Internship Opportunities for Credit Outside of the Salisbury Region

Most of the organizations on this list have hired COMM students as interns. The most recent contact person to hire a COMM student is also listed so that you have a quick contact. In addition, if available, the most recent student, and the semester/year in which they did their internship, is also listed. Unless indicated, phone calls are the preferred method of contact.

Should the information on the organization be outdated or incorrect in any way, please contact the COMM Internship Director.

Baltimore (and nearby…)

Aberdeen Ironbirds Jason Vaughn (COMM Alum) 410.297.9292 ext 237 Video Production & Game Entertainment Manager

ACI Group, Inc. Jessica Cline (COMM alum!) 410-534-4800 [email protected] IT-based staffing solutions

The Aegis (BelAir) Erika Compton, News Editor 410-838-0614 x. 118 Kellie Madden (Sum 07) [email protected]

Aflac Shem Bostick, Regional Sales Coordinator 410-860-1700

American Community Properties Trust Craig Renner, Asst. VP Community Relations, 301-843-8600 Jaclyn Snyder (Sum09) Department of Public Relations [email protected] St. Charles, MD 20602

America’s Most Wanted/STF Productions (Bethesda) Mark Moynighan, Managing Editor 240-482-1137 Mateo Samper (Sum08) Brandon Altvater (COMM alum!) [email protected]

Antrim 1844 (Taneytown) Keith Jaghuber, Director of Catering 410-756-6812 Erin Davis (Sum09)

Baltimore Orioles Cathy Jerome, Senior Mgr, Partnership Mktg 410-547-6179 Santana Harrison (Sum14) [email protected] Rachel Flick (Spring15)

Baltimore Ravens Brian Kasabula, Mktg. Mgr. 410-701-4117 Jay O’Brien 410-7801-4148

The Baynet (Hollywood) Sharon Bell, President 240-309-4009 [email protected] Jessica Goodell (Sum 14) Dick Myers, Editor 240-561-6439 [email protected] (they hired Jessica, so she’s working there now!)

Booz Allen Hamilton (Belcamp) Eileen Ritmiller, Associate, 410-297-2576 Amanda Welsh (Sum 07) Strategic Communications Team

Business Factory of Frederick Peggy Richman, General Mgr 301-378-0070 Victoria Sottek (Sum 14) [email protected]

Business Network for Offshore Wind (Baltimore City) Beth Shields, Member Coordinator 443-326-3139 [email protected]

Camp Opportunity of (Westminster) Asena Terry (COMM Alum ‘12!) [email protected] summer camp for at-risk children ages 7-11http://campopportunity.org

Candid Career (Annapolis) James Angiola, Director of Production 646-510-0069 Michael Swartz (Sum12) (this internship is primarily online, with a few required on-site meetings) [email protected]

Caroline Counseling Center (Denton) Dr. Betty Malkus, Director 410-479-3501 or 1882 Stephanie Fuchs (Sum08) Hilary Holzer, Clinical Supervisor

Carriage House Automotive Corporation (Waldorf) Dan Tayman, VP 240-427-1502 Randall Utz (Sum08) [email protected] Ceresville Mansion (Frederick) Kate Moreland, Events Director 301-694-5111 x202 [email protected]

Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum (St. Michaels) Melissa Spielman, Vol./Intern Admin. [email protected]

Chesapeake Bay Trust (Annapolis) Kristin Foringer, Communications & Development Manager 410-974-2941 ext.113 Social media, photo editing/design, writing

Cianbro Corporation (Baltimore) Jennifer Robbins, HR manager 443-400-8218 Lynette Petito (Sum14) [email protected]

Clear Channel – SportsTalk 980(Rockville) Scott Linn, Asst. Program Director, Host 301-230-3556 Jennifer Ruggeri (Sum 07)

Constellation Energy (Baltimore) Courtney Knatz, Director of Marketing 410-470-1922 Taylor Ambrose (Sum 11) [email protected]

Dashiell School of Dancing (Stevensville) Evelyn Paddy, Owner/Artistic Director [email protected] Molly Knapp (Winter 14) 410-643-6648

Delaware Department of Natural Resources & Environmental Control (DNREC, Dover, DE) 302-739-9902 Kasey Walters (Sum11) Carol Riggs, Public Affairs Chief [email protected]

Dorchester Center for the Arts (Cambridge) Judith Slaughter, Committee Chairperson 410-228-4497 [email protected]

Downtown Frederick Partnership Brittany Diehl, Promotion and Social Media Manager [email protected] Alyssa Molina (Winter 14) 301-698-8118

Enterprise (Owings Mills) Bill Ridley, Branch Mgr 443-394-3840 Madison Sutpin (Sum 07)

