Motorola Appoints Valerie Di Maria as Corporate Vice President of Communications and Public Affairs - will report to Geoffrey Frost.
Motorola Appoints Valerie Di Maria as Corporate Vice President of Communications and Public AffairsMonday December 6, 10:30 am ET
SCHAUMBURG, Ill., Dec. 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Motorola, Inc. (NYSE: MOT - News) today announced that Valerie Di Maria has been named corporate vice president of communications and public affairs. As a member of the senior management team, Di Maria will oversee the company's executive communications, media relations, industry analyst relations and internal communications. She will report to Geoffrey Frost, senior vice president and chief marketing officer, and begin her role 13 December.
"We took a long time looking for just the right person who excels at both left brain and right brain thinking," said Frost. "Valerie has that paradoxical combo of creative energy and strategic management expertise -- a result of her 20+ years of sitting on both the agency and corporate sides of the table."
"Motorola is a highly recognized, respected brand trusted by consumers and industry leaders," said Di Maria. "I am delighted to join Motorola and look forward to strengthening its reputation as a thought leader in technology."
Di Maria has more than 20 years of corporate, consumer marketing and business-to-business public relations and advertising experience. In her most recent role, Di Maria was vice president of corporate public relations and advertising at GE Capital, the $55 billion international financial services company owned by General Electric. Prior to that, Di Maria was president of the New York headquarters of Grey Advertising's international public relations agency, GCI, and vice chairman of the GCI Group. Di Maria also spent five years at the Porter Novelli public relations firm, where she was senior vice president/group supervisor and ran the consumer marketing practice.
Di Maria has a bachelor of arts degree in journalism from New York University.
About Motorola
Motorola, Inc. (NYSE: MOT - News) is a global leader in wireless, broadband and automotive communications technologies that help make life smarter, safer, simpler, synchronized and fun. Sales in 2003 were US $27.1 billion. Motorola creates innovative technological solutions that benefit people at home, at work and on the move. The company also is a progressive corporate citizen dedicated to operating ethically, protecting the environment and supporting the communities in which it does business. For more information, please visit http://www.motorola.com .
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Source: Motorola, Inc.
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