Members Granted the APR in 2012

Congratulations to all who earned their APR in 2012.

• Jackie Allder, APR
  Senior Communications & PR Specialist
  ATPCO
  Great Falls, VA
• Erin Allsman, APR
  VP, Public Relations & Social Media Dir
  Brownstein Group
  Philadelphia, PA
• Rachel L. Anderson Hill, APR
  Director of Communications
  Tulsa Metro Chamber
  Broken Arrow, OK
• Dulcey Alexandra Antonucci, APR
  Director of Communications
  Lancaster Country Day School
  Lancaster, PA
• Carlos Arcila, APR
  PR Communications Manager
  Telcordia Technologies
  Piscataway, NJ
• Kelly R. Avants, APR
  Dir, Commun
  Clovis Unified School District
  Fresno, CA
• Laura Elizabeth Barnard, APR
  Greenwood, IN
• Mary Kay Bean, APR
  Senior Communications Manager
  Chase
  Mount Clemens, MI
• Allison V. Benjamin, APR
  Marketing & Communications Manager
  WSU College of Nursing
  Colbert, WA
• Denise L. Berkhalter, APR
  Dir, Public Relations
  Alabama Association of School Boards
  Montgomery, AL
• Gayle Berry, APR
  CEO
  PurposeFull PR
  Oklahoma City, OK
• Doris Bloodsworth, APR
  Media Relations & Research
  Thompson Wesley Wolfe
  Winter Park, FL
• Christine Brainerd, APR
  Public Information Officer
  City of Elk Grove
  Elk Grove, CA
• Kelly W. Bray, APR
  Edmonds, WA
• Bonita Brodt, APR
  Dir, Commun
  Northwestern Memorial Hospital
  Chicago, IL
• Sarah Bruckner, APR
  Boston, MA
• Dawn E. Buzynski, APR
  Public Relations
  Two Rivers Marketing
  Des Moines, IA
• Amanda Joy Byers, APR
  Account Executive
  Hanser & Associates
  West Des Moines, IA
• Cass L. Cannon, APR
  Community Relations Spec
  Peg's Salt
  Greenwood, VA
• Jennifer Lindsey Chapple, APR
  Assistant Vice President, Client Services
  Millennium 3 Management
  Philadelphia, PA
• Devon R. Chestnut, APR
  Public Affairs Specialist
  Cox Communications, Inc.
  Gainesville, FL
• Kevin O. Christian, APR
  PR Officer
  Marion County Public Schools
  Ocala, FL
• Robin W. Clark, APR
  Dir., Corp. Communications
  AultCare
  Canton, OH
• Jay Colombatto, APR
  Associate Vice President, University Communications
  California State University, East Bay
  Hayward, CA
• April M. Conway, APR
  Public Affairs Officer, Nevada Nat'l Guard
  State of Nevada
  Carson City, NV
• Patrice T. Conwell, APR
  Asst Prof, Dep't - Commun
  Oakwood University
  Huntsville, AL
• Linzy Roussel Cotaya, APR
  American Heart Association
  Metairie, LA
• Amie Leigh Cotton, APR
  PR and Commun Spec
  ASRI, Inc.
  Huntsville, AL
• Amy Marie Cox O'Hara, APR
  Account Executive
  Allison+Partners
  Scottsdale, AZ
• Judith W. Crenshaw, APR
  Communications & Marketing Manager
  Virginia Council on Economic Education
  Richmond, VA
• Anne C. Cron, APR
  Community Relations
  Birmingham Public Schools
  Birmingham, MI
• Kelly L. David, APR
  Devel & Com Rel Asst
  Tri-County Mental Health Services
  Auburn, ME
• Anne Katherine Dean, APR
  Senior Director of Communications
  Argosy University and Brown Mackie College
  Orange, CA
• Marilu Paula Del Toro, APR
  Manager, Corporate Communications
  Ryder System, Inc.
