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Kimberly Vogel

Kimberly Vogel is corporate communication manager at Google, the favorite search engine for Web-savvy Internet users, and winner of the 2000 Webby for Technical Achievement. Vogel is charged with spreading the word about Google. One of Google's early marketing employees, Vogel contributes to the company's overall marketing and public relations efforts including fueling its word-of-mouth marketing campaigns and media coverage.

Prior to joining Google, Vogel was a senior account executive for Neihaus Ryan Wong Public Relations, where she lead several accounts within the ecommerce and interactive marketing group including, Hungry Minds, Inconocast's Web Attack!, @Home's Interactive Advertising unit, E-Loan, and Cybergold. Before joining NRW, she was a public affairs manager at PG&E Energy Services, and a senior media relations spokesperson with the Sierra Club Legal Defense Fund, now known as EarthJustice Legal Defense Fund in Washington, DC.

An East Coast transplant from New Jersey, Vogel has more than seven years of professional reporting, marketing, and public relations experience. In addition to technology, Kimberly has experience in several other markets, including political science and the environment. Vogel received her B.A. in political science from the American University in Washington, D.C., specializing in political campaigns and elections.

Vogel loves being a geek and has fond memories of her first computer, a Commodore 64 with external modem. Vogel is the meanest roller blader in the West, is one quick and nimble mountain climber, and a champion mountain biker who can keep up with the best of the boys. Her favorite saying: "Anything boys can do I can do better!" She is thrilled when she can hang out with her husband Kyle and their cat named Fred.