Central Illinois PRSA would like to invite you to join us on Thursday, December 1, 2016 in Springfield, IL for an unforgettable event with guest speaker, Johnny A. Smith, Senior Director for Public Relations at Ascension- the largest health system in the U.S. with more than 160,000 employees and 35,000 affiliated providers serving in 141 hospitals. Smith has thought leadership responsibility for reputation management, media relations, and executive positioning for the $30 billion organization and its for-profit subsidiaries. 

Speaker:  Johnny A. Smith, Jr., Senior Director of Public Relations for Ascension, has thought leadership responsibility for reputation management, media relations, and executive positioning for the $30 billion organization and its for-profit-subsidiaries. He spearheads change management communications inclusive of mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, and transformational initiatives; and maintains mutually-beneficial relationships with top-tier media outlets such as the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, USA Today, CNN, Washington Post, Reuters, Bloomberg, and POLITICO.