How she shines: In my opinion, Corinne Zudonyi is the absolute unsung hero of the cleaning industry. She is without peer. For more than two decades, she has served as the independent fulcrum of industry communication. A selfless advocate, she fiercely defends the truth and meets every challenge with cheerful confidence and steady precision. Recognition for her extraordinary contribution is long overdue.
Years in the industry: 21 years
Job responsibilities: Corinne has done everything under the sun in the +$200 billion cleaning industry.
She oversees the content development and production of: Facility Cleaning Decisions, an industry-leading resource targeting on-site facility cleaning executives in education, medical, commercial, retail, government, hospitality, and industrial markets; Sanitary Maintenance, launched in 1943, it is the longest-running and most-requested publication for jan/san distributors; Contracting Profits, the premier publication for building service contractors servicing all facility types, as well as the official publication of Building Service Contractors Association International (BSCAI); and CleanLink.com, the foremost online destination for sanitary supply distributors, building service contractors, and in-house facility professionals.
Corinne also manages a team of editors and works cross-functionally with a variety of departments—including sales, design, education, circulation, production, and marketing. Her experience includes identifying industry trends through research and relationships with industry executives; researching, writing, and editing of print articles; developing content for the web, including daily news, original feature articles, videos, and audio products for digital portfolios; using analytic tools to measure SEO and GEO, e-mails, and social media traffic; overseeing the content and quality of multiple daily e-newsletters; driving traffic to brand website via multiple social media sites; moderating live educational courses, webcasts, and virtual trade shows, as well as hosting live in-person panels and educational presentations; representing brands at live events; verseeing industry partnerships, awards programs, and all special projects; acting as the only U.S. member of the international product Innovation Jury through Interclean Amsterdam; engaging as a member of BSCAI's CLEAN Award Jury; engaging as a member of Cleaning for Health Award Jury; becoming closely involved with Healthy Green Schools & Colleges program; and engaging as an association member of BSCAI and ISSA.