Sheryl Liddle, Chair

Conveying a message through visual images, supported by audio, is one of the strongest forms of communication. Sheryl Liddle has spent the majority of her career as an audio visual producer. Liddle has worked with multi-image productions from the time it began in the industry. She spent time as a college photographer and AV producer before joining an AV production company as a production manager and producer. During that time she was involved with product introduction shows for The Perrier Group, as well as other major multi-image productions. Then for several years Liddle, channeled her creativity into producing AV presentations for missionaries. Throughout her career she has also been involved with directing plays and drama groups within the community and at churches. Her passion has always been that the message is the most important part of a production, no matter which form of communication is being used. Today, she works within the marketing department of a manufacturing company coordinating special projects, yet keeping her fingers within the areas of AV production and drama. Liddle holds a BS and MA from Bob Jones University.

Sue Voyles, Vice Chair

Sue Voyles is the president and founder of Logos Communications, Inc., a public relations and marketing firm in Canton, MI. The firm’s clients represent diverse industries such as automotive, skin care, law, human resources, information technology, financial services, human services and business associations.

She has spent the past 19 years in the communications and marketing field. Before founding Logos Communications in 1999, Sue held positions in public and media relations, marketing and fundraising for non-profit organizations in the arts, human services and higher education.Sue possesses a master’s degree in journalism from Michigan State University and is a part-time journalism instructor at Schoolcraft College and a certified instructional designer for General Motors University. She has also taught a public relations class at Eastern Michigan University.

She has been very involved with the Association for Women in Communications of Detroit, including serving as president. She is currently serving as a board member for the National Association of Women Business Owners-Detroit Chapter. In 2004, she received the Innovator Award from the National Association of Women Business Owners-Detroit Chapter and in 2005 she was honored with the Headliner Award from AWC of Detroit.

Judy holds a B.A. in Broadcast Journalism and a M.A. in Specialized Reporting and Technical Writing from the University of Wisconsin at Madison. She has served as an adjunct professor at the University of Tulsa and Oklahoma State University in the Advertising and Marketing programs and currently teaches Writing and Oral Communications at the University of Phoenix Tulsa campus.


Cindy Wallace, Secretary

Cindy Wallace has provided communications support for Southwest Research Institute in San Antonio, Texas, for almost 25 years. Working in the largest independent not-for-profit automotive research facility in the world has afforded Wallace opportunities for many communications-related activities, such as video scripting/production, multi-media authoring, web design, writing for national publications, editing large technical documents, employee recognition, and participation in several employer advisory committees. She currently provides communications support for a group of more than 700 engineers, technical professionals, and administration support personnel, as well as provides communications support for many of the Automotive Engineering's major clients, and in turn, their clients.

She received her bachelor's degree in humanities from the University of Texas at San Antonio in 1995 and was awarded her master's degree from the University of the Incarnate Word in 1997. Wallace is a past president of the San Antonio Chapter of AWC and during her tenure the chapter grew in both membership and revenue. In 2005, she received the chapter's Maggie Cousins Award for her dedication and commitment to the organization. She has won numerous Proliner Awards, given annually by the San Antonio AWC Chapter for various communications-related activities. She was the first person to become a Certified Communications Professional (C.C.P.) under a newly created Matrix Foundation / University of Washington program in 2005. Wallace is a freelance writer whose articles frequently appear in the San Antonio Express News. She is currently working on an outline for a book that will detail a common-sense approach to survival as a woman in today's highly stressful world. Wallace currently authors AWC's bi-monthly newsletter, Communique. She also recently has been asked to co-author a series of children's books that will feature unique and creative new ways of learning basic educational skills.

