Six interns have joined the staff at McNeely Pigott & Fox Public Relations for the summer. The intern program is for college sophomores, juniors and seniors.
“We immerse our interns in the services that we provide our clients,” said MP&F partner Mark McNeely. “They gain practical experience in the field of public relations that will benefit them in their future careers.”
The summer 2010 interns are:
• Jane Brown (Nashville, Tenn.; Rhode Island School of Design sophomore)
• Whitney Dawson (Indianapolis, Ind.; Vanderbilt University senior)
• Raphaella Friedman (Nashville, Tenn.; Yale University junior)
• Leigh Lovett (Nashville, Tenn.; Spelman College alumna)
• Rachell Storm (New Waterford, Ohio; Waynesburg University senior)
• Andra Voinea (Brasov, Romania; East Tennessee State University senior)
• Bryant Welbourne (Tuscaloosa, Ala.; University of Alabama senior)
Jane Brown is a rising sophomore majoring in graphic design at the Rhode Island School of Design. She has just completed her foundation studies year including studio courses in drawing, design and spatial dynamics as well as an introductory graphic design course. Jane is a Nashville native and a graduate of The Harpeth Hall School. She will graduate from RISD in 2013 and hopes to pursue a career in graphic design.
Whitney Dawson is a rising senior at Vanderbilt University majoring in French and European studies with minors in organizational leadership and art history. She completed an internship last summer with the Chicago 2016 Olympic Bid Committee, where she worked as a member of the development team. While studying abroad in Aix-en-Provence, France, in the fall of 2009, Dawson completed an internship at the Muséum d’Histoire Naturelle, providing French-to-English translations of the museum’s website. She currently serves as the alumni relations chairwoman for her sorority, Delta Delta Delta. A native of Indianapolis, Ind., Dawson will graduate in May of 2011.
Raphaella Friedman is a junior at Yale University majoring in political science. As a board member of the 2007-2009 Executive Leadership Council of Operation Smile, an international medical nonprofit, she gained experience planning large-scale fundraising events and awareness campaigns. At Yale, Friedman enjoys her role as managing editor of The Yale Globalist, a student-run international affairs magazine. She is also an executive editor and staff writer for The Insider’s Guide to the Colleges, a book that is published and sold nationwide. Each fall Friedman leads incoming Yale freshmen on backpacking orientation trips throughout the Northeast. She is a member of Kappa Alpha Theta sorority and calls Nashville home. Last summer, she interned at the Public Defender’s Office of Metropolitan Nashville and Davidson County.
Leigh Lovett, a Nashville native, graduated from Spelman College in May 2010 with a bachelor’s degree in psychology and a minor in management and organization. She has previously interned in the marketing and events department of the Nashville Business Journal and the R.H. Boyd Publishing Corp. Lovett served as the event planning and business ethics chairwoman of Students in Free Enterprise. She also gained public relations experience serving on the Spelman relations committee for the Morehouse Business Association and media relations committee for Fusion! Atlanta. While attending Spelman, Lovett volunteered as an admissions ambassador and student orientation leader. She is a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc. and a 2006 graduate of M.L.K. Academic Magnet High School.
Rachell Storm is a rising senior at Waynesburg University majoring in communication, emphasis in public relations, with a minor in marketing. Originally from Ohio, Storm has gained PR experience throughout her first three years of college. She is the president of the university’s communication honor society, Lambda Pi Eta, and is also the vice president of the public relations team. As captain of the varsity volleyball team, Storm coordinated the 2009 Dig for the Cure event and raised nearly $2,500 for the Susan G. Komen Foundation. Storm will graduate in December and will pursue her master’s degree.
Andra Voinea, a native of Brasov, Romania, is a rising senior at East Tennessee State University, with a major in public relations and a minor in management. Voinea is a member of the ETSU tennis team and received the Academic MVP award in 2010. She contributes to the East Tennessean, ETSU’s student newspaper, and she earned the Most Published Articles award for her term in advanced PR Writing. Her past experience includes an internship at a tennis club in Bucharest, Romania, where she improved her communication skills by providing tennis lessons and by managing weekend tournaments and events for club members. Voinea speaks four languages: English, Romanian, French and Spanish.
Bryant Welbourne is a senior at the University of Alabama. A native of Tuscaloosa, Ala., Welbourne is a public relations major and will graduate in December. He is a member of UA’s chapter of Public Relations Student Society of America. Through his coursework, Welbourne has worked closely with several organizations in Tuscaloosa. He was a part of a group whose PSA campaign to promote youth involvement in the arts was selected for use by the Arts Council of Tuscaloosa, The Mayor’s Youth Council and The American Advertising Federation of Tuscaloosa.
