Post-It Notes, Sharpies, and Sweater-vested Dadvice
Meet Dr. Chris Yandle, an award-winning public relations professional, one-time (as the kids say) viral social media sensation and creator of #DadLunchNotes, adjunct professor, bestselling author (briefly), dad, and sweater vest enthusiast.
Chris Yandle, Ph.D., APR, is the Associate Commissioner for Strategic Communications with the Louisiana Board of Regents, where he has served since March 2021. He oversees Regents' branding and external communications strategy, resulting in BOR earning over 20 communications awards in the last two years. Since assuming the lead role at Regents in March 2023, Dr. Yandle has been honored as Practitioner of the Year (2023) and Communicator of the Year (2024) by the Baton Rouge Chapter of the Public Relations Association of Louisiana. Dr. Yandle is also an adjunct professor at LSU's Manship School of Mass Communication. You won’t find him on RateMyProfessor.com, but students have said he is their favorite professor in their end-of-course evaluations.
Over his 17-year career, Dr. Yandle has received 50 regional or national public relations and communications awards for his work in college athletics, K-12, and higher education.
He is also an outspoken advocate for mental health. Since 2019, he has raised over $7,500 for the National Alliance for Mental Illness (NAMI) through its annual NAMIWalks campaign.
Chris became a national and international viral sensation in 2021 for the daily inspirational notes he writes his daughter Addison. The father-daughter duo appeared on NBC's TODAY, The Kelly Clarkson Show, Good Morning America, and media outlets in France, Sweden, Germany, South Korea, and Japan.
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