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Michelle Bono, APR, CPRC

Bono Communications and Marketing, LLC
President and CEO
Salon E-F (Grand Ballroom)
Michelle Bono is the president and CEO of Bono Communications and Marketing, LLC. Michelle provides strategic public relations counsel to businesses, nonprofits and governments. She has extensive leadership experience in local government, including 19 years with the City of Tallahassee where she served as the assistant to the city manager and directed the communications department. Michelle and her team were three-time winners of the Dick Pope All Florida Grand Golden Image Award, the highest communications honor in the state, from the FPRA. Prior to assuming her position in Tallahassee in May 1997, she led local government communications in Roanoke, Virginia, and Thornton, Colorado. Michelle is the volunteer chairperson for Choose Tallahassee, a nonprofit organization that attracts people to move to the city to enhance economic development. She has served on the board of FPRA’s Counselor’s Network and in various roles in the Capital Chapter. A native of Wichita, Kansas, Michelle earned her bachelor’s degree in journalism from Wichita State University and her master's degree in public administration from Florida State University's Askew School.