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Cancer Treatment Centers of America Global® (CTCA) announced the appointment of Ellen Crane Schulman, APR, as director of public affairs.Schulman served most recently as president of a public relations firm she founded in 2000. The firm is being merged into Fort Lauderdale-based Pierson Grant Public Relations.
Previously, she held senior public relations positions with such major companies as the Aluminum Company of America in Pittsburgh, American Airlines in Fort Worth, and Hill and Knowlton in Tampa and Fort Lauderdale. She also worked for Offerdahl’s Bagel Gourmet during its transition to Einstein Bros Bagels, the Fort Lauderdale law firm of Tripp, Scott, the e-learning company, LearningPays.com, and the Barbar Group, a Boca Raton-based real estate firm.
A graduate of Leadership Broward, Palm Beach and Boca Raton, Ellen earned a bachelor’s degree in journalism from the University of Georgia and currently serves on the Leadership Broward Foundation Executive Board. She also is a member of the Pine Crest School Annual Fund Committee.
Named one of the Top 100 Women in Broward County, she also was named a Woman of the Year by the Association of Women in Communications and a Woman of Distinction by the March of Dimes. In addition, she has received the Miami Dolphin’s Community Quarterback Award and been honored by the Salvation Army as an Advisory Board Member of the Year. A member of the Public Relations Society of America since 1981, she holds an accreditation in public relations (APR).
