3 June 2008; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania:

The international Society for Technical Communication (STC) awarded Rich Maggiani the distinguished rank of Fellow for his insightful research and writing in the field of corporate communication. STC awards this rank to less than 0.2% of its membership.

Linda Oestreich, STC President, formally presented Rich with his Fellow award at STC’s annual conference in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on Tuesday, 2 June 2008.

Rich’s Fellow citation reads as follows:

Rich Maggiani proves inspirational as a corporate communicator, marketing communicator, entrepreneur, community advocate, teacher, and promoter of STC and its programs. Rich is a Communication Consultant, and President of Solari Communication. Previously, he founded and operated PDI Creative, an award-winning, full-service marketing and technical communication agency providing creative design, writing, graphic design, prepress, technical communication, and consulting services. In 1999, the company was recognized as Employer of the Year by the Vermont Federation of Business and Professional Women’s Association. Earlier in his career, Rich was a writer and trainer at the Vermont State Colleges, and an Information Developer and Project Manager for IBM.

Rich as given generously to his community, providing leadership and participating in the Vermont Businesses for Social Responsibility (where he served on the Board of Directors and as Board President), the Business Advisory Committee for United States Senator Bernie Sanders, the Vermont Leadership Institute, the Commission on Childhood Poverty, the White House Conference on Small Business, and the Welcome Alternative Food Cooperative, among others.

Rich currently teaches technical communication at Champlain College in Burlington Vermont. His teaching career at St Michael’s College (Colchester Vermont) includes graduate business writing classes, undergraduate business development classes, and introductory computer classes.

Rich is a Director on STC’s Board of Directors. At STC’s international level, he has served as manager of the Public Relations committee and the Competitions committee. He has also served as a member of the transformation communication committee and membership manager of the Consulting and Independent Contracting SIG. He is a major contributor at STC annual conferences, and as a panel judge and lead judge for the International Technical Art Competition.

As co-founder of the Vermont chapter, Rich has served in several roles including editor of their newsletter, The Communicator, which receives two STC newsletter competition awards — Distinction and Excellence — under his leadership. His publications have received a number of awards in STC publications competitions, as well as numerous other national writing and designs competitions.