Our Staff

Robin Kocina
President
robin@mediarelations.com
Heather Champine
Publicity Manager
heather@mediarelations.com


Michelle Roddie
Sponsorship Director
Vice President of Operations
mroddie@mediarelations.com
612-798-7203
Jason Kocina
Art Direction
kocinaj@checkerboard.com


Jennifer Barker
Production Coordination
jfligge@checkerboard.com

Robin Miller
Publisher & Editor
rmiller@mediarelations.com

Heather Aarre
Entertainment Coordinator
haarre@mediarelations.com
612-798-7237
Lindsay Helgeson
Communication Specialist
lhelgeson@mediarelations.com
612-798-7221

Paul Zimmerman
Business Dev.
pzimmerman@publicity.com
612-798-7217
Julie Hedensten
Account Executive
jhedensten@101expos.com

Steve Hager
Account Executive
shager@101expos.com
612-798-7232
Mark LaCourse
Account Executive
mlacourse@101expos.com
612-798-7228

Patty Vance
Account Executive
pvance@101expos.com
612-798-7250
Gail Anderson, Publicist
Sallie Crowl, Publicist
Peggy Davies, Publicist
Krista Mesmer, Publicist

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