Have you ever wondered what it’s like to do PR for a professional sports team?
PRSSA Kent is excited to welcome guest speaker Bob DiBiasio, VP of Public Relations for the Cleveland Indians, for our next general meeting at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 1 in room 340 of Franklin Hall. If you’re interested in learning more about sports PR, this is the meeting for you!
DiBiasio will discuss the challenges and rewards of a career in sports PR, as well as share stories from his 34 years in Major League Baseball and his role in developing the Indians Social Suite in Cleveland. A true Clevelander, DiBiasio has spent 33 of those 34 years with the Cleveland Indians. He started in 1979 as an assistant PR director and was named director of PR in 1980 and vice president of PR in 1988. The Lakewood, Oh native was promoted to his current position in 2011. His lone season away from the Tribe was 1987 when he served as Public Relations Director for the Atlanta Braves.
DiBiasio was the 1999 recipient of the prestigious Robert O. Fischel Award for Public Relations Excellence in Major League Baseball. He was also inducted into the Lakewood High School Distinguished Alumni Hall of Fame in 1999. In 1986, DiBiasio was named the Public Relations Director to the Sports Illustrated Dream Team. He received the ALS Cleveland chapter Lou Gehrig “Iron Horse” Award for Community Service in 2009 and won the Mel Harder Distinguished Service Award for Community Involvement in 1997.
DiBiasio currently serves as the President of Cleveland Indians Charities, is an Honorary Member of both the Executive Board of the Boys and Girls Clubs of Cleveland and the Board of the Cleveland Baseball Federation, serves on the Athletic Advisory Board at Notre Dame College (OH), and is a member of the Board of Directors of the Bob Feller Museum in Van Meter, IA.
PRSSA Kent is excited to welcome Mr. DiBiasio and we hope to see you at next week’s meeting!

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