AAF-FORT WORTH SELECTS SILVER MEDAL AWARD WINNER

Ruth Ann Kearley, founder and current special advisor to the Board for local ad agency Kearley & Company, Inc, has been selected as the recipient of the American Advertising Federation – Fort Worth’s (AAF-Fort Worth) 2010 Silver Medal Award, according to Keith Powell, President of AAF–Fort Worth.

Powell said AAF-Fort Worth will present the Silver Medal award to Kearley at the club’s monthly luncheon at 11:45 am on July 21, 2010, at Joe T. Garcia’s. The event is open to the public and guests can register here.

The American Advertising Federation’s Silver Medal Award Program was established in 1959 to recognize outstanding leadership within the community, leadership within the winner’s company, creative ability, and contributions to the general advancement of advertising. Kearley was nominated based on her contributions to her company, to the credit union industry, to the local advertising community, and, most importantly, to the community.

Kearley is an area native, a former Miss Teen Fort Worth, and Paschal High School and TCU alum. Ruth Ann is also nationally known and recognized as a leader in the Credit Union industry. She is credited with starting one of the first marketing departments for a credit union in the state of Texas in the early 1970s while working for EECU in Fort Worth, Texas.

She left the Credit Union as Vice President of Marketing in 1981 to start Kearley & Company, Inc. – a full service advertising and public relations agency.

Throughout it’s 29-year history, the Company has developed into a full-service Advertising, Public Relations, Branding, and Retail Merchandising firm based in Fort Worth, Texas. Today, the agency specializes in credit union industry marketing, but also serves a diverse list of clients in a variety of markets across the United States.

In addition to her commitment to Kearley & Company, she is very involved in numerous civic organizations. Through the years, she has served as President of the Northside Chamber of Commerce, President of the Board for the Lighthouse for the Blind, Board member for Jubilee Theatre, and has been an active member of the Fort Worth Advertising Club and the Fort Worth Chamber of Commerce. Currently, she serves on the Executive Board for the Lighthouse for the Blind. In 2007, the Business Press honored Kearley as on of Fort Worth’s Great Woman of Texas honoree.

The American Advertising Federation of Fort Worth, formerly known as the Advertising Club of Fort Worth, exists to elevate the ethical standards and practices of advertising and foster the development of more effective advertising methods. It is Fort Worth’s oldest continuously operating community service organization, founded by the legendary Amon G. Carter in 1909. Visit the AAF-FW website at www.adclubfw.org.