Window to the World Communications.<\/a> A highly regarded 13-year veteran of the company, she previously was director of corporate communications.<\/p>\nIn 2012, the company eliminated the position of 16-year veteran Joanie Bayhack as senior vice president of communications and corporate partnerships.<\/p>\n
WTTW officials did not respond to an inquiry Friday, but an internal memo said Gilson\u2019s job was being eliminated to create a new position of director of development for the Imagining More campaign, a $75 million capital fundraising drive.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is a business decision that enables us to address the critical needs associated with the most ambitious fundraising effort in the history of our institution,\u201d the memo said.<\/p>\n
\u201cHolly has had a profound and positive impact on the organization during her tenure at WTTW|WFMT. She has advanced innumerable projects and partnerships for the organization from which we continue to benefit. As a spokesperson, she is unparalleled. We appreciate her many years of service to WTTW|WFMT.\u201d<\/p>\n
Gilson, 47, is a graduate of Rich East High School in Park Forest and Southern Illinois University.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The parent company of public television WTTW-Channel 11 and classical music WFMT FM 98.7 has eliminated the position of a former spokeswoman it praised as \u201cunparalleled.\u201d Holly Gilson most recently was director of strategic partnerships and special projects at Window to the World Communications. A highly regarded 13-year veteran of the company, she previously was... Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3757"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3757"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3757\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3762,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3757\/revisions\/3762"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3757"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3757"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3757"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}