Davis Young

Davis Young, Senior Facilitator

“…a nationally recognized marketing and media expert.” Cleveland Plain Dealer. October 10, 2009.

Davis was President of Edward Howard for a number of years and led the public relations business before that with Liggett-Stashower.

He is author of the book Building Your Company’s Good Name published by the American Management Association’s AMACOM Publishing Division.

He has been a national leader in the public relations field.

Chairman of the PRSA Counselors Academy that represents hundreds of public relations firms
Recipient of the Best of Silver Anvil Award for the single finest public relations program of the year nationally.
Named Public Relations All-Star by the industry publication inside pr as the country’s best crisis communicator for public relations firms.

Davis is a widely experienced speaker and trainer and serves as an adjunct faculty member in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Kent State University. He has taught ethics-based courses at the senior undergraduate and master’s degree levels. He is a journalism graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Clients represented by Davis Young have included:

Professional Sports Teams: Ownership of Cleveland Cavaliers, Cleveland Indians and San Francisco 49ers.
Health Care: Cleveland Clinic including communications training for 135 physicians and staff. Communication counsel for leadership of Aultman Hospital, St. Vincent Charity Hospital and multiple hospitals within the Cleveland Clinic system.
Progressive Auto Insurance including communication training throughout the country for 200-plus managers.
Numerous additional training programs and counsel for Nokia, Revco Drug Stores, Rubbermaid, Target, Parker Hannifin, Sherwin-Williams and Invacare.
Professional Service Firms: Baker Hostetler and Thompson Hine.
Non-Profits: Hospice of Western Reserve, Judson, Cleveland Sight Center, Hattie Larlham, Ohio Department of Development, Laurel School, Gilmour Academy.