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Robin Koval

Leads Legacy -- the nation’s largest anti-tobacco public health foundation – where she works to make tobacco a thing of the past.

Robin Koval leads Legacy® -- the nation’s largest public health foundation devoted to the issue of tobacco use prevention and cessation – where she works to make tobacco a thing of the past.

She is a leader in the world of advertising and marketing for more than 25 years, including having developed public service campaigns and provided counsel to a number of nonprofit, cause-related and healthcare clients and organizations. She is also an award-winning communicator, and the recipient of the 2011 New York Women in Communications Matrix Award and a Women's Venture Fund Highest Leaf Award. She was recognized in 2011 by Advertising Age as one of its “Most Influential Women in Advertising.” Self-Made Magazine has also named Koval one of its Top 50 “Women Entrepreneurs Who Inspire,” and she has been honored with the “Working Mother of the Year Trailblazer Award” by Women of New York.

Ms. Koval is also a best-selling author of three books, The Power of Nice: How to Conquer the Business World with Kindness; The Power of Small: Why Little Things Make All the Difference and Bang! Getting Your Message Heard in a Noisy World. She is a sought-after speaker, making appearances on network television programming like ABC’s Good Morning America and Nightline, NBC’s Today and The Martha Stewart Show.

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