Members Granted the APR in 2013

Congratulations to all who earned their APR in 2013.

• Lanie Witt Abbott, APR
  Sr Commun and Outreach Spec
  Eastern Maine Healthcare System
  Brewer, ME
• Arlo Kane Abrahamson, APR
  Public Affairs Officer
  U.S. Navy
  San Diego, CA
• Alisa Agozzino, Ph.D., APR
  Assistant Professor
  Ohio Northern University
  Ada, OH
• Kelly Allen, APR
  Account Executive
  Q Strategies
  Chattanooga, TN
• Trent James Allen, APR
  Senior Director, Community
  San Juan Unified School District
  Roseville, CA
• April Armstrong, APR
  Assistant Vice President
  SAIC
  Arlington, VA
• Barbara E. Arnold, APR
  Academic Publications & Curriculum/Associate Lecturer
  University of Wisconsin at Eau Claire
  Eau Claire, WI
• Anthony L. Astran, APR
  Publicity Manager
  Seneca Gaming Corporation
  Niagara Falls, NY
• Heather S. Atwell, APR
  Communications Manager
  Yankee Magazine
  Dublin, NH
• Michelle Christine Bauer, APR
  President & Chief Strategist
  Common Language
  Saint Petersburg, FL
• Anamaria Gonzalez Bearden, APR
  Marketing & Communications Specialist
  Dignity Health, Inland Empire
  San Bernardino, CA
• David A. Bennett, APR
  Valley Center, CA
• Martin Benson, APR
  Pub Info Srvs
  Indiana Department of Natural
  Resources
  Indianapolis, IN
• James M. Bessette, APR
  Director of University Relations
  University of Montevallo
  Montevallo, AL
• Michelle Biddle, APR
  Public Affairs Officer
  Tampa Bay Water
  Clearwater, FL
• Jeffrey Mitchell Bishop, APR
  Marketing & Communications Director
  Department of VA - Employee Education
  System
  Swansea, IL
• Ashley Blasewitz, APR
  Senior Account Executive
  Costa Communications Group
  Winter Park, FL
• Brian Block, APR
  Student Masters
  San Diego State University
  La Jolla, CA
• Bethany Marie Bobbitt, APR
  Public Relations Manager
  Walton Arts Center Council, Inc.
  Fayetteville, AR
• Reema Makani Boccia, APR
  Principal
  Two Rivers Strategies
  La Mesa, CA
• Caitlyn Braegelmann, APR
  Corporate Communications Specialist
  Hunter Industries
  San Marcos, CA
• Lesley Bruinton, APR
  PR Coord
  Tuscaloosa City Schools
  Northport, AL
• Heather Cavanaugh, APR
  Director, Corporate Communications
  Alaska Communications
  Anchorage, AK
• Diane Jo Choate, MBA, APR
  Sandston, VA
• Brett D. Clark, APR
  Exec Dir, Commun & Strat Planning
  Glenview School District #34
  Glenview, IL
• Michelle L. Clark, APR
  Account Director
  Global Prairie Integrated Marketing
  Communications
  Fort Worth, TX
• Shara Clark, APR
  Senior Communications Specialist
  Great American Insurance Groups
  Cincinnati, OH
• Elizabeth A. Clayton, APR
  Public Info Officer
  Lee County Parks & Recreation
  Bokeelia, FL
• Jennifer R. Collins, APR
  Senior Communication Specialist
  The Hospital & Health System Association
  of Pennsylvania
  Mechanicsburg, PA
• Harold Eugene Core, Jr., APR
  Omaha, NE
• Kari Elizabeth Culp, APR
  Account Executive
  Schnake Turnbo Frank, Inc.
  Tulsa, OK
• Matthew Z. Cunningham, APR
  Chief Marketing Officer
  Image API, LLC
  Tallahassee, FL
• Melissa Kay Currence, APR
  Interactive Media Manager
  The Greater Cincinnati Foundation
• Thomas Dake, APR
  Administrator
  VineLife Ministries, Inc.
