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In more than two decades of agency work, Mike has gained a wealth of experience working with a range of clients, including Fortune 500 companies, government agencies, colleges and universities, banks, associations, professional services organizations, not-for-profits and high technology firms. He has developed an array of award-winning national, regional and statewide programs designed to achieve meaningful business and organizational outcomes. Mike has provided strategic counsel to several of CRT/tanaka's higher education clients, including Longwood University, Virginia Commonwealth University, Virginia Union University and the Virginia Community College System. He also served as strategic counsel for Foundation 2002, the successful $900 million bond referendum that funds badly needed repairs, renovations and capital improvements at Virginia's state-supported colleges and universities. CRT/tanaka developed Foundation 2002's brand positioning, media strategy, coalition development and outreach call to action. In addition, CRT/tanaka executed creative development and production for a variety of collateral materials including brochures and palm cards. Before joining CRT/tanaka (and its predecessor Earle Palmer Brown) in 1990, Mike was director of public relations for Hameroff/Milenthal/Spence, a $40-million agency located in Columbus, Ohio. In this role, he was responsible for strategy, planning and implementation of varied communications programs for such organizations as the University of Colorado, The Ohio State University and OSU's University Hospital, Chicago Public Schools, Society Bank, Central Fidelity Bank, the State of Ohio, the City of Chicago, the Chicago Transit Authority, the Ohio Electric Utility Institute, the nation's fifth largest Blue Cross & Blue Shield health insurer, Rax Restaurants, Con Agra's Red Meats Division, Oscar Mayer, Ameritech Publishing and benefits consultant Mercer. Mike has received some of the PR industry's top awards from the Public Relations Society of America, CIPRA and the International Association of Business Communicators, including Silver and Bronze Anvils and a Gold Quill.