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City of San Leandro – Communications Services <br />SAE Communications Page 6 <br />SAE’s Principals <br />Scott Summerfield is an expert in public agency strategic communications with nearly four <br />decades of award-winning public information/public participation experience, along with <br />tenures at several organizations focused on community issues. <br />Scott is the former Public Information Officer for the City of Newark and managed the largest <br />grant program in League of California Cities history, supervising a team of nine communications <br />consultants throughout the state who worked with local communities to implement public <br />education and public participation projects. Scott also served as Director of Communications <br />for the Oakland Chamber of Commerce. The Oakland native is a graduate of San Diego State <br />University with a bachelor’s degree in Telecommunications/Film. <br />Scott is a past president of the California Association of Public Information Officials (CAPIO) and <br />recipient of their Lifetime Achievement Award; grants chair of the Bay Area Sports Hall of Fame; <br />a former executive board member of the City-County Communications and Marketing <br />Association (3CMA); a board member of the Bay Area Cable Excellence Awards; a guest lecturer <br />at the University of Southern California, Annenberg School for Communication in Los Angeles; <br />and is a dean of instruction at the California Specialized Training Institute. <br />Sheri Benninghoven, APR, is the former Communications Director of the League of California <br />Cities, and one of California's most experienced public relations professionals in helping state <br />and local governments develop strategic public communications programs. <br />She is a former member of the adjunct faculty of the University of Southern California, <br />Annenberg School for Communication in Los Angeles and a former Vice President/Group <br />Manager for Ketchum Public Relations. Sheri also served as Public Information Officer for the <br />City of Anaheim, where she developed an award-winning crisis communications training <br />program, which was adopted by the California Specialized Training Institute. She also authored <br />portions of the State’s Multi-Function Hazard Response Plan and has counseled the California <br />Office of Emergency Services. <br />She is a past president of the California Capital Chapter of the Public Relations Society of <br />America, from which she’s accredited; a member and past board member of the California <br />Association of Public Information Officials (CAPIO) and a recipient of their Lifetime Achievement <br />Award; is a founder/past board member of the City-County Communications and Marketing <br />Association (3CMA); and received California State University, Fullerton’s prestigious alumni <br />award. Sheri is active at All Saints-by-the-Sea Episcopal Church. <br />279