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Allison Cook - Windermere, Fla

Major/Minor: Public Relations/History, Political Science

Academic Achievements: Dean’s List, Sigma Alpha Lambda Honor Society, Phi Eta Sigma Honor Society

Jobs, Internships & Other Achievements: Randall Reilly Publishing Company, Editorial Intern for Equipment World Magazine (June 2009 to present); HealthwiseNow Shaklee, Social Media Consultant (Summer 2008); Margaritaville Orlando, Seasonal Employee (since May 2007); University Supply Store, Sales Associate (December 2007–July 2009)

Community Service: Campfire USA, Fairfax Junior Variety Club scholarship luncheon

Organization Membership: PRSSA, The Capstone Agency, Mocha Club

Tell the truth. - Arthur Page Ethics is a code of values which guide our choices and actions and determine the purpose and course of our lives. - Ayn Rand Leadership should be born out of the understanding of the needs of those who would be affected by it. - Marian Anderson I believe in telling your story to the public. - Ivy Lee Realize a company’s true character is expressed by its people. - Arthur Page You must do the thing you think you cannot do. - Eleanor Roosevelt The highest form of treason: to do the right thing for the wrong reason. - T.S. Eliot Leadership is practiced not so much in words as in attitude and in actions. - Harold Geneen Let us learn from the past to profit by the present, and from the present to live better in the future. - William Wordsworth When the effective leader is finished with his work, the people say it happened naturally. - Lao Tse I start with the premise that the function of leadership is to produce more leaders, not more followers. - Ralph Nader Listen to the customer. - Arthur Page The public is the only critic whose opinion is worth anything at all. - Mark Twain No man will make a great leader who wants to do it all himself, or to get all the credit for doing it. - Andrew Carnegie Leadership has a harder job to do than just choose sides. It must bring sides together. - Jesse Jackson In crisis management, be quick with the facts, slow with the blame. - Leonard Saffir Don’t tell people how to do things, tell them what to do and let them surprise you with their results. - George S. Patton The leader has to be practical and a realist, yet must talk the language of the visionary and the idealist. - Eric Hoffer In law a man is guilty when he violates the rights of others. In ethics he is guilty if he only thinks of doing so. - Immanuel Kant Publicity is a one-way street...public relations, a two-way street. - Edward L. Bernays

Allison Cook - Windermere, Fla

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