The 2007 Pinnacles Awards, held on Thursday, March 29th, at the Ancaster Old Mill was a great success and we would like to thank everyone who attended with a special thanks to our sponsors, the judges and our keynote speaker, Chris Lewis, and to congratulate our Pinnacle Award winners.

2007 Pinnacle Award Winners

PUBLIC RELATIONS PROGRAMS

Communication Management

• PINNACLE WINNER
  Halton Region - “Building Communications Excellence in Halton Region”
  Carleen Carroll, APR

External Communications

• PINNACLE WINNER
  Halton Region - “Halton Region’s Green Cart Demonstration Project”
  Heather Burnett, Sandie Drzewiecki, Shirley McLean & Leslie Greener
• AWARD OF MERIT
  Pier 8 Group & Niagara Region Public Health Department -”Niagara’s Keeping Children Safe Outdoors”
  Jeff Martin, APR Fellow CPRS, Judy Mair, Bob Mills, Christina Bradley, Peter Stevens

  STUDENT PROJECTS

• PINNACLE WINNER
  Sheridan Institute -”Roller Derby Revival: Hammer City Roller Girls”
  Daniela DiSalvo, Andrea Lukac, Kristy Quagliariello, Kimberly Sopko, Heather Sullivan

PUBLIC RELATIONS TACTICS

Writing

• AWARD OF MERIT
  McMcaster University - “News Release: The Secret of the Hardy Boys Lies in McMaster’s Vault”
  Andrea Farquhar, Jane Christmas
  

Annual Report

• PINNACLE WINNER
  Halton Region - “Halton Region 2005 Annual Report”
  Maria McDonald, Colin Jameson
• AWARD OF MERIT
  Niagara College - “Report to the Community 2005-06″
  Darrell Neufeld APR, Michael Wales, Patti Lemene

Newsletter

• PINNACLE WINNER
  JEM Communications - “Focus Newsletter”
  Joanne Emerson APR

Special Publication

• AWARD OF MERIT
  Population Health Research Institute - “2006 Population Health Research Institute Report”
  Liisa Morley

Web Site

• AWARD OF MERIT
  Shalom Village -“The Shalom Village Web Site”
  Bob Deans

Special Event

• PINNACLE WINNER
  Corporate Communiations Program, Sheridan College Institute - “Bank Bed Challenge”
  Jeremy Dyck, Hilary Sadler, Brenda Sweeney, APR, Andrew Coxhead
• AWARD OF MERIT
  United Way Dundas Committee - “Whole Lotto Love Gala”
  Allyson Wenzowski,Viola Mueller

SPECIAL AWARDS

• Bill Cockman Memorial Award of Excellence in PR - Kimberlee Lambe
• Student Award of Excellence - Joanna Magee
• Dr. Louis Cahill Distinguished Service Award - Frank Florio, APR
• Mentorship Award - Jeff Martin, APR Fellow CPRS & Ginny Jones, APR

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Judges

Special thanks to all of the 2007 Pinnacle judges:

• David Morelli, 2007 Pinnacle Judging Chair
  Vice President / Director, Cohn & Wolfe, Toronto
• David Estok
  Former Associate Vice President, Public Affairs and Communications, University of Western Ontario
  Editor in Chief, Hamilton Spectator
• David Rowney, APR
  Vice President, Marketing and Communications
  AMEC Earth & Environmental Ltd., Mississauga
• Diane Slopek-Weber
  Director, Corporate Communications
  Tim Hortons Inc., Oakville
• John Challinor II, APR
  Director, Communications
  Jamieson Laboratories, Toronto
• Lauren More
  Vice President, Public Affairs
  Ford Motor Company of Canada, Oakville
• Renee Belec
  Director
  Y & R Brands
• Christine Doherty
  Director, Corporate Events
  Research in Motion, Waterloo
• Rachael Douglas
  Director, Public Affairs
  Tim Hortons Inc., Oakville
• Jeff Lake, APR
  Senior Vice President
  Punch Communications

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Sponsors

Many thanks to this year’s sponsors for making the awards possible.

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