Public Relations Professional Organization in Puget Sound Announces 2006 Board of Directors.SEATTLE -- The Puget Sound Chapter of the Public Relations Society of America The Public Relations Society of America (PRSA), based in New York City, is the world's largest organization for public relations professionals. The organization has more than 30,000 professional and student members, and is organized into 112 chapters nationwide. (PRSA PRSA Public Relations Society of America PRSA Personal Retirement Savings Account PRSA Puerto Rican Student Association PRSA Puerto Rican Studies Association PRSA Park and Recreation Service Area PRSA President of the Royal Scottish Academy ) proudly announced today its new Board of Directors for 2006. A total of 14 local public relations professionals from the region were named to the Board this year, while four individuals were approved as Assembly Delegates for the local PRSA chapter. The 2006 Board president is Erika Schmidt, APR APR See: Annual Percentage Rate , who recently took the helm as president of The Frause Group, a regionally-based communications firm. Other officers include: David Blandford, director of public relations for the Seattle Convention & Visitor's Bureau, as vice president of administration; Neil Neroutsos, APR, who works for Snohomish PUD PUD abbr. peptic ulcer disease Peptic ulcer disease (PUD) A stomach disorder marked by corrosion of the stomach lining due to the acid in the digestive juices. , as vice president of membership; Janelle Guthrie, APR, director of media relations for the Washington State Attorney General's Office, as vice president of programs; Rich Murphy, the director of community relations at the Pacific Northwest Research Institute The Pacific Northwest Research Institute is a private non-profit biomedical and clinical research institute in Seattle, Washington, U.S.A. The current focus of the Institute is pioneering basic and clinical research to prevent diabetes, to arrest its development, to block and , as secretary; Linda Elliott Farmer, APR, with the Puget Sound Action Team, as vice president of education; Caroline Bombar-Kaplan, principal at Bombar Public Relations, Inc., as ethics officer; and Patricia Graesser, APR, who works in the public affairs office of the Seattle District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, as treasurer. The directors on this year's Board include: Richard Kendall, vice president at The Frause Group, who will lead marketing/communications functions; Amber Ukena, an executive at Owen Media, for partnerships and volunteer recruitment; Tara Darrow, APR, from Plum Creek Timber Plum Creek Timber (NYSE: PCL) is the largest private landowner in the United States. Most of its lands were originally purchased as timberland.[1] Headquartered in Seattle, Washington, Plum Creek was spun off from Burlington Resources as a master limited Co., for Totems Awards; Linda Wang-Stewart, Ph.D., from Pacific Lutheran University Pacific Lutheran University is located in the Parkland suburb of Tacoma, Washington. As of September 2007, PLU had a student population of 3,669 and approximately 250 full-time faculty. , for the Career Jumpstart and Non-Profit Seminar events; Rita Brautigam, APR, from Brautigam Communications, for the Holiday Gala; and Candy Young, APR, principal of Synchro syn·chro n. pl. syn·chros A selsyn. [Short for synchronous.] Noun 1. Creative Communications, for the chapter's recognition awards. Additionally, there are three local professionals serving as assembly delegates on the Puget Sound Chapter of PRSA Board, including: Walt Greenwood, APR, from Greenwood Public Relations; Megan Berhbaum, APR, and Davina Gruenstein, APR, both from Publicis Dialog; and Bruce Amundson, APR, from Weyerhaeuser Co. About PRSA The Puget Sound chapter of PRSA is the region's largest professional organization for public relations professionals, with approximately 400 members from throughout Western Washington. Members of this non-profit association represent corporations, agencies, sole practitioners, military, government, health care and other service organizations. The Puget Sound group is one of 116 chapters affiliated with the national PRSA organization, which serves 20,000 members. For more information: www.prsapugetsound.org. |
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