Bio Dr. Frank E. Parcells has worked for over 40 years in the communication industry in areas such as commercial broadcasting, Internet service provider, marketing communication, nonprofit agencies, public relations, audience and sales promotions, and universities. He is familiar with strategizing through corporate communication imaging, employee relations, online presence creation, promotions and publicity, target audiences and markets. His broadcast career began in 1965 and extended for fifteen years including the management of commercial and noncommercial stations in Denver, Portland, Rockford,, Mt. Carmel, IL, and more. Parcells started his public relations firm in central Illinois in 1983 which later became an viable multiservice online public relations agency until 2003, when he partnered with other professional communicators to create and operate AdMark Communications, a full service marketing communication agency. Parcells has operated his own Internet service provider business which was sold in 2000 to the largest regional ISP serving Illinois and Indiana (Egix.com) adn then to Cincinnati Bell, and managed a Web hosting service in middle Tennessee from 2oo1 until he closed it in 2008 opting to focus solely on marketing communication and his university professorship. Higher education has also played a major role in the life of Frank Parcells. He completed his Ph. D. in 1983 at Southern Illinois University at Carbondale in communication with emphases in broadcasting, communication education, interpersonal communication, and qualitative and quantitative research methods. Dr. Parcells is a Professor Emeritus after early retirement from Eastern Illinois University following 20 years of teaching communication classes. During his tenure at Eastern, he received seven Faculty Excellence Awards from Eastern. Dr. Parcells received a National Association of Broadcasters Retraining grant in 1989, where he studied station and staff relations and personnel evaluation at the WTSO and Z/104 radio stations in Madison, WI. Today, Dr. Parcells coordinates the Austin Peay State University Department of Communication graduate program in corporate communication, which offers an all online Master's degree in communication industry management to working communication professionals and interested full time student populations. He is a Professor of Mass Communication who is actively involved teaching communication classes as well as service on the university's Graduate and Research Council, Institutional Review Board, and Technology Committee. Parcells also serves as Chairperson of the Austin Peay State University Faculty Research Awards Committee. He is a member of the American marketing Association, Broadcast Education Association, International Association of Business Communicators, National Communication Association, and Public Relations Society of America. He currently serves as the Executive Vice President of the Nashville International Association of Business Communicators and is active as a member of the Nashville AMA and PRSA Chapters. Parcells received the 2006 Nashville IABC President's Award for his contributions to the growth and management of that Chapter. He has published in national, regional, and state scholarly journals, and made numerous national convention program presentations as recently as the 2008 Broadcast Education Association Convention.