  Miami, FL
• Andrew DiOrio, APR
  Director of Corporate Communications
  AMC Entertainment Inc.
  Overland Park, KS
• Julie Ann Eastling, APR
  Program Communicatins Consultant
  Blue Cross and Blue Shield of MN Foundation
  Eagan, MN
• Pamela Elms, APR
  Executive Director
  Kappa Delta Sorority
  Memphis, TN
• Tiffany A. Esposito, APR
  Commun Manager
  Bonita Springs Area Chamber of Commerce
  Lehigh Acres, FL
• Morgan E. Estabrook, APR
  Sr Mgr of Marketing & Commun
  University of Virginia Innovation
  Charlottesville, VA
• Patrick Evans, APR
  Public Affairs Officer
  U.S. Navy
  San Diego, CA
• Callie Dawn Ferrari, APR
  Navy Office of Information East
  Fairfield, CT
• Andrea Marie Ferraro, APR
  Visiting Lecturer, School - Communications
  University of Akron
  Akron, OH
• Lorri M. Freeman, APR
  Singing River Electric
  Moss Point, MS
• Jason Gaston, APR
  Coord, Public Relations
  Hoover City Schools
  Homewood, AL
• Amanda Shedler Gauthier, APR
  Lead Associate
  Booz Allen Hamilton
  Tampa, FL
• Samuel Justin Glover, APR
  Long Beach, CA
• Deana Marie Goodrich, APR
  Senior Account Executive
  Airfoil Public Relations
  Southfield, MI
• Amy J. Goodwin, APR
  Director, Institutional Internal Communications
  Johns Hopkins Medicine
  Baltimore, MD
• Allison Elise Gouaux, APR
  PR Acct Exec
  Beuerman Miller Fitzgerald
  New Orleans, LA
• Keith A. Green, APR
  VP, Communications & Agency Partnerships
  Synergy Events
  Ocean, NJ
• Patrice S. Guilfoyle, APR
  Asst Dir, Media Relations
  University of Mississippi Medical Center
  Madison, MS
• Alexandra M. Haddad, APR
  Director, Stewardship Programs
  University of Michigan Law School
  Ann Arbor, MI
• Katherine Grace Halloran, APR
  Manager, Communications & Public Relations
  Saint Mary's Health Care
  Grand Rapids, MI
• Leah Harper, APR
  Corporate Communications Specialist
  BOK Financial
  Jenks, OK
• Heather A. Haywood, APR
  Stuttgart, AR
• Holly Heffron, APR
  Director of Communication
  University of Phoenix
  Salt Lake City, UT
• Ginny Allison Hensley, APR
  Media Relations Specialist
  Arkansas Children's Hospital
  Little Rock, AR

• Barbra Marie Hernandez-Cortes, APR
  Public Info Officer
  Marion County Board of County Commissioners
  Ocala, FL
• Mary Ellen Hettinger, APR
  Communications Manager
  Girl Scouts of the Green and White Mountains
  Bedford, NH
• Carrie Beth Hilger, APR
  Director of Communications
  West St. Paul-Mendota Heights-Eagan Area Schools
  Minneapolis, MN
• Brandi Hinkle, APR
  Communications Coordinator
  Arkansas Department of Higher Education
  Little Rock, AR
• John P. Horst, APR
  Public Affairs Specialist
  DOE/Golden Field Office
  Thornton, CO
• Jeffery Scott Huett, APR
  Director of Communications
  Baptist Joint Committee
  Falls Church, VA
• Susan Huls, APR
  Midland, MI
• Mary T. Humphreys, APR
  Communications Manager
  Skanska
  Arlington, VA
• Lauren E. Hyer, APR
  Commun Spec
  Children's Home Society of Florida
  Orlando, FL
• Tawana P. Jacobs, APR
  Account Director
  Fenton Communications
  Germantown, MD
• Sarah C. Johnson, APR
  Freelance Writer
  Cumming, GA
• Jennifer Susan Johnston, APR
  Senior Commun Mgr
  Christiana Care Health System
  Cherry Hill, NJ
• Tamara E. Jones, APR
  Director, Public Affairs
  Abbott
  Columbus, OH
• Stafford Wood Kendall, APR
