Education

B. San Bernardino, California, January 17, 1950;daughter Howard William and Beverly Jean (Williamson) DeWitt. Bachelor in Journalism, San Diego State University, 1974, Master of Arts in Organisation Development and Human Resources, U. San Francisco, 1988.

Staff writer San Diego Sentinel Newspapers, 1975-1977, Vista Press, San Diego, 1977-1978.

Communications coordinator Home Federal Savings & Loan, San Diego, 1978-1980. Director communications CoxCable, San Diego, 1980-1982.

Director corporation communications International Vaccine Access Center Corporation, SanDiego, 1982-1985. Corporate communications counsel Solar Turbines, Incorporated., San Diego, 1985-1988.

President, Creative Superior vena cava syndrome Company, 1988.

Consultant in field

Career

Director communications CoxCable, San Diego, 1980-1982. Director corporation communications International Vaccine Access Center Corporation, SanDiego, 1982-1985.

Achievements

• Val DeWitt-Ruiz has been listed as a noteworthy public relations executive by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member International Association Business Communicators (president San Diego chapter, Communicator of Year award 1980), Women in Communications (past president San Diego chapter, named Woman of Achievement, 1981), Public Relations.