Communication

Allen Hazlett

Lecturer - Communication

e kirk.hazlett@regiscollege.edu
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Education

MBA, Management, Golden Gate University

BS, Management, Golden Gate University   

Defense Information School, Certificate, Public Affairs Officer Training Course

Defense Language Institute, Certificate, English Language Instructor Course

BA, English, University of Georgia

Experience

Mr. Hazlett is a veteran public relations professional whose career in nonprofit and government public relations and marketing spans more than thirty-five years of practice both in Massachusetts, Hawaii and other areas of the United States, as well as Asia. He has represented government, healthcare, and member services organizations ranging from the United States Army to the Blood Bank of Hawaii to the Medical Area Service Corporation to Boston Harborfest. He also has managed communications programs for the US Army and US Air Force in Vietnam, the Philippines, and the United States and has provided consulting services for both the Manila and the Singapore Red Cross.

Mr. Hazlett has held leadership positions with the PRSA Board of Directors and the Society’s Educators Academy as well as with PRSA Northeast District and with the Boston and Hawaii PRSA chapters. He has served as a judge for PRSA’s international “Silver Anvil Awards” competition as well as for the Publicity Club of New England’s “Bellringer” awards competition. And, he is longtime Clerk of the Board of Directors of world-renowned Boston Harborfest, Inc.

A nationally-recognized public relations professional, Mr. Hazlett was inducted into the Public Relations Society of America’s prestigious “College of Fellows” in 2009 in recognition of his significant contributions to the public relations profession.

Mr. Hazlett publishes his own weekly blog about public relations and careers at KirkHazlett-APRofessorsThoughts.blogspot.com and is a regular contributor to three nationally-recognized public relations blogs: Waxing Unlyrical, PR 2.0 Strategies, and PRSay (the Public Relations Society of America’s professional blog).

Awards

PRSA Boston Beacon Award from the Boston Chapter, PRSA

John J. Molloy Crystal Bell for Lifetime Achievement from the Publicity Club of New England