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Institute for Public Relations

The Institute for Public Relations is an independent nonprofit that bridges the academy and the profession, supporting PR research and mainstreaming this knowledge into practice through PR education.

the science beneath
the art of public relations

Institute for Public Relations Trustees

Co-Chairs
Michael A. Fernandez
State Farm Insurance
Matthew P. Gonring
Pactiv Corporation





Worldwide Board of Trustees
Matthew Anderson
News Corporation
Paul Argenti
Tuck School of Business
Chris Atkins
Standard & Poor's
Kathryn Beiser
Discover Financial Services
Dr. Bruce Berger
University of Alabama
Amy Binder
RF/Binder Partners, Inc.
Lynn Brown
Waste Management, Inc.
Angela Buonocore
ITT Corporation
S. Keith Burton
Insidedge
Tony Cervone
United Airlines
Julie Craven
Hormel Foods
Peter Debreceny
Gagen MacDonald
Stephen K. Dishart
Blue Ocean Institute
Tracy Faulkner
Shell Oil Company
Rob C. Flaherty
Ketchum
Patrick Ford
Burson-Marsteller
Gary F. Grates
Edelman
Mark Hass
Edelman China
William C. Heyman
Heyman Associates, Inc.
Rich Jernstedt
Fleishman-Hillard
Raymond C. Jordan
Johnson & Johnson



President & CEO Emeritus
Frank E. Ovaitt, Jr.
John W. Felton
Honorary Trustees
Don Bates
The George Washington University
Willard D. Nielsen
Retired, Johnson & Johnson
Louis C. Williams, Jr.
The Lou Williams Companies
Director of Development
Michelle Hinson
Institute for Public Relations
President & CEO
Robert W. Grupp
Institute for Public Relations
Treasurer
Kenneth D. Makovsky
Makovsky & Company




 
Dr. Kathleen S. Kelly
University of Florida
Margery Kraus
APCO Worldwide
Maril MacDonald
Gagen MacDonald
Thomas R. Martin
College of Charleston
Thomas G. Mattia
Yale University
David Monfried
Monfried Communications
Douglas G. Pinkham
Public Affairs Council
Andy Polansky
Weber Shandwick
Ernst Primosch
Hill & Knowlton Germany
MaryLee Sachs
Hill & Knowlton
David Samson
Chevron
Gary Sheffer
General Electric
Jim Simon
Battelle
Katie Spring
Citadel Investment Group
Dr. Don W. Stacks
University of Miami
Kirk Stewart
APCO Worldwide
Wendi Strong
USAA
W. Ward White
Vollmer Public Relations
Arthur E.F. Wiese
Entergy Corporation
Dr. Donald K. Wright
Boston University