  Principal
  Covalent Logic
  Baton Rouge, LA
• David J. Kennedy, APR
  Communications Consultant
  Wells Fargo Bank
  Anchorage, AK
• Heather M. Keroes, APR
  Communications Strategist
  Curley & Pynn
  Maitland, FL
• Siobhan S. Kent, APR
  Marketing & Communications Manager
  United Way of the Greater Capital Region
  Albany, NY
• Carolyn Kim, APR
  Public Relations/Corporate Communications Faculty
  Biola University - Journalism Dept
  Costa Mesa, CA
• Yvonne H. Kingman, APR
  Corporate Communications Specialist
  California Water Service Company
  Torrance, CA
• Sarah Kinser, APR
  Communications Director
  Arkansas Community Foundation
  Little Rock, AR
• Jonathan A. Kissell, APR
  Communications Supervisor
  Rumpke Waste & Recycling
  Cincinnati, OH
• Patricia M. Klein, APR
  Sr. Public Relations Specialist
  Chapters Health System
  Largo, FL
• Amy Krebs, APR
  Donor Services & Communications Officer
  North Canton, OH
• Nikki A. Lavoie, APR
  Strategic Communications Manager
  Delaware Economic Development Office
  Smyrna, DE
• Jane N. Law, APR
  Dir Commun
  New Hampshire Housing Finance Authority
  Manchester, NH
• Jill G. Lewis, APR
  Account Supervisor
  Weber Shandwick
  Minneapolis, MN
• Megan Alecia Licata, APR
  Acct Exec, Public Relations
  Fry Hammond Barr
  Winter Park, FL
• Krissy M. Lillie, APR
  Public Relations Manager
  Aurora Health Care
  Green Bay, WI
• Linda Reed Lockett, APR
  Principal
  Linda Lockett Communications
  Placitas, NM
• Christopher B. Logan, APR
  Springfield, VA
• Liana Lopez, APR
  Image House Brands LLC
  Tampa, FL
• Robert Todd Lyon, APR
  Public Affairs officer
  U.S. Navy
  San Diego, CA
• Karen M. Lyons, APR
  P R Consultant
  Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota
  Saint Paul, MN
• Jason D. McCartney, APR
  Director, Public Relations, The Americas
  CFA Institute
  New York, NY
• Andrea Page Mahoney, APR
  Mgr, Mktg and PR
  White-Wilson Medical Center
  Destin, FL
• Kerry L.G. Martin, APR
  Commun Strategist
  Curley & Pynn
  Orlando, FL
• Kari Elizabeth Mather, APR
  Lead Communications Consultant
  Allstate Insurance Company
  Northbrook, IL
• John M. Matson, Jr., APR
  Director of Communications
  Alabama Nursing Home Association
  Montgomery, AL
• Megan Dawn Mayo, APR
  Communications Manager
  Albuquerque Convention & Visitors Bureau-Tourism & Communs Div
  Albuquerque, NM
• Kevin V. McGee, APR
  Akron, OH
• Danielle Marie McGrath, APR
  Manager of External Communications
  Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission
  Indianapolis, IN
• Jennifer M. McNeil, APR
  Commun Coord
  Independent School District 622
  Hugo, MN
• Kathryn Ann Mehl, APR
  Public Relations Coord
  Citrus Memorial Health System
  Inverness, FL
• Erin Lynn Merz, APR
  Manager of Media & Public Relations
  Sea Research Foundation
  Willimantic, CT
• Karin Miller, APR
  Communications Director
  AARP Tennessee
  Nashville, TN
• Stacee Kay Montague, APR
  Director of Public Affairs
  Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City - Denver Branch
  Denver, CO
• Adrienne D. Nobles, APR
  Director of Communications & Marketing
  University of Central Oklahoma
  Edmond, OK
• Jean Ellen Oelrich, APR
  Marketing Manager
  Orange County Museum of Art
  Long Beach, CA
• Jamie S. Opat, APR
  Dir, Commun
  Starkey, Inc.
