For Immediate Release                                                            Contact: Jeff Johns

June 21, 2010                                                                    570-893-5420

 L H H Welcomes New Marketing & Public Relations Coordinator

Lock Haven, PA – Lock Haven Hospital has announced the addition of Jeffrey Johns to the position of Marketing and Public Relations Coordinator.

Johns has been a professional communicator for over 25 years, most recently as the Director of Marketing & Communications for the NBA Development League, Erie BayHawks. Prior to that, Johns was the Director of Communications for the Manufacturer’s Association of Northwest Pennsylvania and spent ten years as the Program Director and morning talk show host for WJET Radio, in Erie, PA.

Johns is a graduate of Medaille College, Buffalo, New York, with a degree in Media Communications. He was a member of the Board of Directors of the Erie-based Hooked-On Books program and served as President of the FIRST Robotics – Team 63 boosters.

Johns and his wife of 22 years, Katie, a freelance-writer, have two children; Thomas, a sophomore at Penn State Behrend and Callie. Johns is a self-described long-suffering Buffalo Bills and Sabres fan, who enjoys collecting books and reading.

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