| Director of Communications  Mark Williamson
166 South High Street
Akron, OH 44308
330-375-2538 phone
330-375-2335 fax
MWilliamson@AkronOhio.gov
Mark Williamson joined the staff of Mayor Don Plusquellic
in 1996 as the mayor's press secretary and the City of Akron director of communications.
As director of communications, Mr. Williamson is responsible for managing the release
of information from the municipal government to the media and the community. As press
secretary to the mayor, he crafts the mayor’s speeches, produces weekly news
conferences, manages the city’s news content on its web site ( www.ci.akron.oh.us) and oversees correspondence coming from the Mayor’s Office.
His office also produces the Akron City Magazine
delivered to the people of Akron.
Mark assists numerous community organizations and in many community-wide activities and
events as a member of Mayor Don Plusquellic’s cabinet. He has also served the
city as a member of the boards of a number of non-profit and educational institutions.
An inductee of the Broadcasters Hall of Fame and the leadership fraternity Omicron
Delta Kappa at The University of Akron, Mr. Williamson spent more than 20 years in
broadcast news and management in the Akron area with Akron’s former ABC affiliated
television station WAKC (TV 23). He also worked in local radio news at WAKR/WONE and WNIR.
At TV23, Mark anchored the nightly news from 1980-1996 and served as the station’s
news director from 1987-1995.
A 1975 graduate of Akron’s Firestone High School, Mark received his BA in
telecommunications from the University of Akron in 1980. |
