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Join Felicity Huffman by wearing jeans and donating $5 to help find a cure for Breast Cancer.

Registration is open and people nationwide can sign up for Denim Day 2010. Groups and individuals can register by visiting www.denimday.com or by calling 1.800.521.5533 to receive a comprehensive participation kit, which includes educational materials about breast cancer and supplies for easy coordination.

The money raised through the campaign will help the Women’s Cancer Programs of EIF and the Cancer Support Community, uniting The Wellness Community and Gilda’s Club Worldwide. For more information about these programs, please visit www.denimday.com and click on “Where the $ Goes.”

Lindsey Mikal joined the CSG team in January 2010 as an account executive in the firm’s consumer practice. Lindsey has a diverse communications portfolio, including the successful development and execution of media and public relations strategy for both public and private sector organizations. From event planning, identifying media opportunities and placing news stories and Op-Eds, to drafting press releases and other promotional materials, she has extensive communications experience.

Before joining CSG, Lindsey spent five years in Washington, D.C., most recently as Assistant Director of Media Relations at the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), an independent grant-making agency of the federal government. At NEH, she was the principal media relations professional, serving as the primary point of contact for press and responsible for managing NEH media relations campaigns. While at the Endowment, Lindsey worked with a wide variety of local, trade and national media outlets, including the Associated Press, The New York Times, The Washington Post, CBS Sunday Morning and NPR, to secure coverage for NEH.

From 2005-2007, Lindsey was Director of Communications at the Senior Executives Association (SEA), a non-profit professional trade association based in the district. At SEA, she managed the Association’s strategic communications efforts, overseeing the development of all print, online and distributed media and publications.

Lindsey graduated cum laude with a B.A. in Political Science from Wittenberg University, where she also served as editor-in-chief of the student newspaper and was admitted into the Pi Sigma Alpha Political Science Honor Society.

Kavitha lends strong writing skills and creative solutions based in analytical thought to provide strategic planning, campaign implementation, and media relations expertise to CSG’s education clients; ensuring each client maximizes their results.

Prior to joining CSG PR, Kavitha managed the marketing and communications efforts at the Institute of International Education Rocky Mountain Regional Center, a non-profit that is among the world’s largest and most experienced international exchange and training organizations. There, Kavitha implemented a balanced approach of online communications, direct mail, media and community relations and event planning to advocate for the international exchange of people and ideas in the Rocky Mountain region. Additionally, Kavitha helped launch and manage regional outreach efforts for the first co-ed university in Saudi Arabia, the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology.

Kavitha also brings experience in print journalism and business-to-consumer marketing from within the automotive industry. Kavitha earned a bachelor’s degree from the University of Iowa with a double major in Journalism and Anthropology.