  Houston, TX
• Suzanne E. Dameron, APR
  CEO
  Lime Communications
  Sarasota, FL
• Roberta B. D'Amico, APR
  Prgm Lead- Fire Commun and Educ
  National Park Service-NIFC
  Boise, ID
• Jenifer R. Daniels, APR
  Communications Specialist
  Charlotte Mecklenberg Library
  Charlotte, NC
• Shiara Davila-Morales, APR
  Chief, Media Relations Division
  Los Angeles County District Attorney's
  Office
  Hacienda Heights, CA
• Rebecca A. Deemer, APR
  Dir, PR Prog/Assoc Prof of Commun
  University of Indianapolis
  Indianapolis, IN
• Gina Marie Depinto, APR
  Account Director
  Westbound Communications Inc.
  Orange, CA
• Megan Donovan, APR
  Sr. Media Relations/Project Manager
  St. Luke's Hospital
  Chesterfield, MO
• Teresa N. Dougherty, APR
  Strategic Communications Consultant
  LederMark Communications
  Roxborough, CO
• Frances J. Hagen Dumenci, APR
  PR Manager, Center for Clinical &
  Translational Research
  VCU Office of Public Affairs
  Richmond, VA
• Leah Ekmark Williams, APR
  Director of Account Services
  C. Pharr & Company
  Dallas, TX
• Annette Eyman, APR
  Communications Director
  Papillion-La Vista School District
  Papillion, NE
• Erik Fallis, APR
  Erik Fallis
  CSU Chancellor's Office
  Long Beach, CA
• Alison P. Faris, APR
  Mktg/PR Info Manager
  City of Tallahassee
  Tallahassee, FL
• Monique L. Farmer, APR
  Communications Manager
  ConAgra Foods, Inc.
  Omaha, NE
• Colby Reade Feves, APR
  Waggener Edstrom Worldwide
  Aloha, OR
• Joanna C. Fief, APR
  Strategic Communications
  Cambia Health Solutions
  Orange, CA

• Richard Lee Finlinson, APR
  Mgr, Public Info and Commun
  Utah Education Network
  Salt Lake City, UT
• Kathie Reigle Fleck, APR
  Visiting Asst Professor
  Ohio Northern University
  Ada, OH
• Laura Anne Fontanills, APR
  Account Director
  Common Language
  Tampa, FL
• Carol M. Galbreath, APR
  Senior Director, Public Relations
  Arthritis Foundation National Office
  Atlanta, GA
• Shawna L. Gallagher Vega, APR
  Director of Communications and Public
  Relations
  The Pine School
  Hobe Sound, FL
• Scott Matthew Gates, APR
  Managing Editor
  National Rural Utilities Cooperative Finance
  Corporation
  Dulles, VA
• Michael Christopher Gray, APR
  Partner
  Commonwealth Partnerships Group
  Richmond, VA
• Eve M. Gelman, APR
  Public Relations and Social Media Manager
  Peddler's Village
  Lahaska, PA
• Lisa Nicole Gill, APR
  Global Business Communications Manager
  Dow Chemical Company
  Houston, TX
• Lillian Marie Govus, APR
  Commun Coord
  Guilford County Schools
  Greensboro, NC
• Becca E. Green, APR
  Director of Marketing and
  Communications
  ACCESS Group Inc.
  Little Rock, AR
• Barbara Grimsley, APR
  Public Relations Manager
  Fifth Third Bank
  Cincinnati, OH
• Ann Marie Halal, APR
  Manager, External Communications
  Eaton
  Cleveland, OH
• Sarah Warlick Hattman, APR
  Account Executive
  James Korenchen Public Relations
  Raleigh, NC
• Constance S. Helmlinger, APR
  Sr Commun Spec
  North Carolina Housing Finance Agency
  Raleigh, NC
• Amanda Lewis Hill, APR
  Associate Editor
  Texas Farm Bureau
  Waco, TX
• Charles Alan Hoff, APR
  Public Affairs Officer
  DoDEA Pacific
  APO, AP
• Karen M. Hogan, APR
  Principal
  SeyferthPR
  Grand Rapids, MI
• Christina Connally Honkonen, APR
  Marketing Communications Specialist
  Shaw Floors
  Dalton, GA
• Eva Rose Hornak, APR
  Communications Manager
  S.T. Wooten Corporation
  Garner, NC
• Patricia J. Howard, APR
  Community Relations Director
  Southeast Polk Community Schools
  Urbandale, IA
• Claude Iosso, APR
  Online Editor
  City of Bellevue, Washington
  Seattle, WA
• Melissa L. Johnson, APR
  Commun Spec
  Mapleton Public Schools
  Denver, CO
• Brandy Lynn Jones, APR
  Employee/Customer Commun Coord
  Metro
  Cincinnati, OH
• Jean S. Kempe-Ware, APR
  Portland, OR
• Laura Susan Kern, APR
  Assoc Dir, Mktg/Commun
  Metro Orlando Economic Development
  Commission
  Winter Springs, FL
• Sabrina A. Kidwai, APR
  Senior Public Relations Manager
  ASAE
  Alexandria, VA
• Amy Lou Kingery, APR
  PR Coord
  Seven Rivers Regional Medical Center
  Crystal River, FL
• Nicole M. Kirby, APR
  Dir, Commun Services
  Park Hill School District
  Kansas City, MO
• Gwen H. Kleist, APR
  Public Affairs
  Kaiser Permanente Fontana Medical Center
  Fontana, CA
• Ellen Lawlor Krsnak, APR
  Com Rel Dir
  Catholic Social Services
  Anchorage, AK
• Nina Madeline Kult, APR
  Senior Account Executive
  Common Ground PR, Inc.
