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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Date: March 1, 2002
Contact:
Tom Shaner
410-752-3318
JES@assnhqtrs.com

Joseph E. Shaner Company
Hires Grammer to Manage Web Services

(Baltimore, MD) - The Joseph E. Shaner Company, an ASAE accredited association management company, has announced the hiring of Eric M. Grammer to fulfill the online and public relations needs of its non-profit trade and professional association clients.

In the position of Communications Coordinator, Grammer will design and manage client Web sites, as well as handling client newsletters and media relations.

"Hiring Mr. Grammer for this new position enhances our capabilities as well as those of our clients," said Joseph E. Shaner Co. President Thomas C. Shaner. "We will now be able to offer stable cost-effective Web design and management services to our clients on a daily basis."

Grammer previously handled Webmaster and public relations duties as editorial coordinator at the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He has an M.A. in Communication from the University of Maryland and a B.A. in journalism from Humboldt State University in Arcata, Calif. This past Novermber, Grammer was honored by the Public Relations Society of America with the Betsy Plank Graduate Research Award.

The Joseph E. Shaner Co. in Baltimore has been named by the American Society of Association Executives (ASAE) as one of only 28 association management companies (AMC) nationwide to have met the standards of practice set by the ASAE AMC Accreditation Commission.

Established in 1974 by Thomas C. Shaner, a Certified Association Executive (CAE), The Joseph E. Shaner Co. provides association management services to over a dozen prominently recognized non-profit trade and professional associations including the American Institute of Floral Designers, Professional Grounds Management Society, Maryland Optometric Association, Maryland Chiropractic Association, Maryland Association of Mortgage Brokers, Maryland Improvement Contractors Association and the Chesapeake Human Resources Association.

Also served by the Shaner organization are the Building Owners and Managers Association of Baltimore; the Maryland Chapters of the National Association of Industrial and Office Parks, Appraisal Institute, Criminal Defense Attorneys and Public Relations Society of America; Property Owners Association of Baltimore, National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors of Baltimore and the Baltimore City Dental Society.

 

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