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Board of Trustees

 President

Gail E. Rymer, APR
Communications Consultant
Rymer & Associates
10607 Eagle Glen Drive
Knoxville, TN 37922
Phone: (865) 777-0671
Fax: (865) 777-0676
rymergail@aol.com











President-elect

Louis Capozzi, APR, Fellow PRSA
Adjunct Professor
New York University
170 East 77th St.
New York, NY 10075
Phone:  (212) 427-3884
lcapozzi@mac.com










Vice President

Linda Hadley, APR
Director of Marketing and Corporate Communications
Methodist Hospitals
600 Grant St 
Gary, IN 46402
Phone: (708) 476-6897
lhadley@methodisthospitals.org











Torod B. Neptune
Corp VP of Communications
Verizon Communications
One Verizon Way, VC63S411
Basking Ridge, NJ 07920
Phone: (908) 559-1889 
torod.neptune@verizon.com


 







Treasurer

Donna M. Haggarty, APR
Donna M. Haggarty, APR
Exec. Director, Strategic Partnerships
Baruch College
One Bernard Baruch Way
Box A-1603
New York, NY 10010
Phone: (212) 445-0090
donna.haggarty@baruch.cuny.edu

Secretary
Linda Hadley
Jaclyn C. Hirschhaut
Vice President of Public Relations and
Marketing
American Home Furnishings Alliance
P.O. Box HP-7
High Point, NC 27261
Phone: (336) 881-1016
hirschhaut@aol.com

Past-President
Debbie A. Mason, APR, Fellow PRSA
President & CEO
United Way of North Central Florida
6031NW 1st Place
Gainsville, FL 32607
Office: (352) 333-0854
Cell: (954) 480-7814
dmason@unitedwayncfl.org

Trustees
Susan Barnes
Susan Barnes, APR, Fellow PRSA 
Instructor, Belmont Univeristy
8694 Haselton Road 
Nashville, TN 37221
Phone: (615) 662-6383
Fax: (615) 662-6377
sgbarnes1@bellsouth.net

Susan Barnes
Brandi Boatner
External Relations Professional, IBM
294 Route 100
Building 2, Office 2J-23
Somers, NY 10589
Phone: (914) 766-2419
Cell: (504) 251-7118 bboatner@us.ibm.com

jerry buldak
Jerry Buldak, APR, Fellow PRSA
3721 N. Lakewood Avenue
Chicago, IL 60613
Phone: (773) 404-7971
Fax: (773) 404-3070
jbuldak365@aol.com

Ray Crockett
Ray Crockett, APR, Fellow PRSA
Director, Communications
Coca-Cola North America
(Retired)
1103 Queensgate Drive
Smyrna, GA 30082
Phone:(770) 404-7971
raycrockett@gmail.com
Bob DeFillippo
Robert DeFillippo
Chief Communications Officer
Prudential Financial, Inc.
751 Broad St.
Newark, NJ 07102-3777
Phone: (973) 802-4149
bob.defillippo@prudential.com
* Jane Dvorak, APR, Fellow PRSA
President
JKD & Company, Inc.
11021 W 27th Place
Lakewood, CO 80215
Phone: (303) 238-3011
jane@jkdjane.com
Don Kirchoffner
President
Don Kirchoffner & Associates
13843 Muirfield Point
Broomfield, CO 80023
Phone: (303) 993-7952
Fax: (303) 993-7954
Cell:  (630) 303-0961
donkirch@aol.com
Kathleen Larey Lewton, APR, Fellow PRSA
Principal
Lewton, Seekins & Trester
29 Pony Trail Rd.
Stamford, CT 06903
Phone: (917) 734-5376
Fax: (203) 968-0004
kathylewton@aol.com





* Diane Gage Lofgren, APR, Fellow PRSA
Senior Vice President, Brand Strategy, Communications & Public Relations
Kaiser Permanente
1 Kaiser Plaza, 18th Floor Oakland, CA 94612
Phone: (510) 267-2951
diane.gage-lofgren@kp.org

 
* Mark McClennan, APR
Senior VP
Schwartz Communications, Inc.
14 Trafton Road
Framingham, MA 01702
Phone: (508) 872-1220
mcclennan@gmail.com
markm@schwartz-pr.com


