Kathy Newby, the Okaloosa Board of County Commissioner’s public information officer, will speak at 10:30 a.m. on July 17, 2014, at the Crestview Public Library.
Newby will discuss Okaloosa County’s Centennial in 2015, new developments within the county, and ways to communicate and stay informed, as well as take questions. The Friends of the Crestview Library general business meeting will follow and the public is invited to both.
Kathy Newby has been PIO since 2006 with Okaloosa County and is trained to fulfill that role in a county emergency. She has lived in the area since 1995, when she arrived as a military wife, and vacationed in the area while growing up in Alabama. Since that time, she has worked along the Emerald Coast in a variety of marketing, advertising and public relations capacity. She and her husband always loved this area and made it home upon their military retirement.
This article originally appeared on Crestview News Bulletin: Newby, Okaloosa public information officer, to speak at Crestview library