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MITCHELL B. EMMONS
PROFESSIONAL SKILLS SUMMARY
• More than 36 years’ experience in organizational communication, marketing, public relations,
sales, journalism, and training & development
• Documented track record of professional successes
• Expertise in public relations, organizational communication, marketing, training and development,
news media relations, project management, publications, and public affairs
• Expertise in strategic planning & implementation and market assessment
• Multi-task and detail oriented
• Have taught in the AU Department of Journalism & Communication as an adjunct instructor
• Proficient in multi-platform communications technologies, including web/internet and integrated
social media
• Excellent writing, communication and marketing skills
• Good interpersonal and management skills
EDUCATION
M.A. Degree: Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama
Maintained a 4.0 GPA. Master's in Communication degree conferred December 15, 2001. Curriculum
emphasis on public relations, organizational communication, training, and development. (Accomplished
while continuing to fulfill my full-time job responsibilities)
B.S. Degree: University of North Alabama, Florence, Alabama
Commercial Music/Business Administration. Graduated on Dean's List, 1979.
(Also attended the University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa.)
Electrician Diploma: Completed ICS' electrician certification curriculum in December 1991. Maintained an
"A" average.
Specialized Training: Lean (Continuous Improvement) Bronze Certified, AME/SME/Shingo; Six Sigma
Green Belt; The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People, Steven Covey; Effective Research
Communications, Council for the Advancement and Support of Education (CASE); Total Quality
Management, Auburn University and Quick Start; Train-The-Trainer, Quick Start; Allen Bradley PLC-5
computer control systems, Quick Start; Instructional Material Development, Quick Start; Boiling Water
Reactor Nuclear Power Plant Systems, Tennessee Valley Authority; Affirmative Action, Tennessee Valley
Authority; Fire Fighting Techniques, Alabama Firefighter's Association (have served as a community
volunteer firefighter); ROTC, University of N. Ala.
Computer & Software Proficiencies (adept in PC & MacIntosh platforms): Word Perfect; Microsoft Word,
PowerPoint, Excel; Adobe Page Maker, Photo Shop, Dream Weaver, Acrobat; Microsoft Front Page;
SPSS. Proficient in web design, social media, digital and traditional film photography, and desk-top
publishing.

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Mitch Emmons Professional Profile (cont.)
EMPLOYMENT
AUBURN UNIVERSITY
Sr. Outreach Associate – Auburn Technical Assistance Center (ATAC)
January 2007 - Present
Serve as a project administrator and manage the ATAC/ATN-AU’s regional marketing and sales,
promotion, publicity and communications, and web and Social Networking efforts. ATAC is a self-
supporting outreach unit generating and managing a $1.5 million annual budget. I also provide
instructional and facilitator assistance for Lean Continuous Improvement training and Rapid Improvement
Events. My professional career comprises more than 30 years in corporate communication, marketing,
public relations, journalism, advertising, sales, and training and development. I previously served as
Communication Director for Auburn’s Research Division and as a Project Manager with Georgia’s Quick
Start industrial training program. I also have worked in the nuclear power, pulp & paper, and textile
manufacturing industries.
Research Communication Program Manager/Director
Oct. 1998 – January 2007
Directed a diverse communication, marketing, and public relations program to promote and support a
comprehensive land-grant university research mission and to interpret its research message to varied
constituencies. Served as a university spokesperson and supervise a part-time staff comprising graduate
and undergraduate students in communication, public relations, and journalism. I also have taught as an
adjunct instructor in AU’s Department of Communication and Journalism. I have been a freelance
writer/editor for the J.F. Smith Group, an Auburn-based fundraising consulting firm.
NOTE: Was an integral member of the university task force developing and promoting a forthcoming
research park at Auburn University.
Associate Editor for Research
Oct. 1994 - Oct. 1998
Assistant Editor for Research
Nov. 1992 - Oct. 1994
NOTE: My jobs as Assistant and as Associate Editor were shared appointments with Auburn’s Office of
the Vice President for Research and University Relations. In both, I provided institutional-wide research
promotion and news media relations for the colleges of Science and Mathematics, Veterinary Medicine,
Engineering, and the schools of Pharmacy and Nursing.
QUICK START
Georgia Department of Technical and Adult Education
Consultant/Project Manager
Oct. 1989 - Nov. 1992
Project manager and supervised multi-person training and material development teams for industrial
training/adult learning projects in Columbus, LaGrange, Athens, Colbert, Tifton, and Savannah, Ga.
Served as a job task analyzer, technical writer/editor, lead training material developer, classroom
instructor, and project liaison between industry and the local sponsoring technical schools.
WEST POINT PEPPERELL, INC.
Employee Communications Department, Valley, Alabama
Editor
Sept. 1988 - Aug. 1989
Editor, newswriter, and manager of news and production staffs producing the corporate newspaper for
this Fortune 500 textile manufacturing company. Produced various other employee communications
materials. (Department was eliminated in hostile takeover of the company)

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Mitch Emmons Professional Profile (cont.)
TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY
Office of Governmental and Public Affairs
Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant, Decatur, Alabama
Communications Specialist
Jan. 1986 - Sept. 1988
Provided multiple functions of employee communications, media relations, and public information --
including crisis management communications. Held NACI Government Security Status and served as a
plant spokesperson to the news media.
BOONE NEWSPAPER GROUP, FRANKLIN COUNTY NEWSPAPERS, INC.
Russellville and Red Bay, Alabama
July 1982 - Jan. 1986
General Manager - (Aug. 1985 - Jan. 1986)
Managing Editor - (July 1982 - Aug. 1985)
Directed news staff and managed production and other day-to-day business operations. Won Alabama
Press Association Awards three consecutive years for news, sales, advertising, photography, originality.
THOMASVILLE TIMES
Thomasville, Alabama
Associate Editor
Nov. 1980 - July 1982
Responsible for news, advertising, photography.
Won Alabama Press Association Award for Best Original Column.
CLARKE COUNTY DEMOCRAT
Grove Hill, Alabama
Account Executive, Photography
Jan. 1980 - Nov. 1980
EXPERIENCE IN FIELD OF PUBLISHING/COPYRIGHTING
Worked (1978-1979) as a part-time student employee and as a full-time employee with two music
recording and publishing firms in Muscle Shoals, Ala. Duties in the publishing department included
copyright registration and performance rights administration, writer relations, and studio engineering
assistance.
Developed and designed an advertising layout for a special section in “Bill Board Magazine” about the
Muscle Shoals music industry. This ad served as the back cover of the publication.