  Wichita, KS
• Mary T. Olson, APR
  Dir, Commun and Public Relations
  Anoka-Hennepin School District
  Saint Paul, MN
• Edith Parten, APR
  Commun Mgr
  Alabama Tourism Dept
  Montgomery, AL
• Emily Burns Perryman, APR
  E- Marketing Communications Specialist
  Freed Maxick & Battaglia
  Buffalo, NY
• Sandi Elizabeth Poreda, APR
  Commun Dir
  FL Dept of Business and Professional Regulation
  Tallahassee, FL
• Michael R. Porter, APR
  P R Spec
  Virginia Commonwealth University
  Richmond, VA
• Karen Potter, APR
  Public Relations Coordinator
  Greenville Hospital System
  Greenville, SC

• Wendy W. Powell, APR
  Asst Dir, Marketing
  Medical Assurance Company of Mississippi
  Madison, MS
• Valita Sellers Quattlebaum, APR
  Chief Communications Officer
  New Hanover County Schools
  Wilmington, NC
• Rosemary Ravinal, APR
  Communications Strategist, Facilitator, Executive Coach
  RMR Associates
  Miami Beach, FL
• Gina Ray, APR
  Public Relations Consultant
  Mission Viejo, CA
• Stacy Ann Rine, APR
  Public Affairs Officer
  Oklahoma City VA Medical Center
  Oklahoma City, OK
• Jason C. Rollins, APR
  Account Supervisor, Brand & Talent
  MSL Atlanta
  Norcross, GA
• Terri J. Rosenstock, APR
  Public Relations Coordinator
  King Arthur Flour
  White River Junction, VT
• Robin Joy Rothberg, APR
  Lecturer
  University of North Carolina- Charlotte
  Charlotte, NC
• Kassi Brown Rushing, APR
  Communication Specialist
  HORNE LLP
  Ridgeland, MS
• Taifa St. Julien, APR
  Public Affairs Specialist I
  Cox Communications, Inc.
  Metairie, LA
• Joy D. Samsel, APR
  Deputy Pub Affrs Offcr/Speechwriter
  Naval Education and Training Command
  Pensacola, FL
• Nathalie Santa Maria, APR
  Sr Acct Exec
  Fusion Communications Inc.
  Miami, FL
• Kristen Leigh Saunders, APR
  Oklahoma City, OK
• Sheree Savage, APR
  Community and Digital Services Manager
  Saint Paul Public Library
  Saint Paul, MN
• Emily Catherine Schmidt, APR
  Commun Strategist
  Gambel Communications
  New Orleans, LA
• Michele Rene Scott, APR
  VP, Public Relations
  Wells Fargo Internet Services Group
  San Francisco, CA
• Julie Ross Senter, APR
  Director of Communications
  University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Business
  Birmingham, AL
• Catherine Shedden, APR
  Commun Mgr
  Trillium Lakelands District School Board
  Lindsay, Ontario,
• Amiee J. Shelton, APR
  Assistant Professor
  Roger Williams University
  Bristol, RI
• Crystal M. Smith, APR
  Senior Consultant - Integrated Media for Public Relations
  Strategic Communications, LLC
  Syracuse, NY
• Elizabeth M. Smith, APR
  President
  International Communications Ventures
  York, PA
• Stephanie Marie Smith, APR
  Director, Public Relations
  Fort Osage R-1 School District
  Independence, MO
• Aleis Stokes, APR
  Vice President, Media & Public Relations
  Independent Community Bankers of America
  Washington, DC
• Kevin Storr, APR
  Media Specialist
  University of Alabama at Birmingham
  Birmingham, AL
• Tamra Talmadge-Anderson, APR
  Richmond, VA
• Megan Terraso, APR
