_edit.jpg) JAN DU PLAIN: President and CEO
Ms. Du Plain has over 30 years of experience and success in designing and implementing strategic communications programs, integrated public relations campaigns, creative special events, and innovative community relations programs. Highlights of her career include designing and implementing a successful speakers program for the Smithsonian Institution’s highly acclaimed 150th anniversary celebration on the national mall; garnering extensive press coverage for Broadway’s smash hit musical, CHICAGO, at the National Theater in Washington, DC; conducting successful publicity campaigns for the Washington, DC, openings of The National Building Museum, The Shakespeare Theater’s “Sir John Gielgud Award,” Robert Mondavi’s American Center for Wine, Food and the Arts, and many others. Prior to launching her own company in 1996, Ms. Du Plain was Director of Public Relations at WETA TV and Radio, Washington, DC, 1983-1995. As the primary media spokesperson for the third largest producer of programs for public television in the United States, she spearheaded Washington, DC publicity efforts for the world premiere of documentary filmmaker Ken Burns’ multiple award-winning TV series, “The Civil War.” Ms. Du Plain, a graduate of the School of Public Affairs and Government, American University, Washington, D.C., has received many honors including PR Woman of the Year finalist (1996); Special Citations, First Women's National Leadership Training Institute, American University, Washington, DC; Advertising and Promotions Award, Public Broadcasting System (PBS);and Excellence Awards at the Gallup Leadership Institute and the Dale Carnegie Institute. MAYOR’S PROCLAMATION “Jan Du Plain Day” “….Networking is your forte. You connect with just the right person who has the right talent to make just the right kind of contribution. Ideas are born. Alliances are forged. Progress is made. With confidence and a dramatic flair, you move among powerbrokers, celebrities, and ordinary folks.”
Presented to Jan Du Plain,
Gallup Leadership Institute Award, 1998  MARTHA MOTTA-DELGADO: Executive Director, Du Plain International Speakers Bureau
Martha Delgado is a graduate of the Florida Metropolitan University with a Bachelor's Degree in Marketing Management. Currently she is employed with Du Plain Enterprises Inc. Ms. Delgado manages the daily operations of the public relations, marketing and speakers bureau. She is responsible for the development of strategic marketing campaigns and new client development. Previously, she served as Director of Programming and Marketing for MMD Media Enterprise Inc (Amzak International), a global cable acquisition company in Miami, Florida. During her tenure, Ms. Delgado managed the daily operations of the cable programming and marketing departments, and spearheaded the strategic planning team of the company's international cable division. She has served as Senior Marketing and Sales Manager for Metro Goldwyn Mayer, promoting the MGM product, coordinating international marketing campaigns and product distribution of MGM for Latin America, Asia and the U.S. markets. Ms. Delgado began her career in television with MGM as Programming Coordinator with the parent company, United International Holdings. In this position she supervised the programming and marketing budgets for 22 UIH cable properties in six countries. As part of the company's mission to emphasize educational programming internationally, she participated in the due diligence and creation of educational programs working with the Ministers of Education of five Latin American countries. Ms. Delgado speaks fluent English, Spanish and conversational Portuguese.  CASSANDRA SPEARS: Director of Finance and Technology
For over ten years, Ms. Spears has provided WEB development, technology support, office organization and bookkeeping support. She was trained in the computer industry in the early 1970’s before moving to West Virginia, where she co-owned and operated several small businesses. She owns a mind-body-spirit counseling company in Washington, DC for 20 years.
FRANCINE LAMONTAGNE: Director of International Programs/ Canada  Ms. La Montagne is an International Consultant with over twenty years of experience in management of publications and international events, management of education programs, coordination of research teams, developing projects and policy analyses. She has excellent writing and speaking in French, English and Spanish as well as extensive experience in organizing and managing a variety of international events of different scales (conferences, consultations, meetings, seminars) devoted to a range of subjects regarding international health issues in both the developed and developing worlds.
Those events involved representatives from governments, academia, NGOs, private sector as well as international organizations including the following: the Pan American Health Organization /World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO), the Inter-American Development Bank, the Organization of American States, the World Bank, and the International Federation of Hospitals.United Nations Award Winner as Programs Manager for Coalition'99, for its contribution to the International Year of Older Persons in 1999; a network composed of more than 3,300 organizations worldwide. GARY TISCHLER: Writer-Editor Mr. Tischler has been a respected journalist in Washington for over 25 years. He has been feature editor at the Georgetowner since the 1980s, where he has covered the performing arts and museums, as well as local politics. He is also a principal writer for the Downtowner, part of the Georgetown Media Group. He has interviewed politicians, elected officials, cultural leaders, actors, artists, media stars and athletes. He has written frequently for the Washington Times and its Weekend Section, and is a regular contributor to the Washington Diplomat. He has also written for Applause, the magazine for the Music Center at Strathmore. Mr. Tischler attended Bowling Green State University in Ohio and the University of Oklahoma. For a decade he worked at the Independent-Journal in Marin County and the Hayward Daily Review, two daily newspapers in the San Francisco Bay Area, where he won Associated Press and San Francisco Press Club prizes for feature writing. DAVID HUMPHREY: Videos/Tapes Advanced Video Artistry is an award winning production company maintaining the highest standards for complete video production. AVA is a full service, in-house video business consisting of highly skilled and talented artists and producers in the areas of marketing & advertising, full production, multi camera production, concept, script, audio, video, camera, animation, graphics, editing, on-camera and off-camera talent, and original music. Our production staff relies on state-of-the-art tools and instruments to produce quality, innovative productions in a timely and efficient manner. AVA's video productions have been seen on "60 Minutes", "20/20", the national news and ESPN; as well as a weekly Washington Redskins TV show on Fox, and the weekly Joe Gibbs Coaches Show on NBC. |
