Mike Rowe
PR Award Recipient, 2017
Rowe is a TV host, writer, narrator, producer, actor and spokesman. His Discovery Channel show “Dirty Jobs” ran for over a decade, sending him to all 50 states to complete 300 different jobs.
On Labor Day 2008, he launched mikeroweWORKS, a PR campaign designed to reinvigorate the skilled trades in the United States. The accompanying website provides comprehensive resources for anyone looking to explore those vocations. The mikeroweWORKS Foundation awards scholarships to students pursuing a career in the skilled trades.
Rowe is closely associated with the Future Farmers of America, Skills USA and the Boy Scouts of America.