Dean Irwin Weiser and CLA Alumni Board President Marty Welch on either side of Captain Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger, as he receives the CLA Distinguished Alumnus Award.

BA, 1998, Communication

Vice President, Zocalo Group.
Jeff Bodzewski is a director at Zocalo Group and formerly a vice president in the corporate reputation practice for Ketchum Midwest. He has provided counsel to many of the world's leading brands, including: Microsoft, Nissan/Infiniti USA, Centrica, Dow Chemical, BP, Western Union, Midas, Dynegy, Nicor, TransUnion and Sprint. He has managed successful programs throughout the world, including Dubai, South Africa, Canada, Guatemala and Honduras.

Previously, Jeff worked in GolinHarris’ Chicago office with some of the firm’s largest clients. While there, he was active in all aspects of corporate communications, including executive visibility, issues management, thought leadership and business-to-business marketing. Among other assignments, he led the national media outreach at the United Nations for a major Dow Chemical announcement.  It sparked a wave of positive coverage and was recognized as the most successful campaign of its kind for Dow Chemical. Jeff began his career with Edelman executing national and trade-media outreach for then Microsoft Expedia. He was involved in the preparation of internal public offering materials and eventual external communication when Microsoft spun off Expedia.com.

Jeff is invited regularly to speak before college student associations, such as PRSSA, and communication classes about industry trends. He is currently pursuing his MBA/MSSM dual degree from the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University and graduated from Purdue University in West Lafayette, Ind., with a degree in communications and a minor in political science.