Ilene Schneider
PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS
Schneider the Writer - owner/operator since 1985 - specializing in
communications for and about high technology, health care, educational and service
enterprises
Beckman Instruments, Inc. - senior public relations representative (1982-1985); senior
staff writer (1978-1982)
School Product News (Penton Publishing) - contributing writer (1978-1986);
associate editor (1974-1978); assistant editor (1972-1974)
Rothschild for Mayor Campaign - media coordinator (1977)
TV Guide - editor, Cleveland edition (1971-1972)
Cleveland Press - suburban edition correspondent (1972)
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
Women in Communications, Inc. (1976 - present)
Offices held: president, president-elect, membership vice president,
treasurer, newsletter editor
Public Relations Society of America (1979-1985)
American Society of Business Press Editors (1973-1979)
Offices held: president, director
HONORS, AWARDS, RECOGNITION
Profiled in book, How to Open and Operate a Home-Based Writing Business
Profiled in Who's Who of American Women, Who's Who in Advertising, Whos
Who in Media and Communications
Women in Communications, Inc. Clarion Award - advertising
Articles reprinted by Encyclopaedia Britannica Education Corporation,
Journal of the Association for Children with Learning Disabilities
Society of Technical Communications - judge, Orange County Technical
Publications Competition
Speaker on public relations and creativity at Chamber of Commerce, Rotary Club
and professional organization meetings
EDUCATION
University of Pennsylvania - Bachelor of Arts degree