Nominating Committee

Chair

Gary D. McCormick, APR, Fellow PRSA
Director, Partnership Development
HGTV, Scripps Networks
Knoxville, TN

Members

Mary Deming Barber, APR, Fellow PRSA (College of Fellows Representative)
President
The Barber Group, Inc.
Anchorage, AK

Thomas M. Becher, APR (Mid-Atlantic District Representative)
President
tba PR + Advertising
Roanoke, VA

Peggy R. Bendel (Professional Interest Sections Representative)
President
Bendel Communications International
Catalina, AZ

Debra L. Bethard-Caplick, MBA, APR (Midwest District Representative)
Principal
Quicksilver Edge Communications
Chicago, IL

Reed B. Byrum, Sr., APR, Fellow PRSA (Past Presidents Representative)
Chair
Byrum Innovation Group
Greenville, SC

Amy D. Cronin, APR (Northeast District Representative)
Special Assistant
New York Six Consortium
Ithaca, NY

Lisa Ann Cutter (Western District Representative)
President
Cutter Communications
Littleton, CO

Bob Frause, APR, Fellow PRSA (At-Large Representative)
Chairman & CEO
Frause
Seattle, WA

Georgina Gonzalez-Robiou, APR (Sunshine District Representative)
Director, Marketing & Public Relations
West Kendall Baptist Hospital
Miami, FL

Janelle M. Guthrie, APR (North Pacific District Representative)
Deputy Chief of Staff/Communications Director.
Washington State Attorney General's Office
Olympia, WA

Nancy F. Hughes, APR (Professional Interest Sections Representative)
Vice President, Communications & Marketing
National Health Council
Alexandria, VA

Marlene S. Neill, Ph.D., APR (Southwest District Representative)
Lecturer
Baylor University
Waco, TX

Maria P. Russell, APR, Fellow PRSA (College of Fellows Representative)
Professor, Public Relations Department & Director
Executive Education Programs
Syracuse University, Newhouse School of Public Communications
Syracuse, NY

Sarah Elizabeth Siewert (Professional Interest Sections Representative)
Senior Account Executive
KemperLesnik
Chicago, IL

Art Stevens, APR, Fellow PRSA (Tri-State District Representative)
Managing Partner
StevensGouldPincus LLC
Somerset, NJ

Karen D. Stiffler, APR (East Central District Representative)
Executive Director
St. Mary's of Michigan Foundation
Saginaw, MI

Philip Tate, APR (Southeast District Representative)
Senior Vice President
Luquire George Andrews
Charlotte, NC

Tom Vitelli, APR, Fellow PRSA (At-Large Representative)
Assistant Vice President, Communications
Intermountain Healthcare
Salt Lake City, UT

Ex-Officio

Rosanna M. Fiske, APR
GSC Program Director & Associate Professor
Florida International University
School of Journalism & Mass Communication
Coral Gables, FL

Barry Glazer (Parliamentarian)
Certified Professional Parliamentarian
Glazer Consulting Services
Indianapolis, IN

William M. Murray, CAE
President and COO
PRSA
New York, NY