Evolution/GoBeyond It (Glen Burnie) David Webb (SU Alum!) 443-832-4165 Matt Klima (Winter 12)

Feats, inc. (Baltimore PR company) Deborah Greenstein 410-727-5575 x101 Lauren Kohr (Sum 09) Petra Compel, Director 410-727-5575x135

Filmsters (Annapolis) [email protected]

Franklin Square Hospital Center Kristi Rasmussen, Director, Annual Fund Programs 443-777-7454 Megan Rogowski (Sum 08) [email protected] Megan White, Development Coordinator (SU Alum!) 443-777-6410 [email protected]

Freedom Wheels Pat Long, Director 410-242-9678 Patrick Henehan (Sum09) Marketing Internship [email protected]

Full Fledged Media (Davidsonville) Mark Zacepilo, Owner 443-333-8762 Nicholas Matthews (Sum14) [email protected]

Howard County Community Action Council Ashley Groves, Volunteer Coordinator [email protected] Chelsea Amason (Sum 13) 410-313-0703

Humane Society of the US (Gaithersburg) Kaitlin Sanderson, Public Info Officer 301-721-6463 Molly Feldman (Winter 14) [email protected]

IMRE (Baltimore) Katy Funk (COMM alum!), Acct. Mgr. Healthcare 410-821-8220 [email protected] Digital, Advertising, Marketing, PR

Kraken Pictures (Potomac) Scott Michnick, President/Owner 202-321-4740 [email protected] Bryan Goldberg (Winter13) Maryland Democratic Party Patrick O’Brien, Research Director 443-569-4162 (Annapolis) [email protected]

Maryland General Assembly(Annapolis) Delegate Susan McComas, MD State Delegate 410-841-3272 Cassia Martins (Spring 12)

Maryland Public Television (Owings Mills) Collette Colclough, VP, HR 410-581-4115 Matthew Rains (Sum 07)

Maryland State Police (Pikesville) Elena Russo, Deputy Director of Media Communications 410-653-4236 Dennis Rothouse (Sum 14) [email protected]

Maryland Transportation Authority Police Capt. Richard Perry 410-537-7713 Casey Wachter (Sum09) [email protected]

MedImmune (Gaithersburg) Bethany Cantrell, Client Relationship Mgr 419-420-1830 x4515 [email protected]

MedStar Health (Columbia) Kelly Stevens, Operational Communications 410-772-6508

Montgomery General Hospital(Olney) Kathy Parry, Annual Giving & Events Coordinator 301-570-7201 Casey Poole (Sum09)

Nassau Broadcasting – Key 103/106.9 The Eagle Jessica Smith, Promotions Director 301-620-7700 Edward Lawler (Sum 07) [email protected]

National Conference Services Anne Paxton, Recruiter 301-596-8899 x254 Ashley Hill (Winter08) [email protected]

North American Interfaith Network Karen Boyett, NAIN Young Adult Chair [email protected] (online opportunity) 617-496-2481

Northwestern Mutual Financial Network John Schriever 301-302-8729 Daniel Mowrey (Winter 12) Julie Nutter 410-480-7071

Phillips Wharf Environmental Center (Tilghman Island) Michel Elben (COMM alum!) 212-886-9200

Queen Anne’s County Board of Education (Centreville) Kathy Easter, Office of Public Information 410-758-2403 x198 Brooke Ross (Sum 09) & Webmaster

Renegade Communication (Hunt Valley) Ken Hall, Digital Creative Director 410-667-1400 x247 Briane Grande (Winter 14) [email protected]

Ridgerunner Publishing (Hagerstown) Larissa Newman, Asst. Editor 240-313-3940 x134

Signet Technologies (Beltsville) Christine LaClair, Human Resources 240-264-3295 Brittany Colvin (Winter 14) [email protected]

Sinclair Broadcast Group (WBFF Fox 45) Stan Heist, Director of News Training & Development 410-568-2153 [email protected]

Stanton Communications, Inc. Julie McKenney, Account Executive 410-727-6855 [email protected]

Take One Digital Media (Annapolis) Dan Powell, Owner 410-263-1800 Jesse Ray (Sum12) [email protected]

TEK Systems (Hanover) Jeannette Guns Hignutt, Internal Communications Mgr. 410-540-7786 Sean Clifford (Sum14) [email protected]

Wells Fargo Securities, LLC Lisa Howard, Director/Chief Administrator [email protected] Jeanette Proakis (Sum14) 410-625-6380 Younglife International Matthew Windsor, Area Director 410-490-3091 Trevor Ewing (Sp 10)

WHAG (Hagerstown) Greg Suchanek, Production Manager [email protected] Sarah Gisriel (Sum 13) 301-797-4400

