Michael Francis Grimaldi

Background

Grimaldi, Michael Francis was born on September 13, 1949 in Kansas City, Missouri, United States. Son of Frank V. and Mary Jane (Savary) Grimaldi.

Education

Bachelor in Journalism, Marquette University, 1971.

Career

Reporter, photographer, Menomonee Falls (Wisconsin) News, 1974-1976; news editor, Belvidere (Illinois) Daily Republican, 1976-1978; assistant city editor, Kankakee (Illinois) Daily Journal, 1978-1979; copy editor, The Kansas Missouri Times, 1979-1980; assistant business editor, The Kansas Missouri Times, 1980-1983; assistant business and finance editor, The Kansas Missouri Star, 1983-1987; assistant bureau chief, The Kansas City Star, Overland Park, Kansas, 1987-1989; public relations consultant, 1989; associate editorial director, Corporation Communications Group, Inc., Overland Park, since 1989. Board directors Kansas City chapter Public Rels. Society American, 1991.

Achievements

• Michael Francis Grimaldi has been listed as a noteworthy communications consultant, public relations, executive by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Communications chairman Leadership Northeast, Mission and Merriam, Kansas, 1989-1990. Lieutenant United States Navy, 1971-1974. Member Public Relations Society of America (board directors Kansas City chapter 1991, 93).

Interests

• Avocation: sailing.

Connections

Married Carol Alice Johnson, May 22, 1978. 1 child, Joseph.

Father:

Frank V. Grimaldi

Mother:

Mary Jane (Savary) Grimaldi

Spouse:

Carol Alice Johnson

child:

Joseph Grimaldi