  Chesterfield, MO
• H. Frank Kwan, APR
  Director of Communications
  Los Angeles County Office of Education
  Downey, CA
• Vanessa Marie Lane, APR
  PR & Events Manager
  Norwegian Cruise Line
  Miami Beach, FL
• Christina Leeds, APR
  Senior Communications Officer
  Amtrak
  Washington, DC
• Laura E. Lindquist, APR
  Commun Coord
  Buffalo-Hanover-Montrose School District
  Buffalo, MN
• Peg A. Mannion, APR
  Community Relations Coord
  Glenbard Township High School District 87
  Glen Ellyn, IL
• Trinette L. Marquis, APR
  Dir, Commun
  Twin Rivers Unified School District
  Sacramento, CA
• Jackson Tyler Martin, APR
  Director of Strategic Communications
  The University of Kansas
  Lawrence, KS
• Katherine Leigh Mason, APR
  PR Professional
  Jackson Spalding
  Atlanta, GA
• Andrew McCaskill, APR
  Vice President & Group Director
  William Mills Agency
  Atlanta, GA
• Jean McHale, APR
  Mesa, AZ
• Chad McLeod, APR
  Manager of Public Affairs
  Pinellas County Tax Collector
  Tampa, FL
• Robin Aire Mizell, APR
  Associate Director
  University of Arkansas at Little Rock
  Office of Communications
  Little Rock, AR
• Mark Mohammadpour, APR
  Vice President
  Weber Shandwick
  Portland, OR
• Robert Brandon Moore, APR
  Public Communications Manager
  Tampa Bay Water
  Clearwater, FL
• Gina Morales, APR
  Public Relations Manager
  Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino - Tampa
  Tampa, FL
• Rebecca M. Morgan, APR
  Woodbridge, VA
• Christina Marie Morton, APR
  Account Executive
  Fry Hammond Barr
  Orlando, FL
• Cynthia L. Muir, APR
  Dir, Office of Consumer Assistance
  Florida Public Service Commission
  Tallahassee, FL

• Amanda Murphy, APR
  Community Relations Director
  Camp Fire Green Country
  Tulsa, OK
• Toby S. Nelson, APR
  Projects Manager
  Hunter Public Relations
  Seattle, WA
• Michael C. Nicholson, APR
  US Army
  San Antonio, TX
• Tom O'Konowitz, Jr., APR
  Director of Communications
  Cleveland Botanical Garden
  Cleveland, OH
• Jodie Orzechowski, APR
  Public Relations & Marketing Specialist
  Cooperative Educational Services
  Trumbull, CT
• Ameerah Palacios, MBA, APR
  Community Relations
  Manager/Community School Manager
  Roxbury Township School District
  Mount Arlington, NJ
• Kathryn S. Parsons, APR
  Account Executive
  ChappellRoberts
  Tampa, FL
• Adacelis Perez, APR
  Communications Specialist
  American Institutes for Research
  Atlanta, GA
• Amanda Plecas, APR
  Site Communications Manager
  Wacker Polysillicon North America LLC
  Charleston, TN
• Kimberly Ann Polacek, APR
  Media Relations Coordinator
  Moffitt Cancer Center
  Tampa, FL
• Laura Susan Puerto, APR
  Public Relations Specialist
  LCEC
  Fort Myers, FL
• Erica Davidson Reynolds, APR
  Los Angeles, CA
• Stacie M. Rivera, APR
  Communications Strategist
  Department of Veterans Affairs
  Silver Spring, MD
• Bonnie Kay Rucker, APR
  Senior Marketing Specialist
  Tulsa Area United Way
  Tulsa, OK
• Heather Russell, APR
  Communications Manager
  BAE Systems
  Phoenix, AZ
• Andrew Ryan, APR
  Partner
  Commonwealth Partnerships Group
