2022 District 3 Rising Star

2022 District 3 Rising Star

Lindsey Nemcek
Public Relations Manager
College of Lake County
Grayslake, IL

In her three years at College of Lake County, Lindsey Nemcek has racked up a range of accomplishments: As its first public relations manager, Nemcek has astutely worked to develop an extensive network that she uses to lead storytelling for the college. She capably handles the majority of the college’s media relations inquiries and prepares internal stakeholders to deal with reporters, providing counsel during many interviews and coordinating post-interview follow-up requests.

Nemcek was instrumental in helping the college change its media monitoring system, ensuring the department is more in tune with reporters’ beats in the market. She also manages a trio of employees, including a writer; a digital content coordinator; the college’s one-person web team; and a freelance photographer. 

She excels at getting involved on campus in leadership roles, as well. In addition to her duties in the marketing office, Nemcek, has joined many internal groups, including the DEI and student success committees. She was also nominated to be the welcoming and recruiting officer for the college’s “Specialist Senate.”

“Lindsey is diplomatic, organized, respectful and strategic,” writes Anne O’Connell, the College of Lake County’s director of public relations & marketing and Nemcek’s nominator. “She is politically aware of nuances and potential challenges and seeks to mitigate them for the department and college.”

Nemcek is a learner at heart, recently earning her accreditation in public relations, the profession’s gold standard. She’s currently working on her doctorate in education from Northern Illinois University. She’s also a teacher, offering her expertise as a yoga instructor to her marketing team. 

“She has done some chair yoga and breathing exercises for us during the time of COVID-19, when we were all working from home,” O’Connell writes. “Her positivity exudes itself throughout the entire College of Lake County.”

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