Caponigro Public Relations Inc. is a Michigan-based strategic public relations firm that specializes in obtaining positive media results; working with companies in times of crisis; helping to position corporations, brand products and services in a competitive marketplace; and providing smart communications counsel for organizations experiencing change. The firm’s expertise includes strategic public relations counsel, media relations, crisis management, public affairs, community relations, diversity counsel, spokesperson training, executive coaching, marketing communications, and research and analysis.
Jeffrey R. Caponigro, a 1979 graduate of CMU, established Caponigro Public Relations Inc. in 1995 after serving as President and CEO at another Detroit-area public relations firm. He has built Caponigro Public Relations into one of the most respected public relations firms in the United States, and he is recognized as one of the nation’s top public relations professionals and crisis-management experts. Mr. Caponigro is the author of "The Crisis Counselor", one of the most popular business books on the subject of crisis management. In 2001, he was the only public relations professional from the Midwest inducted into the Public Relations Society of America’s College of Fellows.
While attending Central Michigan University, he was a reporter and columnist for three Michigan newspapers. He received Central Michigan University’s first-ever Young Alumni Award in 1991 in honor of his achievements in business, and he was one of only 100 CMU graduates to receive a Centennial Award in honor of the University’s 100-year anniversary.
For more information about this scholarship, contact:
Diane Krider, Interim Associate Dean
College of Communication & Fine Arts
Moore Hall 129
Central Michigan University
989.774.1887
