LOS ANGELES, CA – Lagrant Communications CEO Kim Hunter has been honored with the 2009 Marketing to African Americans with Excellence (MAAX) Public Relations Executive of the Year award by Target Market News. In addition to running one of the nation’s most successful multicultural-focused PR firms, Hunter is the founder of the LAGRANT Foundation (TLF), a 501c organization that this year, in its 11th year, will award $100,000 in scholarships to 15 ethnic minority college students pursuing a degree in advertising, marketing or public relations.