WPGC 95.5 (Lanham) Lori Hall, Marketing Director 301-918-2330 [email protected] Tim Yorro (Sum 08) Tracy Webster, Promotions Coordinator 301-918-2359 [email protected]

WPOC (country radio) Steve Reuss, Promotion Coordinator 410-554-1878 Regina Willingham (Sum 07)

WZBA – FM 100.7 The Bay (Hunt Valley) Jill Yaffe, Intern Coordinator 410-771-8484 Megan Byrd (Sum 08) [email protected]

98Rock WIYY-FM Jessica Deike, Promotions Asst 410-338-6248 Brittany Ashman (Sum 12) [email protected]

D.C. and surrounding area

A&A Communications (Rockville) Patricia Harmon, Senior Account Exec 301-230-9606 x28 Kristina Jackereas (Sum 12) [email protected]

Adfero Group Anne McMurry, HR Consultant 202-333-4444 [email protected] Ally Schatz (Winter13)

American Chemical Society (D.C.) J’nai Baylor, Assoc. Mktg Mgr 202-872-6295 Katelyn Shuman (Sum 10) – Sales & Marketing

ASRC Research & Tech Solutions (Greenbelt) Bill Gallagher, Program Mgr. 301-837-9166 Kenneth Finnegan (Sum09) – Project Support Specialist [email protected]

CBS-Radio-Washington (WPGC 95.5) Brittany Bass, Exec. Asst. to SVP, Programming [email protected] Ricardo Bailey (Sum 13) 301-918-2377

Charles County Sheriff’s Office (LaPlata) Diane Richardson, Press Secretary, Media Relations [email protected] Stephanie Barlas (Sum13) 301-609-6557

Cold Harbor Films (Alexandria) Alexander Kadick, Producer 703-338-3759 Thomas Albert (Sum 14) [email protected]

Cox Washington News Bureau Patrick Terpstra [email protected] Kevin Johnson (’93 Alum)

Discovery Communications (Discovery Channel) Eric Powell, Development Coordinator 240-662-4263 Grant Cross (Sum 12) [email protected] Andrew Parkison (Sum 12) Kyle Ham, Supervising Producer – Digital Media 240-66205875 [email protected]

DC 101 (Rockville, Md.) Claire Burgos, Promotions Coordinator 240-747-2853 Brian Mate (Sum 09)

D.C. Divas Football Rich Daniel, General Manager 301-573-4260 James Burks (Sum 11) [email protected]

Fog Edge Media (Silver Spring) Caroline Carr Greco, Production Mgr [email protected] Kendal Aroom (Sum13) Tyler Martin (Sum14) 240-839-7694 x224

Human Rights Campaign (D.C.) Sammie Groom, Youth & Campus Outreach [email protected]

Jack Kent Cooke Foundation (Lansdowne, VA) Dr. Elizabeth Davidson, Comm. Mgr. [email protected] 571-209-1764

KaBOOM! (D.C.) Caleb Marshall, Senior Project Manager 202-464-6171 Lucas Comfort (Sum11) [email protected]

Kramer Communications (Bowie, MD) Jeffrey Kramer, Executive Producer 301-352-3042 Christopher Hutton (Sum11) [email protected]

Montgomery County Public Schools/ MCPS-TV Todd Hochkeppel [email protected]

Monumental Sports & Entertainment Quentin Addison, Prod/Dir of Events [email protected] Ray Becker (Sum 13) 202-292-1034

National Geographic Society International Laura Annalora, Development. & Production 202-912-6666 Kristi Kerrigan (Sp09) [email protected]

National Public Radio http://www.npr.org/about-npr/181881227/internships-at-npr

NBC Universal (sports) Jeff Greenberg, Executive Sports Producer 202-885-4129 Andrew Valle (sum 08), Kevin Moran (Winter 11) [email protected]

Pepco Holdings, Inc. (D.C. & DE) Teresa Staten, Staffing Consultant [email protected]

Prince George’s County Fire/EMS Dept. Mark Brady, Public Relations Mgr. 240-508-7930 Ashley Mansfield (Sum 11) [email protected]

Professionals in the City (Event Planning) Ann Stahmer, Staff Coordinator 703-719-5643 Vicky Shivnarain (Sum 07)

Target (Gaithersburg) Nancy Byers, Exec. Team Leader, HR [email protected] Deepish “Sunny” Matani (Sum 13) 301-721-1760

Trunk Club, Inc. (personal clothing stylists) Alyssa Molina (COMM Alum!) 240-344-6825 [email protected]

Voice of America Margaret Kennedy, Videojournalist 202-401-8526 [email protected]

