Congratulations to the 2019 Class of IABC Fellows

By IABC staff | Mar 16, 2020

Congratulations to Martha Muzychka and Neil Griffiths on being inducted into the 2019 Class of Fellows!

The 2019 IABC Fellows

The IABC Fellow designation is the highest honor bestowed on an IABC member. Becoming a Fellow denotes a body of achievement by a communicator who has had a significant impact not only on their organization and IABC, but also on the communication profession at large.

Only 93 of the world's top leaders have earned this superlative designation. It is considered by IABC to be a career achievement award for the industry. The Fellows committee made the selection from a competitive field of applicants and nominated two immensely talented Fellows.

Martha Muzychka, ABC, MC

Martha is Principal of Praxis Communications, an independent consultancy based in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador offering communications planning, strategic counsel, and communications training to community, corporate and government organizations.  Before establishing Praxis in 2005, Martha served as director of communications for two major health organizations and worked as a policy analyst for a provincial advocacy group. In her work, Martha explores new and creative approaches for communicating and engaging with target audiences by bringing together a unique community perspective with a firm foundation in strategic communications principles. In 2015, Martha's contribution to IABC was recognized with the Regional Leader of the Year Award. She was named IABC Canada's Master Communicator in 2015 and received IABCNL’s Award of Communications Excellence in 2018. For the last 30 years, she has taught, coached and mentored hundreds of communication professionals and worked with multiple organizations to demonstrate the value of strategic communication as a business driver.

Neil Griffiths, ABC, Chart.PR

Neil is Senior Manager, Global Communication at ERM, the world's largest sustainability consultancy. With a focus on corporate communication, and most recently on inclusion, Neil has worked in communication management for 15+ years across public, private and non-profit organisations. Neil has held a number of leadership positions and served on several global committees within IABC, including the inaugural Global Communications Certification Council. Neil chaired the 2018 World Conference in Montreal and is Past Chair of IABC's EMENA region. Neil was named IABC's Regional Leader of the Year (2013) and has received the Rae Hamlin Award for services to professional certification. Together with co-author Deborah Hinton, Neil has published two studies on the current and future state of the communication profession and advocates for channeling your best communication self regardless of where and how you work.

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