About Fran

Fran Minakowski

Experienced in creating award-winning institutional, employee, and marketing
communications programs that have garnered local and national honors, Fran
Minakowski has held executive posts in financial services organizations over
a span of 25 years with assignments ranging from merger-related communications
programs to supporting the introduction and sale of retail and commercial financial
products. A creative thinker valued for her strategic counsel, writing/presenting
prowess, and attention to detail, Minakowski specializes in designing and launch-
ing general institutional positioning programs as well as advertising, direct mail,
and sales promotion efforts. She is former holder of both APR accreditation and
the rare “Fellow” designation from the Public Relations Society of America and
earned the Lifetime Achievement Award from PRSA’s Maryland chapter. She is an alumna of Towson University and is approaching her 40th year of professional public relations and marketing communications work for organizations ranging from Commercial Credit Corporation, First National Bank of Maryland, Signet Bank, and Legg Mason, among others.