Our more than 200 members are professional writers in a variety of disciplines. Several of them are profiled here.
Deanna Person
Member since 1996
Director of Public Relations, Denver Art Museum
Deanna Person received her B.S. from the University of Colorado-Boulder. She has managed the Museum’s public relations department since 1993, working with local, national and international media, and developing and implementing marketing plans for special exhibitions, programs and special events. She coordinated the Museum’s 1993 Centennial Celebration, including the kick-off weekend, and is currently working on projects for the Museum’s new building. Designed by renowned architect Daniel Libeskind, the Frederic C. Hamilton Building will open in the fall of 2006, becoming the first Libeskind-designed building completed in the United States.
Deanna is an active member of the Denver Women’s Press Club, PRSA, the Denver Advertising Federation, the Convention and Visitors Bureau Marketing Advisory Committee, the Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce Communication Committee, the Downtown Denver Partnership’s Marketing Committee, and a graduate of the Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce’s 1997-98 Leadership Denver class. She currently serves as treasurer of the American Association of Museums' Public Relations and Marketing Committee.
Under her direction, the Denver Art Museum has won a Golden AMIE from the American Marketing Association, seven Gold Picks from the PRSA, and awards from the American Marketing Association and Denver Advertising Federation.
She is a sustaining member of the Junior League of Denver, a long-time supporter of The Gathering Place and a member of Wellshire Presbyterian Church. Deanna’s other interests include travel, bicycling, skiing and attending cultural events.