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Ann Wylie travels from Hollywood to Helsinki, helping communicators in organizations like NASA, Coca-Cola and Toyota polish their skills and find new inspiration for their work.

From aerospace to agriculture, from energy to education, from mass media to mining, Ann has extensive experience training communicators in:

INDUSTRY

Aerospace

• Boeing
• Honeywell Aerospace
• Lockheed Martin
• NASA

Agriculture

• Ag Media Summit
• Farmland Industries
• John Deere
• National Agri-Marketing Association — Heartland chapter

Chemical

• Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals
• Clorox
• Eli Lilly and Company
• Merck
• Novartis Pharma AG

Computer hardware, software and services

• ACI Worldwide
• ADP
• American Management Systems
• Electronic Data Systems Corporation (EDS)
• Freescale Semiconductors
• GFT Technologies
• Intuit
• Motorola Semiconductors
• Paycom
• Philips Semiconductors
• Qualcomm
• SAIC (Science Applications International Corporation)
• Salesforce

Construction

• Black & Veatch
• Saint-Gobain High-Performance Materials eBusiness
• The Shaw Group

Defense

• Boeing
• General Dynamics C4 Systems
• General Dynamics AIS
• Honeywell Aerospace
• Honeywell (National Nuclear Security Administration’s Kansas City Plant)
• Lockheed Martin
• SAIC (Science Applications International Corporation)

Education

• Alumni Association of the University of Michigan — Ann Arbor
• Carnegie Mellon University
• College of Physicians and Surgeons — Alberta
• Colorado Mountain College
• Drake University
• Duke University
• Indiana University
• National Education Association
• Oregon Health and Sciences University
• Oregon Schools Public Relations Association
• State Education Editors
• University of Michigan Health System
• University of Michigan
• Washington Schools Public Relations Association

Energy

• ABB
• Alliant Energy
• Baltimore Gas and Electric
• CenterPoint Energy
• Con Edison
• CPS Energy
• Devon Energy
• Direct Energy
• Duke Energy
• Enbridge
• Entergy
• Evergy
• Exelon Corp.
• Exxon Chemical Company
• ExxonMobil
• Interstate Natural Gas Association of America (INGAA
• Iowa Association of Electrical Cooperatives
• Kansas City Power & Light
• National Rural Electrical Cooperatives
• PECO
• S&C Electric Company
• Sempra Energy Utilities
• Tennessee Valley Authority
• Texas Electrical Cooperatives

Entertainment

• MTV
• The Weather Channel

Food

• The Coca-Cola Company
• Whole Foods

Financial services

• American Century Investors
• Farm Credit Bank of Texas
• Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City
• First Horizon
• GM Financial
• GuideStone Financial Resources
• H&R Block
• HSBC
• JPMorgan Chase
• Northern Trust
• Principal Financial Group
• Sammons Financial Group
• State Street Kansas City
• T. Rowe Price
• TD Ameritrade
• TIAA-CREF
• Thrivent Financial for Lutherans
• Trustmark
• The Vanguard Group, Inc.
• Waddell & Reed
• Wells Fargo

Health care

• Alberta Health Services — Edmonton Area
• Banfield Pet Hospital
• Cambia Health Solutions
• Cardinal Health
• Cincinnati Children’s Hospital
• Community Hospitals
• Delta Dental of Denver
• Geisinger Health System
• Hawai’i Pacific Health
• Humana
• Inova Health
• Kansas City Healthcare Communicator’s Association
• Kansas Association of Health Care Communicators
• MD Anderson Cancer Center
• MedStar Health
• Missouri Hospital Association
• Nebraska Society of Healthcare Marketing and PR
• Northwestern Memorial Hospital
• Oregon Health and Sciences University
• Prime Therapeutics
• Scripps Health

Insurance

• Allstate
• AHIP (America’s Health Insurance Plans)
• Anthem
• Assurant
• Aviva USA
• Blue Cross Blue Shield of Tennessee
• BSMG Worldwide
• Business Men’s Assurance
• Conseco
• FM Global
• GE ERC
• Health Alliance Plan
• Health Net of California
• Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield
• Insurance Marketing Communication Association
• Kaiser Permanente
• Life Communicators Association
• Modern Woodmen of America
• Mutual of Omaha
• National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC)
• Nationwide Insurance
• Progressive
• Sentry Insurance
• State Farm
• State Fund of California
• United Services Automobile Association (USAA)
• Unum
• Vision Service Plan (VSP)
• Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield
• Workers Compensation Board of Alberta

Manufacturing

• American Standard
• Avnet
• Hallmark Cards Inc.
• JTI
• Lexmark
• Lexus
• Magna
• Nike
• Toyota Motor Sales U.S.A. Inc.
• Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
• SC Johnson

Mass media

• American Association of Agricultural Editors
• American Business Media (ABM)
• American Society of Business Press Editors
• American Society of Magazine Editors (ASME)
• Business Wire
• Cahner’s
• Crider Associates
• Farm Progress Publishing
• Folio: conferences (many times)
• Florida Magazine Association
• Kalmbach Publishing Company
• Magazine Association of Georgia
• Magazine Publishers of America (MPA)
• McMurry Publishing
• MTV
• PRIMEDIA/Intertec
• Science News
• Vance Publishing
• Viacom
• WATT Publishing Company
• The Weather Channel

