{"id":101681,"date":"2021-02-22T15:14:56","date_gmt":"2021-02-22T20:14:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/?p=101681"},"modified":"2021-02-22T15:14:56","modified_gmt":"2021-02-22T20:14:56","slug":"dbj-ceo-of-one-of-daytons-largest-woman-owned-companies-joins-wright-states-board","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/2021\/02\/22\/dbj-ceo-of-one-of-daytons-largest-woman-owned-companies-joins-wright-states-board\/","title":{"rendered":"DBJ: CEO of one of Dayton&#8217;s largest woman-owned companies joins Wright State&#8217;s board"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>Excerpt<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_101661\" style=\"width: 226px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-101661\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-101661\" src=\"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/files\/2021\/02\/Dawn-Conway-1-216x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"216\" height=\"300\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-101661\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dawn Conway<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"x_content__segment x_combx x_paywall__content\">The leader of one of Dayton&#8217;s largest woman-owned companies has been tapped to join Wright State University&#8217;s board of trustees.<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_content__segment x_combx x_paywall__content\">Dawn Conway, CEO of Boost Engagement LLC, was appointed by Gov.\u00a0Mike DeWine\u00a0to serve an eight-year term on WSU&#8217;s board, effective Feb. 22. She succeeds\u00a0Grace Ramos, former commissioner of the Ohio Civil Rights Commission, whose term ended June 30, 2020.<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_content__segment x_combx x_paywall__content\">&#8220;Wright State is an important asset to Ohio and the Dayton region,&#8221; Conway said in a news release. &#8220;I look forward to serving on the board.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_content__segment x_combx x_paywall__content\">Conway, an Oakwood native, was named CEO of Boost Engagement LLC in 2017. She is responsible for corporate leadership and execution of the brands in the company\u2019s portfolio, which includes Shumsky, Boost Engagement and Outta the Box Dispensers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_content__segment x_combx x_paywall__content\">Prior to joining Boost Engagement LLC, Conway was chief operating officer of Cision (NYSE: CISN), a Chicago-based public relations and earned media software company. Before that, she held several key leadership roles during her 22-year career with LexisNexis.<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_content__segment x_combx x_paywall__content\">Conway holds a bachelor&#8217;s degree from Regis College and earned her J.D. from California Western School of Law. She previously served on the boards of the Dayton Art Institute, Culture Works and the International Association for the Measurement and Evaluation of Communication.<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_content__segment x_combx x_paywall__content\">&#8220;We are excited to have Dawn join the Board of Trustees,&#8221; WSU President Sue Edwards said. &#8220;Her skills and experience will be great additions to the work of the university.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_content__segment x_combx x_paywall__content\">Conway&#8217;s term on the WSU board of trustees will last until June 30, 2029.<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_content__segment x_combx x_paywall__content\">Headquartered in the Oregon District, Boost Engagement is the\u00a0largest advertising agency in the region.\u00a0In recent years, Conway has led the company through a series of achievements, including\u00a0millions of dollars in new business\u00a0and the\u00a0strategic rebrand\u00a0of its Boost Rewards division.<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_content__segment x_combx x_paywall__content\">She has also led the company throughout the Covid-19 pandemic, which coincided with a\u00a0shift toward PPE manufacturing\u00a0to support Boost Engagement LLC&#8217;s healthcare clients and the Miami Valley community.<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_content__segment x_combx x_paywall__content\">Boost Engagement LLC is the parent company of Boost Engagement, Shumsky and other brands. The company specializes in brand engagement with promotional products, recognition solutions and online stores for its global customers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_content__segment x_combx x_paywall__content\">With nearly $26 million in 2019 revenue, Boost Engagement LLC is the seventh-largest woman-owned company in the region, according to DBJ research. The company was recognized as a finalist in the DBJ&#8217;s 2020 Business of the Year awards and employs 55 local workers.<\/p>\n<p>View the original story at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bizjournals.com\/dayton\/news\/2021\/02\/22\/boost-ceo-dawn-conway-appointed-to-wsu-board.html?ana=e_ae_prem&amp;j=90551555&amp;t=Afternoon&amp;mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiTW1RMVpUTXdOR0V6TkRrdyIsInQiOiJYaWFVZVVaRGlVUkdPblhlUGdrS01GVFErVUlJS1puUDZmV1FyT2tWZW5nUitlOWdLMkxLWG93emh2Z2xcL1BjQTRWd0Q3VzR1UlpyckNiSExzVWhMR2VFTEM0c1paVDlicUE2S29VZDJoRmp5U1hScEVkV1JuNlYra2FLUDlLdkIifQ==\">bizjournals.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dawn Conway, CEO of Boost Engagement LLC, was appointed by Gov.\u00a0Mike DeWine\u00a0to serve an eight-year term on WSU&#8217;s board, effective Feb. 22. She succeeds\u00a0Grace Ramos, former commissioner of the Ohio Civil Rights Commission, whose term ended June 30, 2020. <a href=\"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/2021\/02\/22\/dbj-ceo-of-one-of-daytons-largest-woman-owned-companies-joins-wright-states-board\/\" class=\"morelink\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":101665,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[730],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-101681","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-wright-state-in-the-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101681","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=101681"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101681\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":101685,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101681\/revisions\/101685"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/101665"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=101681"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=101681"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=101681"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}