PRSA National Task Forces, Committees and Boards

PRSA salutes the volunteers who lead our National communities.

Accreditation Marketing Task Force

Chair

Jacque A. Coe, APR
Director of Communications and Community Engagement
Bellevue School District
Bellevue, WA

Advocacy Advisory Board

Chair

Mickey G. Nall, APR, Fellow PRSA
Managing Director
Ogilvy Public Relations Worldwide
Atlanta, GA

Audit Committee

Co-Chairs

Cheryl J. Ball, APR
Director Marketing Communications
FletcherPR
Knoxville, TN

Jason Seth Kirsch, APR
Director, Brand & Consumer Engagement
Capital BlueCross
Harrisburg, PA
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Board of Ethics & Professional Standards

Chair

Deborah A. Silverman, Ph.D., APR, Fellow PRSA
Associate Professor of Communication
SUNY Buffalo State
Buffalo, NY
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Chapter and District Council

Chair

Diane W. Jones, APR
President
DJ Public Relations Inc.
New Port Richey, FL
Follow @djprtampa

College of Fellows

Chair

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

Committee on Work, Life and Gender

Chair

Hongmei Shen
Assistant Professor
San Diego State University
San Diego, CA

Vice Chairs

Hua Jiang
Towson University
Towson, MD

Hilary Fussell Sisco, Ph.D.
Asst Prof
Quinnipiac University
Hamden, CT

Diversity Committee

Chair

Brandi Boatner
External Relations Professional
International Business Machines (IBM)
White Plains, NY
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Educational Affairs Committee

Co-Chairs

Susan Gonders, Ph.D.
Professor
Southeast Missouri State University
Cape Girardeau, MO

Judith T. Phair, APR, Fellow PRSA
President
PhairAdvantage Communications, LLC
Laurel, MD
Follow @judyphair

ACEJMC

TBD

Commission on Public Relations Education

PRSA Representatives

Kathleen Larey Lewton, APR, Fellow PRSA
Principal
Lewton, Seekins & Trester LLC
Stamford, CT

John L. Paluszek, APR, Fellow PRSA
Sr Counsel
Ketchum
New York, NY

ACEJMC and Commission on PR Education will report through the Educational Affairs Committee.

Finance Committee

Chair

Blake D. Lewis, III, APR, Fellow PRSA
Principal and Senior Consultant
Lewis Public Relations
Dallas, TX

Honors & Awards Committee

Chair

James J. Roop, APR, Fellow PRSA
Pres
Roop & Co.
Cleveland, OH

Co-Chairs

Terry L. Bowman, APR
Strategic Organizational Communications
The MITRE Corporation

Tanya Maria Morah, APR
Associate Professor - Communications
Wilberforce University
Wilberforce, OH

Travis Randall Murdock
Vice President
Edelman Public Relations Worldwide
Sunnyvale, CA
Follow @travismurdock

International Conference Committee

Co-Chairs

Oscar Suris, III
Executive Vice President & Head of Corporate Communications
Wells Fargo & Company
Charlotte, NC

Patrice A. Tanaka
Co-Chair, Chief Creative Officer
CRT/tanaka
New York, NY

Investment Advisory Committee

Chair

Howard S. Sholkin
Director - Communications & Marketing Programs
IDG Communications, Inc.
Framingham, MA

MBA/Business School Initiative

Chair

Anthony W. D'Angelo, APR, Fellow PRSA
Senior Manager, Communications
ITT Corporation
Seneca Falls, NY

Membership & Volunteer Engagement Committee

Co-Chairs

Jennifer N. Day, APR
Great Lakes Regional Coordinator
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
Ann Arbor, MI

Sarah Elizabeth Siewert
Senior Account Executive
Public Communications, Inc.
Chicago, IL
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Nominating Committee

Chair

Rosanna M. Fiske, APR
EVP & Chief Strategy Officer
Republica LLC
Coral Gables, FL
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Past PRSA Presidents/Chairs

Chair

Gerard F. Corbett, APR, Fellow PRSA
Chair & CEO
Redphlag LLC
San Bruno, CA
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PRSSA

President

Lauren Gray
Western Carolina University
Atlanta, GA

Research Committee

Co-Chairs

Marcia W. DiStaso
Assistant Professor
Penn State University
University Park, PA
Follow @mdistaso

Tina McCorkindale, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Appalachian State University
Boone, NC
Follow @tmccorkindale

Strategic Planning Committee

Chair

Joseph E. Cohen, APR
Senior Vice President
The MWW Group
New York, NY

Universal Accreditation Board

Chair

Susan G. Barnes, APR, Fellow PRSA
Instructor
Belmont University
Nashville, TN
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Vice Chair

Bey-Ling Sha, Ph.D., APR
Assoc Prof
San Diego State University
Santee, CA
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