MEMBER SPOTLIGHT

Meet...
Danny Diehl

1. What is your full name and title?
Danny Diehl, Public Information Director, Mecklenburg County Government, Charlotte, NC.

2. What is a brief history of your professional career?
For the last eight years, I have managed the County’s Public Service & Information Department. We have 28 employees and provide comprehensive external and internal communication services to the community and our 5000 employees. I began my career as a reporter at a small weekly newspaper, and bounced around the 80s and most of the 90s, as a reporter, anchor and assignment editor at several newspapers and television stations in Virginia and North Carolina.

3. How long have you been a member of IABC and IABC-Charlotte (CIABC)?
December, 2007.

4. Have you ever served on the IABC or CIABC boards of directors? If yes, in what role(s)?
no

5. What have been some of the most memorable CIABC sessions you have attended?
N/a

6. Have you attended any of IABC’s professional-development sessions (writing workshops, regional meetings, international meetings)? If so, which did you attend and especially enjoy?
I am looking forward to attending several sessions at the June conference.

7. What do you think is the most valuable part of being a CIABC member?
Right now, getting involved, getting to know other members, and looking forward the International Conference in June.

8. What kind of sessions would you like CIABC to offer in the future?
Sessions that would help me get ahead of the technology curve and understand what information my customers want, and how they want that information delivered.

9. What would you say to a prospective or new member of CIABC?
Ask me after June.

10. Do you think that your membership in CIABC has positively affected your career, personal or professional development? If yes, in what way(s)?
Remains to be seen.

11. Is there anything else we should know about you or CIABC?
I have been a member of several professional organizations, and truly enjoy getting to know and learning from others. I am also not afraid of pitching in to help on projects where I can make a positive impact.