Lin Berryman, Immediate Past Chair

Berryman believes that working in communications is the best of all possible worlds. She has worked as a free-lance writer and editor, a copy editor on a daily paper, in benefits communications and public relations in the pharmaceutical industry, in state government and now at Premera Blue Cross, where she works in sales and marketing. Her strengths are project management and budgeting, and her passions, writing and editing. At various times Berryman has done volunteer communications for United Way and literacy agencies. A former AWC chapter president in both West Michigan and Seattle, Berryman oversaw Matrix celebrations in both chapters and helped Seattle turn its banquet into a successful one-day seminar. Currently she serves on The Matrix Foundation’s Board of Directors. She graduated from Western Michigan University summa cum laude with a B.A. in English-Creative Writing and a minor in journalism, and holds a M.A. with honors in English-Professional Writing.

Amy Carr

Amy Carr has more than 10 years of experience in the communications field and has been a member of the Association for Women in Communications since 1995.

She currently leads the marketing communications and strategy efforts for the Center for Child Protection, a nonprofit organization dedicated to reducing the trauma of child abuse, in Austin, Texas. Prior to joining the Center for Child Protection, Carr managed the marketing program for Publishers Resource Group, Inc., a K–12 instructional materials developer. She has also worked for state government. Carr wrote, edited, and published research materials and educational pieces for the Texas Commission on Alcohol and Drug Abuse and conducted nutrition education outreach for the Texas Department of Human Services. She began her career in the communications department at Catholic Life Insurance in San Antonio, where she was first introduced to AWC.

Shortly after moving to Austin in 1995, she began getting involved with the local Austin Chapter and has served in numerous positions on the board including vice president of membership, vice president of professional development, and president, among others. She also received a president’s award from the chapter for outstanding membership recruitment in May 2000.

Carr graduated with a B.A. in International Studies and German from Trinity University and has earned Master of Science in Organizational Leadership and Ethics at St. Edward’s University.

Deb Forsten 

Deb Forsten has been involved in computer technology for the past 18 years, through marketing, communications and logistical planning either with the Olympic Sports Movement or conference planning at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She has worked extensively in both the PC and Macintosh environments since the late 1980s.

In 1998, she established Zenith Associates, a marketing and technology consulting company to focus on assisting clients with "de-mystifying" technology for practical application and developing the promotional and educational tools needed to meet their goals and expectations. She has published more than 40 articles in books, magazines and newspapers. In 1998, she was also a founding associate and marketing/media consultant of a small integrated technologies company, IntraMedia in West Palm Beach, whose primary focus was to integrate audio and video products into a digital format that may be then utilized on the internet. From 1998-2000, she was a software trainer for Gateway Computer Country Store in West Palm Beach and currently is an adjunct faculty member at Palm Beach Community College in the Career and Technical Education department.

In addition to her involvement in Palm Beach Treasure Coast Chapter of the Association for Women in Communications and the Matrix Foundation, Deb is actively involved with the local chapter of the Executive Women’s Golf Association and has served on the Marketing Committee for the Hanley Hazelden Center and Board for The Counseling Center in West Palm Beach.

Deborah Sullivan

Deborah Sullivan is the Manager of Investment Communications for PNC, where she has supported and managed financial research communications functions for 20 years. A pioneer in financial research automation, Bo provides editorial, production, and distribution services for investment research, strategy, economics, and asset allocation publications and electronic communications. At PNC she also managed financial research sales worldwide, taking the product line from a loss leader to an extremely profitable business.

Deborah began her communications career at Harper Row in El-Hi publishing with the Social Studies group, preparing and proofing manuscripts and acting as permissions editor for a number of textbooks in world cultures, U.S. history, and psychology.

After a few years on the production end with UARCO Business Forms, Deborah returned to editorial as U.S. Editor at Wharton Econometric Forecasting, where she managed editorial services for the U.S., New York, and Regional models.

Bo also writes about sports at www.thesportsdiva.com and serves on the Philadelphia Daily News Sports Consumer Panel. Deborah has a BA in Music (Applied—Voice) from The Pennsylvania State University and an MBA in Finance from Temple University.

Heather Ann Hope

Heather has spent her career seeking information, whether it was from politicians while covering the U.S. Congress in Washington, D.C., or now as a marketing/communications consultant who works to give her clients the best possible publicity they can get. Heather thrives on debate and the intelligent exchange of ideas. To that end, her most exciting volunteer activities have revolved around encouraging discussions of current events, communications trends, and, yes, even the best color to paint the library.

