Robert McEwen

A proud graduate of Georgetown University who played freshman basketball for the Hoyas, Robert McEwen is a winner of two of the nation's top awards for dramatists: first prize in the 21st Century Playwrights Festival, for his play Cholo!; and second prize in the Fourth Freedom Foundation competition at The Kennedy Center, for his play Son Of A Gonne. McEwen is a member of The Dramatists Guild and holds an M.F.A. in theater from the world-renowned Iowa Playwrights Workshop, where he studied under legendary mentor Howard Stein. McEwen also is one of the public relations profession's most highly respected strategists, having held senior management positions at five of the world's leading PR firms and counseled scores of Fortune 100 companies. A former reporter and editor with The Associated Press, McEwen now is president and CEO of Zing USA, a premier consumer marketing and public relations agency. McEwen also is a certified facilitator of The Artist's Way At Work. He lives in the Flatiron district of New York City with his wife, Karen.