Lynn Hinkle is founder of ASTRA Enterprises in Kansas City, Missouri, 
and she has more than 30 years experience in marketing, public
relations, advertising and public involvement. A small business
owner since 1985, her clientele has included the region’s largest
financial institutions, engineering firms, and government agencies.
As a professional communicator, she has trained women candidates
in the United States, Russia and Ukraine, working with corporate
funders and USAID.
Public involvement expertise includes guiding complex government projects
to fruition through a comprehensive planning approach that includes identifying
and understanding key stakeholders, actively engaging the public in a pro-active process, and communicating positively through direct and mass media channels. The 10,000 Rain Gardens initiative created by ASTRA has received national recognition from the Environmental Protection Agency, the US Conference of Mayors, and the National League of Cities.
Lynn is a 1979 graduate of the University of Missouri School of Journalism. She has received national and international recognition for her creative work in video productions, including two International Film Festival of New York Awards, numerous Telly Awards for videos and television spots, and two national Pollie Awards for political television ads for congressional candidates; a public service radio commercial earned a national Silver Microphone award for radio advertising. She is listed in the 1990-91 edition of Who’s Who in American Advertising; in 1994 she was selected by her peers in advertising to receive the AAF Silver Medal lifetime achievement award.
Along with US Senator Nancy Kassebaum, Lynn was named a 1994 Kansan of the Year in recognition of her efforts to provide political leadership training to women in emerging democracies. She received the JC Penney Golden Rule Award for community service. In 2000, she was presented the “Women Who Make a Difference Award” by the International Women’s Forum for her efforts to train Russian women for leadership in their emerging democracy through the nonprofit organization she founded in 1993, Women of the World.
