Lon Walls, President & CEO , lwalls@wallscomm.com

Lon Walls, President and CEO of Walls Communications, Inc. (WCI), is known for his numerous PR accomplishments with Fortune 500 businesses, organizations, and government agencies. Lon established Walls Communications, Inc. in 1993, after leaving his position as vice president and manager of the Washington, DC office of Hill & Flowers Public Relations, a Chicago-based public relations firm. Before joining Hill & Flowers, Lon was the director of media relations and special projects for the Office of the Secretary, U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) in Washington.

Lon's accomplishments also include serving as campaign communications director for the District of Columbia's Republican mayoral candidate, Maurice Turner, and spending more than 10 years in the field of health care public affairs and public relations as bureau director for the Children's National Medical Center in Washington, DC. Moreover, his expertise has reached other local hospitals and the American Red Cross, where he also served as the public relations director.