James C. Gravelle
CHS Class of 1963
CHS ’63 Marching Band (1,2,3,4), Larkin Award for Outstanding Service to the Band, Drama Club (1,2,3,4), Talent Show (1,2,3,4), Choir (3,4), Northeast Music Festival
Northeast Broadcasting School Boston, MA Radio and Television Training
U.S. Army New Jersey, Indiana, Kentucky & Viet Nam Honorable Discharge as a Platoon Sergeant
Career
Columbus, OH Public Relations, Corporate Communications, News Reporting & Community Relations, Director of news operations and a radio station and television news anchor, reporter & producer; Communications Director (Attorney General of Ohio); Federated Department Stores (Director of Communications) Responsible for all internal and external communications, spoke for the companies Lazarus Division and represented 16 stores in 3 states; Jim Gravelle Communications Developing public relations & corporate communication strategies clients; Green Mountain Energy Company Austin, TX Director of Communications Company specializes in clients that generate of distribute electricity that is produced from renewable energy sources such as solar, wind &/or water. Nationally recognized public relations & communications consultant
Community
Earth Share of Ohio (President, Board of Directors-Chair), Green Energy Ohio (Trustee & Chair of the Central Ohio Branch) Leading advocate for the generation of electricity from renewable sources, Ohio Farm Bureau Federation, Earth Day Coalition (Board Member), Amateur Trapshooting Association, Ohio Clean Energy Business Association (Charter Member, Vice-President & Chair of Marketing Committee), Ohio Wind Working Group (Charter Member), Veterans of Foreign Wars, CHSAA