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Sjonna Paulson, APR, is the TSET Director of Health Communication and Marketing overseeing a team at TSET, a team from TSET’s ad agency of record, VI Marketing and Branding, and a team for the youth initiative from Rescue Social Change. She has been with TSET since 2007, launching the brands Tobacco Stops With Me, Shape Your Future and the TSET Healthy Youth Initiative and guiding messaging for the Oklahoma Tobacco Helpline.
She is a graduate of the University of Oklahoma, an accredited public relations counselor with more than 30 years of experience in public relations and marketing with a diverse array of for-profit, nonprofit and governmental organizations receiving local, national and international professional awards. She has been published in scientific journals, presented at national conferences and developed statewide health communication campaigns and trainings focused on tobacco and obesity, as well as developed the Safe Place national Pre-K – 8th grade sexual, physical and emotional abuse presentations.
Sjonna serves as Co-chair to the Funders Alliance, is an advisory board member of the CDC Media Campaign Resource Center and is a contributor to the CDC’s Best Practices for Comprehensive Tobacco Control Program 2014, the CDC Best Practices User Guides – Health Communications in Tobacco Prevention and Control 2018 and the CDC Best Practices User Guides for Cessation in Tobacco Prevention and Control 2020 guides.
In her downtime, she enjoys spending time with her family, walking with the family Collies, floral and vegetable gardening, Jeep trailing in the Southwest, camping and archery.
Previous Recipients
- Kathy Oden-Hall
- Jennifer Mullins
- Jonathan Fowler
- Jill Castilla
- David Woods
- Mick Cornett
- Daniel Gordon
- Kristen Vails
- JD Merryweather
- Tim Berney
- Scott Townsend
- Sheri Guyse