Washington Redskins Larry Michael, Senior VP/Exec. Producer-Media 703-726-7430 Steven Jenkins (Fall 13) [email protected]

Washington Redskins Cheerleading Signe Hilton, Stadium Production Coordinator 301-276-6775 Bridget McCarthy (Sum11, Fall11) [email protected]

Whitaker Brothers Business Machines, Inc. Eric Buhlman, Website Mgr 800-243-9226 x156 (Rockville) [email protected]

Wolf Trap (Virginia) wolf-trap.org/Education/Internships

WETA Matt Berbert (COMM alum!), TV Station Coordinator [email protected]

WMZQ 98.7 (Rockville) Juan Galdamez, Asst. Promotions Director 240-747-2826 Christi Main (Sum09) [email protected]

All the Hits 107.3 (D.C.) Andrea Siegel, Promotions Director 202-895-2392 [email protected] Halsey Hayes (Sum 12) Megan Gallagher, Promotions Mgr 201-895-2446 [email protected] Jordan Helmey (Sum14)

WUSA -TV (CBS, Channel 9) Bill Starks, Assignment Manager [email protected] Steven Graves (Sum 13) 202-895-5589

WTTG FOX 5 and WDCA Heather Frascella, HR/Internship Coordinator 202-895-3232 Eileen Whelan (Sum 08) [email protected]

California

Extra TV (Glendale) Jeremy Speigel, Co-Executive Producer 818-972-0679 Roland Lane (Sum 07)

Grey Worldwide (San Fran, advertising) Sara Gardner, HR Asst. 415-403-8176 James Staymates (Sum08) [email protected]

Larry Levinson Production (LA, film prod.)Erik Heiberg, Producer [email protected] Kirsten Tannen (Sum 09) Kevin Bocarde, Sen. VP of Post Prod. 310-440-7834 [email protected]

Florida

Home Shopping Network (St. Petersburg) Chris Novak [email protected] (television production)

Massachusetts

Green Corps (Boston) Aaron Myran, Recruitment Director 617-747-4302 Jessica Rose (Fall11) [email protected]

New Jersey

Coyne Public Relations Stephanie Whitney, HR Director 973-316-1665 Heather Bernsten (Sum 08) [email protected]

Equity Communications (Atlantic City) Shannon Wray, Dir. of Marketing & Promotions 609-484-8444 x314 Amanda Kimmish (Sum 11) [email protected]

Nassau Broadcasting /WPST Radio (Princeton) Ms. Chris Rollins, Host, Morning Show, Programming 609-419-0300 x663 Lauren Nutt (Sum 07)

New York

Christine Paul Events Christine Paul, Owner 917-992-2543 Jennifer Schwindel (Sum11) [email protected]

DeVries Public Relations Danielle DeFabbio, HR Associate 212-891-0405 Lindsey Dickinson (Sum 07)

Late Show with David Letterman Kim Reynolds, Asst. to the Director 212-975-4918 Jessica Snyder (Sum 08) [email protected]

PR Newswire-Multivu Steve Okin, Senior Producer 201-360-6787 Katie Ziola Fall 08 [email protected]

MTV Ellen Czelada, HR 212-846-7797 [email protected] Hidi Horikoshi (Sum 09) John Shim, Production Manager 212-654-7255

1000 Islands Land Trust (Clayton) Martin Yenawine, Executive Director 315-686-5345 Karen Wellfare (Sum 11) [email protected]

Philadelphia

Comcast SportsNet Marc Caputo, Director of Operations 215-271-3100 Lauren DePaul (Sum 07) [email protected]

Coyopa Productions (film) Richard Hoffman 215-238-0578 [email protected] (Lauren DePaul, former employee)

SportsRadio 94 WIP-FM Bryan Cole, Asst. Promotions Director 215-625-6542 Scott McIntyre (Sum 13) [email protected]

WCAU NBC 10 Ed Dress, Investigative Producer 610-668-5645 Kateann McElhatten (Fall07) [email protected]

South Carolina

Reba Management (Hilton Head) Staci Savas, Recreation Manager 630-334-9668 (cell) Adam Springborn (Sum11) [email protected]

Tennessee

MTV Networks – Nashville (CMT – Television) Stephen Linn, Director of Marketing 615-335-8304 Kathleen Tansey (Fall09) [email protected]

Noteworthy Sponsored Internships:

*Capital Semester on Political Journalism John Dimos 800-741-6964 [email protected] www.dcinternships.org/cspj

*The Washington Center – live & work in D.C. for the summer! Can also directly contact Fulton School advising Coordinator, John Anello [email protected] Scholarships available for COMM students!

* Maryland Humanities Council http://www.mdhc.org/get-involved/employment-internship-and-volu/ Most offer a $3000 stipend to eligible interns