Please join us in extending special congratulations to AMCP Advisory Board member Gail Cooksey, whose strategic communications consulting firm Cooksey Communications (www.cookseypr.com) of Irving, Texas has earned a Blue Ribbon Small Business Award in the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s prestigious “Small Business of the Year” competition. Mrs. Cooksey, accompanied by husband Robert Cooksey and company representatives Colby Walton and Karen Berlin, accepted the award during a trip to the U.S. Chamber Small Business Summit in Washington, D.C. in mid-May. The delegation, which was honored at an exclusive breakfast with U.S. Chamber President Tom Donohue, also enjoyed a private evening tour of the Capitol Building led by Congressman Pete Sessions (Texas). The group also met with Texas Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison’s deputy chief of staff, James Christoferson and senior advisor David Davis, and attended a reception at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.