Institute for Public Relations
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Institute for Public Relations Trustees
- Co-Chairs
- Peter D. Debreceny
Retired, Allstate Insurance Company
- Matthew P. Gonring
Gagen MacDonald
- Worldwide Board of Trustees
- Matthew Anderson
BSkyB
- Amy Binder
RF/Binder Partners, Inc.
- Louis Capozzi
Publicis Groupe
- Tony Cervone
General Motors
- Fred Cook
GolinHarris
- Björn Edlund
Royal Dutch Shell
- Rob C. Flaherty
Ketchum
- Patrick Ford
Burson-Marsteller
- Gary F. Grates
Edelman
- Robert W. Grupp
Cephalon
- William C. Heyman
Heyman Associates, Inc.
- Jeff Hunt
GCI Group
- Rich Jernstedt
Fleishman-Hillard
- Lars Göran Johansson
AB Electrolux
- Raymond C. Jordan
Johnson & Johnson
- Alan Kelly
The Playmaker's Standard
- Dr. Kathleen S. Kelly
University of Florida
- Margery Kraus
APCO Worldwide
- Maril MacDonald
Gagen MacDonald
- President & CEO Emeritus
- John W. Felton
- Honorary Trustees
- