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Simone McKinney / Media & Community Relations Manager 

Boost visibility and awareness in the Georgia market of SCANA Energy, a leading natural gas marketer. Established the first public relations department for this Fortune 500 subsidiary.

Manage all statewide news media, social media, and corporate community activities. Serve as official media spokesperson; provide planning, counsel, crisis communications, and tactical support for community relations and emerging issues. Write for internal publications.

 Eugenia Johnson / PR Director 

Eugenia Johnson is a premier publicist and brand architect in the Public Relations landscape. As PR Director for The Garner Circle PR, she’s worked with various celebrities, entertainment, fashion and lifestyle brands including Strength of Nature House of Brands (African Pride, Beautiful Textures, Elasta QP & MegaGrowth hair care brands), MillerCoors, The Real Housewives of Atlanta and more. She’s garnered client placements in top tier media outlets including Essence.com, BlackEnterprise.com Sophisticate’s Black Hair Magazine and LuckyMag.com.

Eugenia is a graduate of the University of West Georgia and serves the community as a mentor for the Steve & Marjorie Harvey Foundation’s Girls Who Rule The World organization. She is also a member of the Public Relations Society of America, National Black Public Relations Society, Alpha Kappa Psi Professional Business Fraternity and Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated.

Eugenia is also a featured speaker at the upcoming Power Plug PR Conference at Georgia State University in Atlanta, GA on Saturday, March 29th. For more information, conference schedule and tickets, visit powerplugpr.com.

Mike Savory / Product Manager 

Mike Savory is a product manager for Sage, with product strategy responsibility for Sage One in North America, part of Sage’s global cloud solution for start-ups and small businesses. Additionally, he is focused on market research, voice of the customer, and helping to coordinate development with other Sage One global platform teams.