Catherine Williams Kerns

Background

Kerns, Catherine Williams was born on April 28, 1949 in Cincinnati. Daughter of Marion Hoskins and Catherine Gould (Osler) Williams.

Education

Bachelor of Fine Arts in Music, U. Cincinnati, 1971.

Career

Associate producer, Station WCPO-television, Cincinnati, 1968-1972; account executive, Station WXIX-television, Cincinnati, 1972-1975; vice president marketing, Regency Hotel, Kissimmee, Florida, 1975-1978; marketing director, WCPX television, Orlando, Florida, 1978-1979; advertising manager, Sentinel communications, Orlando, 1979-1984; executive vice president, Kerns & Associations, Inc., Orlando, 1984-1989; vice president corporation public relations, Mecca Leisure, Inc., Orlando, since 1989.

Achievements

• Catherine Williams Kerns has been listed as a noteworthy Marketing company executive by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Vice president central Florida chapter United Cerebral Palsy Foundation, since 1987, president, since 1989. Member Orange County Charter Government Revision Commission, since 1987. Founding board directors Orlando/Orange County Convention/Visitors Bureau, 1984-1985.

Member American Marketing Association (international speakers bureau since 1980), Orlando Area Advertising Federation (president 1980-1982), Florida Advertising Federation (chairman 1976-1984), Florida Public Relations Association, Greater Orlando Chamber of Commerce (vice president 1985), Orlando AreaTourist Trade Association (president 1982-1984).

Interests

• Avocations: reading, theatre, wirehaired fox terriors, orchids, antiques.

Connections

Married Gary L. Kerns, July 2, 1982.

Father:

Marion Hoskins Williams

Mother:

Catherine Gould (Osler) Williams

Spouse:

Gary L. Kerns