DANA SCHMIDT

Dana is a PR switch-hitter who has gained experience as a team player on both our consumer and business-to-business account rosters. She is a fixture on the Orkin Commercial account, contributing research, writing and tradeshow support. She’s also a member of the Chick-fil-A Bowl team, where she has rung in the past two New Years gathering sound-bites for sports reporters covering the collegiate match-up at the Georgia Dome.

Sports marketing has been in her blood since she began her career with the American Junior Golf Association (AJGA). On the road through six states and nearly 13,000 miles, Dana coordinated tournament communications, a great springboard to her Jackson Spalding work for the Chick-fil-A Kyle Petty Charity Ride Across America.

Dana received her Journalism degree, cum laude, from the Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Georgia, where she was a Telecommunication Arts major. While there, she was a feature writer for the Red & Black daily student newspaper, which solidified her desire to pursue a career involving writing.

A lifelong community volunteer, beginning with 15 years in Girl Scouting, Dana stays active in the Bulldog Nation as a charter member of the UGA Young Alumni Council where she co-chairs the PR and Marketing Committee.

Dana loves the outdoors and enjoys camping and backpacking throughout Georgia. Always ready for another stamp in her passport, she is an avid reader of Adventure and Traveler magazines, continually planning her next getaway.