PRSA Nominating Committee Selects 2011 Nominees for PRSA Leadership Positions

Completing the nomination process, the committee, led by 2008 PRSA Chair & CEO Jeffrey Julin, APR, Fellow PRSA, selected fourteen candidates for officer, open board, and assembly delegate-at-large positions. The nominees will stand for election by a vote of the PRSA Leadership Assembly on Oct. 16 at the PRSA International Conference in Washington, D.C.

“I am delighted and honored to announce this year’s group of talented professionals who can help drive the Society and the profession to new heights of achievement and success,” said Julin. “I speak for the entire Nominating Committee in congratulating this select group of public relations leaders.”

The nominees for 2011 officer positions are:

Chair-Elect
Gerard F. Corbett, APR, Fellow PRSA, CEO and Founder of Redphlag LLC, San Bruno, Calif.

Treasurer
Philip Tate, APR, senior vice president, Luquire George Andrews, Charlotte, N.C.

Secretary
Kathy Barbour, APR, communications manager, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, Fla.

The committee also nominated eleven individuals for open PRSA Board of Directors and PRSA Assembly-at-Large positions, as follows:

Director, East Central District
Stephen D. Iseman, Ph.D., APR, Fellow PRSA, professor, Ohio Northern University, Ada, Ohio.

Director, Mid-Atlantic District
Steven Lewis Grant, APR, senior manager, public relations, National Education Association, Washington, D.C.

Director, Midwest District
Debra D. Peterson, APR, manager, external communications and community relations, CenturyLink, Overland Park, Kan.

Director, Northeast District
Kirk Hazlett, APR, Fellow PRSA, assistant professor, communication, Curry College, Belmont, Mass.

Director, Sunshine District
Geri Ann Evans, APR, president, Evans PR Group, Longwood, Fla.

Director, Tri-State District
Joseph E. Cohen, APR, group vice president, MWW, East Rutherford, N.J.

Director, Western District
Marisa Vallbona, APR, Fellow PRSA, president, CIM Incorporated, La Jolla, Calif.

At Large Director
Susan Walton, APR, associate professor, communications, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah

Assembly Delegate-at-Large
Michael A. Brown, Sr., associate, strategic communications, Booz Allen Hamilton, Norfolk, Va.

Joyce A. Lofstrom, APR, senior manager, corporate communications, HIMSS, Chicago, Ill.

International Assembly Delegate-at-Large
Anthony Bradley, director, Bradley O’Mahoney Public Relations Limited in the United Kingdom

In addition to nominations made by the PRSA Nominating Committee, nominations also may be made by a petition signed by at least 10 Leadership Assembly delegates and filed with the secretary of the Society at the PRSA headquarters at least 30 days (that is, Sept. 16, 2010) prior to the annual meeting of the Leadership Assembly. Immediately upon receipt of any such nominations, the secretary shall send a notice of such nominations to all members.

For more information on petitioning for a ballot position, send a request to nomcomm@prsa.org.

Incumbent Directors
Rounding out the roster of PRSA leaders are incumbent members of the board in 2011:

PRSA Chair & CEO Gary McCormick, APR, Fellow PRSA, director, partnership development, HGTV, Scripps Networks, Knoxville, Tenn.

PRSA Chair & CEO-elect Rosanna M. Fiske, APR, graduate coordinator and associate professor of public relations and advertising, Florida International University School of Journalism & Mass Communication, Miami, Fla.

Bob Frause, APR, Fellow PRSA, chairman & CEO, Frause, Seattle, Wash.

Blake D. Lewis, III, APR, Fellow PRSA, principal, Lewis Public Relations, Dallas, Tex.

Mickey G. Nall, APR, Fellow PRSA, managing director, Ogilvy Public Relations Worldwide, Atlanta, Ga.

Barbara J. Whitman, APR, Fellow PRSA, president, BJW Public Relations, Honolulu, Hawaii.

For questions about the process, please contact Donna Jonas at PRSA Headquarters at 212-460-1403 or donna.jonas@prsa.org.