Helen Ostrowski
Helen Ostrowski, APR
CEO and Chairman (retired)
Porter Novelli
Adjunct Professor, NYU Master's in Public Relations & Corporate Communications
Senior Advisor, APCO Worldwide
306 Riveredge Road
Jupiter, FL 33477
Phone: (917) 847-9829
hostrowski1@verizon.net
Alfredo Padilla
Alfredo E. Padilla
Principal
Padilla Communications Group
6703 Petit Ave
Van Nuys, CA 91406
Phone: (213) 804-1323
aepad@sbcglobal.net
Travis Parman, APR
Principal
The Parman Network
90 N. Berkshire Road
Bloomfield Hills, MI 48302
Phone: (248) 953-0344
travis@parmannetwork.com
Elizabeth Pecsi, APR, Fellow PRSA
Director, Executive Communications
Unisys
766 Wakefield Ct.
El Cajon, CA 92020
Phone: (619) 270-1155
elizabeth.pecsi@unisys.com




Judith T. Phair, APR, Fellow PRSA
President
Phair Advantage Communications, LLC
8421 Cherry Laurel Ct.
Laurel, MD 20723
Phone: (240) 786-6624
Cell: (202) 903-3227
jphair@phairadvantage.com
Michael P. Rinaldo
Communications Consultant
356 Maple Hill Drive
Hackensack, NJ 07601
Phone: (201) 755-0001
rinaldosmk@msn.com
Maria Russell, APR, Fellow PRSA
Professor of Public Relations and Director
Newhouse Executive Education Programs
Syracuse University,
Newhouse School of Public Communications
215 University Pl
Syracuse, NY 13244
Phone: (315) 443-4066
Fax: (315) 443-3946
mprussel@syr.edu
Kirk Stewart
Executive Vice President
APCO Worldwide
51 Madison Ave Suite 2510
New York, NY 10010
Phone: (212) 300-1813
Cell: (503) 705-9702
kstewart@apcoworldwide.com



Ex-Officio
Gerry Corbett, APR, Fellow PRSA
Chair and CEO
PRSA Board of Directors,
Chair and CEO
Redphlag, LLC
3350 Geoffrey Drive
San Bruno, CA 94066
Phone: (650) 866-5005
gerard@corbett.org 

Emeritus
Bill Doescher
President & CEO
The Doescher Group, LTD.
11 Fox Meadow Rd
Scarsdale, NY 10583
Phone: (914) 722-4040
Fax: (914) 472-4263
doeschergroup@earthlink.net
Don Ferguson, APR, Fellow PRSA
Principal
Ferguson Public Relations
2160 S Toledo Ave
Palm Springs, CA 92264
Phone: (415) 722-9703
dlf850@earthlink.net
Del Galloway, APR, Fellow PRSA
Vice President, Public Relations
United Way of America
701 N. Fairfax St.
Alexandria VA 22314
Phone: (703) 683-7807
Fax : (703) 683-7821
Del.Galloway@uwa.unitedway.org 
Gary McCormick, APR, Fellow PRSA
Director, Partnership Development
HGTV, Scripps Network
9721 Sherrill Boulevard
Knoxville, TN 37923
Phone: (865) 560-4143
gmmccormick@hgtv.com  
Joseph A. Vecchione, APR, Fellow PRSA
V P - Public Relations
(Retired)
The Prudential Insurance Company of America 
181 Overlook Ave
Belleville, NJ 07109-2276
Phone: (973) 759-0767
Fax: (973) 751-8721













  Honorary
Susan Barnes
James E. Arnold, APR, Fellow PRSA
Chairman, CEO
Arnold Consulting Group
Past President, Chester Burger & Co
Trustee, Arthur W Page Society, 1987-2004 
Phone: (203) 329-1918
james@jamesearnold.com












Susan Barnes
Roger Bolton
President, Arthur W Page Society








Susan Barnes
James Grunig, Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus, University of Maryland
Institute for Public Relations Research








Susan Barnes
Raymond L. Kotcher
CEO, Ketchum
Chairman, Council of Public Relations Firms

 


Foundation Administration

Wendy Gallo
Administrative Assistant
Public Relations Society of America
33 Maiden Lane, 11th floor
New York, NY 10038-5150
Phone: (212) 460-1412
Fax: (212) 995-0757
wendy.gallo@prsa.org