  Agnes Scott College
  Decatur, GA
• Krista Faye Terrell, APR
  VP, Public Relations & Communications
  Arts & Science Council
  Charlotte, NC
• Cheryl Van Tessier, APR
  President
  Finesse Public Relations LLC
  Stoughton, WI
• Natalie T.J. Tindall, Ph.D., APR
  Assistant Professor
  Georgia State University
  Atlanta, GA
• Richard R. Tremain, APR
  Public Affairs Specialist
  USDA-NRCS
  Des Moines, IA
• Erica Jean Turner, APR
  Public Relations Associate
  Two Rivers Marketing
  Des Moines, IA
• R. Helyse S. Turner, APR
  Business & Community Liaison
  Sierra Nevada Job Corps
  Reno, NV
• John D. Trybus, APR
  Senior Account Executive, Social Innovation
  Waggener Edstrom Worldwide
  Washington, DC
• Shawne M. Ungs, APR
  Communications Manager
  Ames Convention & Visitors Bureau
  Ames, IA
• Malissa Jane Valdes-Hubert, APR
  Public Information Manager
  Alabama Department, Education
  Montgomery, AL
• Laura Christine Van De Pette, APR
  Account Supervisor
  Brownstein Group
  Philadelphia, PA
• Adriana Van Duyn, APR
  Sr Acct Exec
  Bianchi Public Relations, Inc.
  Troy, MI
• Sheila Veits Roth, APR
  Media Relations Specialist
  Western & Southern Financial Group
  Cincinnati, OH
• Christine D. Velasquez, APR
  Asst Dir, Advancement Commun
  UF&Shands, the University of Florida Academic Health Center
  Ocala, FL
• Marisa Anne Adler Vette, APR
  Dir, Communications/Community Relations
  White Bear Lake Area Schools
  Forest Lake, MN
• Amanda R. Warfield, APR
  Communications Manager
  Northrop Grumman
  Perry Hall, MD
• Erin Smith Watson, APR
  Vice President of Marketing and Communications
  Kaleidoscope Youth Marketing
  Charleston, SC
• Music Watson, APR
  Chief Communications Officer
  San Diego County Office of Education
  San Diego, CA
• Cynthia M. Wentworth, APR
  Director, Community Marketing
  City Of Derby Public Schools
  Derby, KS
• John Frederick Wessel, APR
  VP, Marketing
  Wesfam Restaurants, Inc. (a franchisee of Burger King Corp.)
  Huntsville, AL
• Nikos Westmoreland, APR
  YMCA of Florida's First Coast
  Jacksonville, FL
• Andy Williams, APR
  Director, Corporate Communications
  Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Nebraska
  Omaha, NE
• Margaret M. Willoughby, APR
  Public Affairs Officer
  Department of Veterans Affairs, Marion VA Medical Center
  Marion, IL
• Elaine C. Witt, APR
  Director, Public Relations
  Integrated Medical Systems International, Inc.
  Birmingham, AL
• Matt Wittern, APR
  Counselor
  Communication Infrastructure Group, LLC
  Centennial, CO
• Aaron Wockenfuss, APR
  Consumer Communications Manager
  Florida Dairy Farmers
  Maitland, FL
• Michelle L.M. Wood, Ph.D., APR
  Lecturer
  University Of Minnesota, School of Journalism and Mass Communication
  North Oaks, MN
• Heather Woodard, APR
  Manager, Corporate Communications
  GroupM Next
  St. Louis, MO
• Michael Preston Woods, APR
  Senior Consultant
  Booz Allen Hamilton
  Mc Lean, VA
• Adrienne Boman Young, APR
  Marketing/Communications
  Adrienne Young Communications
  Clovis, CA