Crystal Canney of The Knight Canney Group joins ³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏ as Director of Communications and Marketing
After an extensive search, The ³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏ has signed a contract with to employ the services of Crystal Canney as the new Director of Communications and Marketing.
Canney is a national award winning broadcast journalist with more than two decades of media experience. She was recognized nationally by the Annie E. Casey Foundation for her work on poverty and children, accepted a National Headliner Award for reporting on poor housing conditions for the mentally ill and received an Emmy nomination for her efforts reporting on the Baxter School for the Deaf.
Prior to joining ³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏ, Canney served as Communications Director to Maine Governor and former Congressman John Baldacci, Associate Commissioner of the Maine Department of Administrative and Financial Services, and was recruited as a Communications Director to Senator Angus King whom she represented on an international level, including a fact-finding trip to refugee camps in the Middle East.
In 2009, Canney established Canney Communications, a public relations firm specializing in campaigns and elections, industry organizations and public-private partnerships. After she successfully established her company as a leader in grassroots and campaign strategy, Canney merged Canney Communications, LLC with Knight Vision International, LLC to form the Knight Canney Group in 2014.
Vice President of Communications and Marketing Anouar Majid says, “Crystal will bring tremendous media experience to help promote ³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏ regionally, nationally and internationally. I have no doubt that she will be an invaluable asset to ³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏ.â€
