{"id":101,"date":"2023-11-19T16:57:51","date_gmt":"2023-11-19T16:57:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rfacommunications.com\/index.php\/our-story-2\/"},"modified":"2024-03-10T13:19:15","modified_gmt":"2024-03-10T18:19:15","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/rfacommunications.com\/index.php\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"101\" class=\"elementor elementor-101\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-762e791 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"762e791\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-690d769a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"690d769a\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-783486e e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"783486e\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e8b547f elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"e8b547f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b84945f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b84945f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Robin Florzak Angell<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-551a7c1 elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"551a7c1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;,&quot;_animation_delay&quot;:400}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-164 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/rfacommunications.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/R_Florzak-2-853x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"853\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rfacommunications.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/R_Florzak-2-853x1024.jpg 853w, https:\/\/rfacommunications.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/R_Florzak-2-250x300.jpg 250w, https:\/\/rfacommunications.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/R_Florzak-2-768x922.jpg 768w, https:\/\/rfacommunications.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/R_Florzak-2.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 853px) 100vw, 853px\" \/><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2b2fb37 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"2b2fb37\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9930bc2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9930bc2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 300;\"><span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; letter-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-text-letter-spacing ); text-transform: var( --e-global-typography-text-text-transform ); background-color: var( --e-global-color-c696dce );\">Robin Florzak Angell is a versatile, award-winning communications leader who brings more than 30 years of public relations and journalism experience to her work as a freelance writer, editor and communications consultant.<\/span><\/p><p style=\"font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 300;\"><span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; letter-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-text-letter-spacing ); text-transform: var( --e-global-typography-text-text-transform ); text-align: var(--text-align); background-color: var( --e-global-color-c696dce );\">Robin began her career as a wire service writer-editor and television news assignment editor before transitioning to public relations. At Lurie Children\u2019s Hospital in Chicago, Robin pitched media stories on children\u2019s health care and health policy, wrote for the hospital\u2019s newsletters, and scripted video stories about patients and hospital initiatives for an annual fundraising telethon broadcast on WLS-TV.<\/span><\/p><p style=\"font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 300;\">She left the hospital to join DePaul University, where she progressed from Media Relations Specialist to Director of News &amp; Information to Interim Assistant Vice President in the university\u2019s Office of Public Relations &amp; Communications. She helped shape DePaul\u2019s public image by placing positive local and national media stories about student success, innovative programs, faculty expertise and DePaul\u2019s community service commitment. In her leadership roles, she developed communications plans for major DePaul initiatives, handled crisis communications, and coached university executives on successful strategies for telling DePaul\u2019s story.<\/p><p style=\"font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 300;\">After earning an MBA in marketing from DePaul, Robin moved to a new role as Assistant Dean for Marketing &amp; Communications at DePaul\u2019s Driehaus College of Business. There, she helped guide four business deans on communications strategy and oversaw the college\u2019s web and social media content creation team. Robin re-envisioned and edited the college\u2019s alumni magazine and revamped advisory council and internal communication strategies. She received DePaul\u2019s Via Sapientiae Award, the university\u2019s highest faculty and staff honor, upon her retirement from DePaul in 2023. Robin currently serves as President of RFA Communications, LLC.<\/p><p style=\"font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 300;\">Robin has earned communications and journalism awards that include a Platinum Public Affairs Award from PR News; Gold MarCom from the Association for Marketing and Communications; Gold and Silver Trumpet Awards from the Publicity Club of Chicago; an Award of Excellence from the Public Relations Society of America-Chicago; and an Award of Merit from the International Association of Business Communicators. 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