Rosemary Martinelli
Assistant Teaching Professor of Marketing and Communications/Campus Internship Coordinator, Pennsylvania State University, Greater Allegheny Campus
Center for Community News
BIO
2025 CCN Champion
With more than 25 years of professional experience in corporate communications, marketing, public relations, brand visioning, multimedia communications, news and public affairs, and corporate citizenship/philanthropy, Rosemary Martinelli has worked for nonprofits and corporations throughout the United States. Her experience spans industries from retail to multimedia to academia to energy, nonprofit, and technology organizations. In those companies and organizations, she has served in a variety of capacities as a news reporter and producer, assignment editor, consultant, corporate spokesperson, marketing and philanthropy executive, and published writer. Her communications work also included tenures at various media organizations in the roles of news director, reporter, writer, creative services director, and marketing executive for stations including WDUQ (NPR), KDKA, WQED Multimedia, and WPXI-TV.
Ms. Martinelli鈥檚 professional work has been honored with dozens of communications and professional awards, including five Mid-Atlantic Emmy nominations for television promotion; a Pennsylvania Association of Broadcasters Award; National Bellringer Awards for Community Relations Excellence; International Association of Business Communicators Golden Triangle Awards; Association for Women in Communications Matrix/Clarion Awards; Public Relations Society of America awards; Golden Quill Award for Journalistic Excellence; and awards from the American Gas Association and Utility Communicators International.
Bio
2025 CCN Champion
With more than 25 years of professional experience in corporate communications, marketing, public relations, brand visioning, multimedia communications, news and public affairs, and corporate citizenship/philanthropy, Rosemary Martinelli has worked for nonprofits and corporations throughout the United States. Her experience spans industries from retail to multimedia to academia to energy, nonprofit, and technology organizations. In those companies and organizations, she has served in a variety of capacities as a news reporter and producer, assignment editor, consultant, corporate spokesperson, marketing and philanthropy executive, and published writer. Her communications work also included tenures at various media organizations in the roles of news director, reporter, writer, creative services director, and marketing executive for stations including WDUQ (NPR), KDKA, WQED Multimedia, and WPXI-TV.
Ms. Martinelli鈥檚 professional work has been honored with dozens of communications and professional awards, including five Mid-Atlantic Emmy nominations for television promotion; a Pennsylvania Association of Broadcasters Award; National Bellringer Awards for Community Relations Excellence; International Association of Business Communicators Golden Triangle Awards; Association for Women in Communications Matrix/Clarion Awards; Public Relations Society of America awards; Golden Quill Award for Journalistic Excellence; and awards from the American Gas Association and Utility Communicators International.