Ash Grove Cement Company Names Jacqueline K. Clark Director of Communications and...

Ash Grove Cement Company Names Jacqueline K. Clark Director of Communications
and Public Affairs

OVERLAND PARK, Kan., June 23 /PRNewswire/ -- Ash Grove Cement Company
today announced that Jacqueline K. Clark, APR has joined the company as
Director of Communications and Public Affairs, reporting to Vice Chairman Kent
Sunderland. Ms. Clark will be responsible for directing Ash Grove's public
and government affairs as well as its corporate communications, political
action, community relations and crisis management programs.
Prior to joining Ash Grove, Ms. Clark served as the client services
director for Kansas City-based Polsinelli Shalton Flanigan Suelthaus, one of
the nation's fastest-growing law firms. She previously served as Manager of
Public Affairs at Hallmark Cards, Inc., where she designed and successfully
managed the company's 50-state legislative program. She also held positions
of increasing responsibility in Missouri state government with the Department
of Revenue, the Missouri Lottery Commission and the Office of the State
Auditor.
"We are excited about the experience and leadership Jackie Clark brings to
Ash Grove as Director of Communications and Public Affairs," said Vice
Chairman Kent Sunderland. "Jackie's appointment provides us with the
opportunity to leverage our strong reputation as an industry leader in the
communities we serve."
Ms. Clark has worked on a wide variety of issues on both coasts and
throughout the Midwest and is highly regarded for her work in public policy
development. For the past several years, she has lectured as an adjunct
professor at Park University's Hauptmann School of Public Affairs.
She earned a master's degree in public affairs with honors from Park
University's Hauptmann School of Public Affairs. She also earned a Bachelor
of Arts degree in Political Science from the University of Missouri.
Clark has led various boards of directors for public relations, business,
civic, arts, education, health and human services organizations. She will be
president of the international Mizzou Alumni Association in 2009.
Ms. Clark is a frequent guest speaker on public relations, legislative and
government relations. In 2006, she was president of the Greater Kansas City
Public Relations Society of America (PRSA) and recently earned recognition
from PRSA's Chair & CEO for her exceptional national service developing and
leading her chapter.
About Ash Grove Cement Company
Ash Grove Cement Company has established its leadership within the cement
industry and has a strong and longstanding tradition of service, reliability,
and quality that reaches back more than 125 years. As the largest U.S.-owned
cement company, Ash Grove produces nearly nine million tons of cement annually
from nine cement plants located across the country.
The quality portland and masonry cements produced at these plants are used
in the construction of highways, bridges, commercial and industrial complexes,
single and multi-family homes, and a myriad of other structures fundamental to
America's economic vitality and quality of life.
SOURCE Ash Grove Cement Company

Scott Matter, McGrath Matter Associates, +1-212-354-5588, for Ash Grove Cement
Company