, Illinois Association of School Boards
  • President-Elect - Lisa Rigoni, Association of Illinois Electric Cooperatives
  • Student Liaison -
AWC Past Presidents
1977 - Delores Kaufman
1978 - Anne Gilles
1979 - Nancy Severa Zimmers
1980 - Jeff Brody
1981 - Martha Karatz, Carol Fowler
1982 - Beth Bosch Murphy
1983 - Mary Chalupsky, Corinne Fritsch
1984 - Linda Anderson
1986 - Mary Bohlen
1987 - Melinda McDonald
1988 - Marygael Cullen
1989 - Joan Freitag
1990 - Sarah Kohnle
1991 - Denise Joehl
1992 - Jean Richards
1993 - Jan Grimes
1994 - Christy Broccardo-Davis
1995 - Julie Dutton
1996 - Shannon Heisler
1997 - Betsy Schroeder
1998 - Charlotte Curry
1999 - Patti Thompson
2000 - Paula Drieci
2001 - Naomi Velazquez Greene
2002 - Merle Shiffman
2003 - Chris Smith
2004 - Chris Smith
2005 - Linda Dawson
2006 - Linda Dawson
2007 - Linda Dawson
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