Advisory Council

Linda M. Montet earned her master’s degree in journalism and mass communication from Iowa State University.

She began her career as a reporter and columnist for Waukon Newspapers in Waukon, Iowa, where in 1979, she was named the nation’s top weekly newspaper columnist by the National Federation of Press Women.

Montet owned and operated a public relations agency in northeast Iowa before working in media relations and marketing for the Iowa State Center, The Principal Financial Group in Des Moines, the Midwest Division of the American Cancer Society, and Mercy Hospital Medical Center in Des Moines.

Now in private public relations and marketing practice, Montet teaches marketing and works as a communications and marketing consultant for companies including Iowa State University, Pioneer Hybrid International, Mercy College of Health Sciences and The Principal Financial Group.

Montet has received awards for news writing, photography, public relations campaigns, brochure and press kit design and advertising. In 1989 she received the Distinguished Service Award from the Central Iowa Chapter of the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA).

She has served as president of Iowa Press Women, regional director of the National Federation of Press Women, president of the Central Iowa Chapter of PRSA and president of the Iowa Society for Hospital Marketing and Public Relations (ISHMPR).