History

Kim Hunter and 2024 Scholarship Recipients

About Kim L. Hunter

Kim L. Hunter is the Chairman & CEO of The LAGRANT Foundation. He has an extensive background in brand marketing and strategic positioning, crisis management, media community and government relations. Hunter brings 36 years of corporate and agency experience in advertising, marketing and public relations.

Hunter has worked on a number of corporate brands such as Southern California Edison, American Airlines, Walmart, Starbucks, Verizon, Carnival Corporation, General Motors, among others.  In addition, Hunter has extensive experience working with governmental agencies such as the Los Angeles World Airports (LAWA), City of Los Angeles’ Public Works, Los Angeles County Department of Public Health and California Department of Public Health, Covered California, and Community Health Clinics.

A key player in the communications industry. Hunter was named one of PRWeek’s Top 20 Most Influential Communicators in the last 20 years. The Holmes Report recognized Hunter with an Individual Achievement SABRE Award and named him as one of In2’s Innovator 25. He also received PRWeek’s PR Professional of the Year- Agency Honorable Mention. Hunter is also the recipient of the Distinguished Service Award by Arthur W. Page Society, Diversity Distinction in PR Award by PR Week, and PR Week’s 2012-2018 “The 50 Most Powerful People in PR.”  In addition, Hunter has been inducted into PRWeek’s 2017 “Hall of Fame”.


About TLF

The LAGRANT Foundation (TLF), a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization based in Los Angeles, was established in 1998 by Mr. Kim L. Hunter to address the lack of diversity in the advertising, marketing and public relations fields.