Heather has nearly 15 years in the communications field, with the first decade spent as a journalist in Washington, D.C., and New York City. Since 2002, she has worked in non-profit communications and on national, statewide and local political campaigns. Currently, Heather works for a variety of interests including a state political party, a local academic author and an education foundation.

While relatively new to AWC, Heather jumped into leadership roles within the Tulsa Chapter when moving there in 2003. She started by promoting chapter events as a member of the public relations committee, and then served as programs co-chair, planning the monthly meetings to ensure that her fellow members left each meeting with some nugget they could take right back to the office to put to work. Currently, she co-chairs the Tulsa Chapter's public relations committee.

Kathy Berggren

Kathy Berggren has always wanted to be a teacher and is thoroughly enmeshed in helping other people to learn. She studied animal science and education as an undergraduate at Cornell, then pursued a master’s degree in education while teaching in the biology, physical education (horseback riding) and communications departments. Currently, Berggren is a senior lecturer in the Communications Department at Cornell University; she also facilitates the department’s internship program and coordinates the summer session. She is a faculty advisor for two student groups, the Help a Life organization and Cornell’s AWC Chapter, and won AWC’s Outstanding Faculty Advisor award in 2004. Berggren volunteers her services in the areas of special needs advocacy and health communication. She and her husband have five-year-old twins, Annika and Linus, with whom they love to travel.

Patricia Baldwin

Pat Baldwin joined the University of North Carolina at Asheville as an Assistant Professor in Mass Communication in August 2007. During the previous decade, she served as Editor in Chief of Private Clubs, an award-winning, 21-year-old, bimonthly lifestyle magazine published by Dallas, Texas-based ClubCorp. (Private Clubs consistently is ranked among the top five publications, according to reader median household income, in the Mendelsohn Affluent Survey of more than 100 publications.) She served as Editor in Chief of Golf for Women magazine in Lake Mary, Florida, from May 1994 - August 1997. She previously had been a business writer and columnist at The Dallas Morning News from 1989-1994 and at The Dallas Times Herald from 1987-1989. She also has 10 years experience with business journals in Houston and Austin, where she was a co-owner of Austin Business Journal from 1983-1985. Prior to joining UNCA and since 1987, she had served as an adjunct at five universities, teaching a variety of journalism courses.

Mary Kay Switzer 

An associate professor in the communications department at California Polytechnic State University in Pomona, Calif. and former news anchor, Dr. Switzer has won teaching excellence awards at two institutions.

She serves on many national boards in higher education. Dr. Switzer has served on the Academic Senate and the Academic Senate Steering Committee at her university. She even chaired the Instructional Support Services Standing Committee of the Academic Senate. In 1997, she received a Distinguished Service Award for her contributions and service on these committees.

She has served as Chair of the Department Assessment Committee and the Department Budget Committee. Recently, she served as an elected member of the College Retention, Tenure, and Promotion Committee for a three-year term. She is also a highly successful grant writer, curriculum developer and author and is involved in television and video production. She has been twice recognized by California State Polytechnic University Pomona with the "Golden Leaves Award," once for her work as a contributing author of a major scholarly reference work, Historical Dictionary of American Radio, published by Greenwood Press in 1998, and most recently for her book, China Diary.

Her broadcast experience includes News Anchor, Public Affairs Director, and News Director for several major television-radio affiliates. Her awards in this area include Freedom Foundation and Emmy Awards. Her successful tennis program, "Strokes and Strategies" -- running for over seven years -- was a feature of ASPN (pay TV sports network).

Dr. Switzer been involved with AWC since 1983 and served on the AWC National Board of Directors from 1997 - 2003.

Melanie Trunkey Camp

Melanie has been a community volunteer for nearly three decades. She promoted the Broward Center of the Performing Arts as the leader of Pacers Speakers Bureau and has held several leadership positions and chaired numerous fundraising projects since moving to South Florida in 1976.

