Institute for Public Relations

• Research
  • Research Topics
    • Advertising and PR
    • Change Theory
    • Corporate Social Responsibility
    • Crisis Management
    • Diversity and Public Relations
    • Employee / Organizational Communication
    • Ethics and PR
    • Global PR
    • History of PR
    • Interdisciplinary
    • Investor Relations
    • Issues Management
    • Measurement and Evaluation
    • Media Relations
    • New Technology / Social Media
    • PR and Management
    • Public Affairs
    • Reference Shelf
    • Relationships
    • Reputation and Trust
    • Research Methods / Standards
  • Commissions and Coalitions
    • Commission on Global Public Relations Research
      • Members
      • Publications
    • Commission on Organizational Communication
    • IPR Measurement Commission
      • Ethics Statement
      • Members
      • Publications
• Research Awards
  • Alexander Hamilton Medal
    • Alexander Hamilton Past Award Winners
  • Best Master’s Thesis Award
    • Best Master’s Thesis Past Award Winners
    • Online Application
  • Big Apple Award
    • Big Apple Past Award Winners
  • BledCom Special Prize
    • BledCom Past Award Winners
  • Case Study Competition in Corporate Communications
  • EUPRERA
  • Grunig PRIME Research Fellowship
    • Online Application
  • IPRRC Top Paper Awards
  • Jack Felton Golden Ruler Award
    • Jack Felton Golden Ruler Award Past Award Winners
    • Simple Rules
    • Judging Criteria
    • Online Application
  • Ketchum Excellence in PR Research Award
    • Online Application
    • Ketchum Award Past Award Winners
  • Pathfinder Award
    • Pathfinder Award Past Award Winners
• Events
  • Events Calendar
  • Annual Distinguished Lecture & Awards Dinner
    • Event Details
    • Past Lectures
  • Business School Seminars
  • Grunig Lecture Series
  • International Public Relations Research Conference
    • IPRRC Proceedings
    • IPRRC Top Paper Awards
  • Measurement Summit 3.0
  • PR Executive Forum
    • Program Content
    • Accommodations
    • Who Attends?
    • Registration Includes
    • Instructional Team
  • PR Leadership Forum – Chicago
    • Accommodations
    • Who Attends?
    • Registration Includes
    • Instructional Team
  • PR Leadership Forum West
    • Who Attends?
    • Registration Includes
• About Us
  • Publication Policy

Trustees

Co-Chairs

• Mike Fernandez

  Cargill

• Kenneth Makovsky

  Makovsky

President & CEO

• Frank Ovaitt

  Institute for Public Relations

Treasurer

• Gary Sheffer

  General Electric

Members

• David Albritton

  Exelis Inc.

• Adele Ambrose

  Merck

• Matthew Anderson

  M.R.Anderson LLC

• Dr. Bruce Berger

  University of Alabama

• Amy Binder

  RF|Binder Partners, Inc.

• Lynn Brown

  Waste Management, Inc.

• S. Keith Burton

  Brunswick Group

• Julie Craven

  Hormel Foods

• Peter Debreceny

  Gagen MacDonald

• Tracy Faulkner

  Royal Dutch Shell

• Rob Flaherty

  Ketchum

• Dr. Terry Flynn

  McMaster University

• Patrick Ford

  Burson-Marsteller

• Michele Galen

  Novartis International AG

• Matt Gonring

  Jackson

• Gary Grates

  W20 Group

• Christopher Graves

  Ogilvy Public Relations

• Mark Hass

  Edelman U.S.

• William Heyman

  Heyman Associates, Inc.

• Richard Jones

  The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America

• Ray Jordan

  Amgen

• Margery Kraus

  APCO Worldwide

• Brian Lott

  Mubadala Development Company

• Dr. Rainer Mathes

  PRIME Research International

• Thomas Mattia

  Edelman China

• Jack Modzelewski

  FleishmanHillard

• Torod Neptune

  Verizon Communications, Inc.

• Douglas Pinkham

  Public Affairs Council

• Andy Polansky

  Weber Shandwick

• Ernst Primosch

  Hill + Knowlton Strategies

• Jennifer Prosek

  Prosek Partners

• Adrian Rodriguez

  Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco

• Jim Simon

  Consultant

• James Spangler

  Navistar, Inc.

• Dr. Don W. Stacks

  University of Miami

• Michael Stewart

  Edelman

• Kirk Stewart

  APCO Worldwide

• Wendi Strong

  USAA

• Oscar Suris

  Wells Fargo & Company

• Rick White

  Wisconsin Energy Corp./We Energies

• Dr. Donald K. Wright

  Boston University

President & CEO Emeritus

• John Felton

  Institute for Public Relations

Honorary Trustees

• Don Bates

  New York University

• Willard D. Nielsen

  Retired, Johnson & Johnson

• W. Ward White

  Edelman Southwest

• Louis C. Williams, Jr.

  The Lou Williams Companies

About

• Board of Trustees
• Commissions and Coalitions
  • Commission on Global PR Research
  • Commission on Organizational Communication
  • IPR Measurement Commission
• Fair Use
• Financials
• IPR Mission
• IPR Value
• Privacy Policy
• Publication Policy
• Staff
• Timeline
• Year in Review