Mining

• Materion
• Mosaic

Nonprofit

• Intercultural Development Research Association
• Kauffman Foundation
• Midwest Bioethics
• PetSmart Charities

Professional services

• Accenture
• Connected Places Catapult
• FedEx
• FedEx Office
• LinkedIn
• LinkedIn Hiring Solutions

Public relations agencies

• Adams & Knight
• Alexander Ogilvy PR
• Barkley & Evergreen
• Burson Marsteller
• Bustin & Company
• CapStrat
• Davis & Company
• Health+Commerce
• Maslansky + Partners
• Maxwell PR
• Osborn & Barr
• Padilla Speers Beardsley
• Public Strategies Inc.
• Rhea + Kaiser
• Shel Holtz Webinars
• Trozzolo Communications Group
• Weber Shandwick

Real estate

• Taubman

Retail

• Food Lion
• Gap Inc.
• Lowe’s Companies, Inc.
• PetSmart
• REI
• Walmart
• Whole Foods

Science and technology

• American Management Systems
• Applied Biosystems
• Battelle
• BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company)
• Electronic Data Systems Corporation (EDS)
• Freescale Semiconductors
• Kronos Inc.
• Life Technologies
• Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
• Pall Corp.
• Siemens
• Toshiba America Medical Systems

Telecommunications

• America Online (AOL)
• Anadigics
• AT&T
• Comcast
• Motorola
• Nokia
• Nokia America
• Philips Semiconductors
• Qualcomm
• Sensus
• Sprint
• Tellabs
• Unisys
• Verizon Wireless
• ViaSat

Transport

• Delta Air Lines
• FedEx
• LeasePlan USA
• Manheim and AutoTrade Group
• Sabre Travel Solutions

GOVERNMENT, AGENCIES

• City-County Communications & Marketing Association
• CDC (Centers for Disease Control)
• City of Portland
• City of Roseville, California
• Los Alamos National Laboratory
• National Association of Government Communicators
• NREL (National Renewable Energy Lab)
• National Security Agency
• Orange County Sanitation District
• Pierce County, Washington
• S. Marine Corps

ASSOCIATIONS

IABC (International Association of Business Communicators)

• IABC Arkansas
• IABC Atlanta
• IABC Business Writing Conference
• IABC Columbus, Ohio
• IABC Connecticut
• IABC Dallas
• IABC Dayton, Ohio
• IABC Detroit
• IABC District 5
• IABC EuroComm
• IABC Houston
• IABC Iowa
• IABC Kansas City
• IABC Los Angeles
• IABC Lincoln, Nebraska
• IABC Milwaukee, Wisconsin
• IABC Minneapolis-Saint Paul
• IABC New Jersey
• IABC New York
• IABC North Carolina/Triangle
• IABC Omaha, Nebraska
• IABC Pacific Plains
• IABC Phoenix
• IABC San Antonio
• IABC Seattle
• IABC Toronto
• IABC Tulsa
• IABC Yankee
• IABC World Conferences (many times)

PRSA (Public Relations Society of America)

• PRSA Akron
• PRSA Alaska
• PRSA Atlanta
• PRSA Boston
• PRSA Central Iowa
• PRSA Central Michigan
• PRSA Central Pennsylvania
• PRSA Chicago
• PRSA Dayton
• PRSA Greater Spokane
• PRSA Hawaii
• PRSA Kansas City
• PRSA Los Angeles
• PRSA Memphis
• PRSA Nashville
• PRSA New York
• PRSA Northeast Wisconsin
• PRSA Orange County
• PRSA Oregon
• PRSA Philadelphia
• PRSA professional development seminars (many times)
• PRSA Portland Metro Area
• PRSA Puget Sound
• PRSA Salt Lake City
• PRSA San Francisco
• PRSA webinars (many times)
• PRSA World Conference (many times)
• PRSSA (Public Relations Student Society of America)

Other

• Ag Media Summit
• American Association of Agricultural Editors
• American Business Media (ABM)
• American Payroll Association
• American Society of Business Press Editors
• American Society of Magazine Editors (ASME)
• Beroepsvereniging voor Communicatie (national association of Dutch communicators)
• City-County Communications & Marketing Association
• College News Association of the Carolinas
• Cooperative Communicators Association
• Council on Philanthropy Midwest Conference
• Florida Magazine Association
• Folio: Show (many times)
• Insurance Marketing Communication Association
• Iowa Association of Electrical Cooperatives
• Kansas City Healthcare Communicator’s Association
• Kansas Association of Health Care Communicators
• Life Communicators Association
• Magazine Association of Georgia
• Magazine Publishers of America (MPA)
• Midwest Philanthropy Conference
• Missouri Hospital Association
• National Association of Government Communicators
• National Agri-Marketing Association — Heartland chapter
• National Federation of Press Women
• National Fraternal Congress of America
• National Rural Electrical Cooperatives
• Nebraska Society of Healthcare Marketing and PR
• Nonprofit Communicators Network/Kansas City
• Ohio Professional Writers
• Oregon Schools Public Relations Association
• Press Club Cleveland
• Professional Speechwriters Association
• Ragan Communications conferences and webinars (many times)
• State Education Editors
• Texas Electrical Cooperatives
• Turf and Ornamental Lawns Communicators Association
• Uniting Church
• Washington Schools Public Relations Association

Next steps

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Last updated: 08/22/23