In 2003 Melanie became a certified Yoga Instructor and completed Level II and Level III teacher training. She is an associate trainer for Yoga Kids International completing Phase I in Italy in August 2004. Melanie is currently writing a book of yoga tips featuring her original oil paintings. She has taught yoga while traveling to SE Asia as part of the CARE International delegation following the Tsunami of 2004. She participated in the 2005 Caribbean 1500 sailboat rally and taught yoga while on board and at beaches in the British Virgin Islands. She has assisted her teacher at his yoga retreats in Costa Rica, Brazil, Santorini and North Carolina.

Melanie Trunkey Camp is a consultant to authors and President of her publishing company, Trunkey Publishing, Inc. Current book projects include The Barkan Yoga Method, Yoga for Jocks, Amsterdam Journals, Boating 101, and Oh!To Joy.

Wendy Morlan

Interested in art from an early age, Wendy Morlan has woven her talents into a communications career, community involvement and personal expression. Morlan earned a BFA in commercial illustration and advertising design from Ringling College of Art and Design in Sarasota, Florida. Previously in corporate communications with a large utility corporation, she recently embraced much change in her life. With a move to Kansas to be with her new husband, she now works as a freelance graphic designer. In addition, she has started a new jewelry business called Kiki & Punkin ... baubles, bangles & beads, proving Morlan is ready to take on fresh challenges.

An AWC member since 1990, Morlan served her chapter as president and VP of both programs and membership. She received her chapter's Member of the Year award twice and worked to build Drury College's student chapter during her board tenure.

Whitney Mason

Born & raised in Seattle, Whitney returned to Seattle in 2003 after 20+ years living mostly in the Midwest, Southeast, Japan & Europe. While she has enjoyed all of her "homes" and local adventures, she is happy to be back home. What brought her back to the Pacific Northwest? After serving 11 years on active duty in the U.S. Marine Corps and actively drilling in the Marine Corps Reserve, she was invited to return to Seattle to establish a transition assistance program for Marines returning to civilian life in Western Washington. Whitney, a lieutenant colonel in the USMCR, continues to serve with the Marine For Life program, Wounded Warrior Regiment, in this capacity as a drilling reservist.

Prior to returning to Seattle, she served in the Marine Corps Public Affairs Reserve Officers Detachment at Headquarters Marine Corps at the Pentagon. Before putting the uniform back on, Whitney served as an executive director for two not-for-profit animal shelters in Charlottesville, VA., and Golden, CO. during the 2000-2003 timeframe.

Whitney graduated from Northwestern University with a bachelor’s and master’s in journalism, and is a graduate of Seattle’s Queen Anne High School. She studied abroad in France and Belgium during college. She was the editor for Magnolia Milestones & Memories in 2000, and a peer editor for the second in the series, Magnolia: Making More Memories in 2006, both coffee table books produced by a local historical society in Seattle. In addition, she has completed the University of Washington’s Fundraising Management and The House as Architecture certificate courses, the Marine Corps’ Command and Staff course, and has completed local chamber of commerce leadership programs in Charlottesville, VA., and Seattle. From 1988 – 1999, she served on active duty in the fields of logistics and public affairs in Quantico, VA., Okinawa, Japan, Beaufort, S.C., and Washington DC.

Whitney is a licensed real estate agent and currently works in partnership with her mother at Coldwell Banker Bain Associates.

She is active in her local community, volunteering with Girl Scouts Western Washington, Puget Sound Marine Corps Support Group, and Friends of VA Puget Sound Fisher House. She is a member of Seattle Rotary and Women In Communications Seattle Chapter, and serves as the newsletter editor for her high school alumni association.

Whitney has several dogs & cats (all rescues from various shelters and ditches along the way), enjoys travel, art & antiquing, home & garden design, nature, theater, jogging with her dog Sophie, yoga, a good book, great conversation with friends and strangers, and warm chocolate chip cookies right out of the oven.