  Richmond, VA
• Carissa S. Sauer, APR
  Commun Mgr
  Oregon Dairy Products Commission
  Battle Ground, WA
• Marquinez A. Savala, APR
  Director, Public Relations
  Confluence Charter Schools
  St. Louis, MO
• John Scally, MPA, APR
  Media Relations Manager
  Padilla Speer Beardsley
  New York, NY
• Kimberly Selph, APR
  Manager, External Communications and
  Public Affairs
  Gerdau
  Tampa, FL
• Susan Lynn Seilnacht, APR
  Media Relations Manager
  Husch Blackwell LLP
  Kansas City, MO
• Eva Sevcikova, APR
  Communications Professional
  Whittier, CA
• Hongmei Shen, APR
  Assistant Professor
  San Diego State University
  San Diego, CA
• Molly Anne Shor, APR
  Managing Partner
  Strategic Impact Advisors
  Bloomfield Hills, MI
• Alexis Marie Sims, APR
  Communications Director
  American Heart Association
  Little Rock, AR
• Jennifer E. Smith, APR
  Corporate Communications Specialist
  Broward Health
  Fort Lauderdale, FL
• Maria Teresa Souza, APR
  News & Pub Info Rep
  El Paso Electric
  El Paso, TX
• Sheila S. Storm, APR
  Commun Dir
  Pima Association of Governments
  Tucson, AZ
• Jacob S. Sturgis, APR
  Visual Commun Coord
  Minnetonka Public Schools
  Excelsior, MN
• Heidi L. Taulman, APR
  Executive Director
  Lee B.I.A. Builders Care
  Fort Myers, FL
• Beth Teach, APR
  Encinitas, CA
• Scott Tennant, APR
  Director of Communications
  Vitamix
  Cleveland, OH
• Sara Lenore Thompson, APR
  Commun Spec
  St. Louis Park Public Schools
  Lakeville, MN
• Joshua Marvin Till, APR
  Editor, Commun & Publications
  UAB Comprehensive Cancer Center
  Moody, AL
• Margaret Shannon Tipton, APR
  Public Relations and Marketing Manager
  Winstead PC
  Dallas, TX
• Scott E. Toncray, APR
  President/Chief Strategy Officer
  ToncrayPRess
  Franklin, TN
• Colin E. Trethewey, APR
  Senior Partner
  PRMediaNow
  Riverview, FL
• Amy Turner, APR
  Associate
  EnviroIssues
  Seattle, WA
• Joe Myers Vasquez, APR
  Chula Vista, CA
• Marc Vasquez, APR
  Interactive Marketing Manager
  UMB Financial Corporation
  Kansas City, MO
• Erica D. Villanueva, APR
  Sr Acct Exec
  Ron Sachs Communications
  Tallahassee, FL
• Elizabeth L. Viscardi, APR
  Associate
  Communication Infrastructure Group, LLC
  Evergreen, CO
• Daniel Wade, APR
  Director of Communications
  Central Arkansas Christian Schools
  North Little Rock, AR
• Patti P. Wade, APR
  Dir, Commun & Mktg
  Millsaps College
  Flowood, MS
• Kate E. Walter, APR
  Mktg & PR Coord
  PKE Marketing & PR Solutions
  Fort Myers, FL
• Adena J. White, APR
  Director of Communications
  Conway Area Chamber of Commerce
  Conway, AR
• Beverly Katie Williams, APR
  Marketing Coordinator
  The Flintco Companies, Inc.
  Tulsa, OK
• Kathleen Burke Williams, APR
  Youth/Public Information Coordinator
  Southwest Ohio Region Workforce
  Investment Board
  Cincinnati, OH
• Stephen T. Wilson, APR
  Assistant Account Executive
  Coyne Public Relations
  Parsippany, NJ
• Mary C. Wymer, APR
  Commun Strategist
  MCW Communications
  Pensacola, FL
• JoAnn R. Yamani, Esq., APR
  Senior Account Executive
  Airfoil Public Relations
  Cupertino, CA