FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:  May 8, 2006

Pioneer Strategies' President receives

N.C. State University Communication

Alumni Circle Outstanding Alumni Award

 
RALEIGH – Frank Williams, president of Raleigh-based Pioneer Strategies, has been recognized with an N.C. State University Communication Alumni Circle Outstanding Alumni Achievement Award.  Williams, a 1993 graduate of the NCSU Department of Communication, was recognized in the Public Relations concentration at an awards banquet on Saturday, May 7, 2006.

"I am humbled to receive this award,” said Williams.  “Every year this department produces a new group of extremely capable, qualified graduates, and I am honored to be recognized as one of its outstanding alumni."

Frank Williams is a native of eastern North Carolina and a 1993 graduate of the N.C. State University Department of Communication.  He is a member of the Business Leaders' Club, is serving a second term as Vice President of the Raleigh Public Relations Society, and recently received the Triangle Business Journal’s "40 Under 40" Leadership Award.  Frank served as 2005 Public Relations Chair of Strike for Survival, a bowling competition to benefit the American Cancer Society, and was a leading fundraiser for the event.  He is also actively involved in local and state politics.  Frank lives in Raleigh, where he is an active member of Providence Baptist Church.

In 2001 Frank founded Pioneer Strategies, a Raleigh-based Public Relations agency that provides small and mid-sized businesses and non-profit organizations with strategic Public Relations counsel and communication services.  Pioneer's services and expertise include communication planning, executive Public Relations counsel, media relations, campaign planning, special event planning, copywriting and speechwriting.  For more information call 919-833-4345 or visit www.pioneerstrategies.com. 

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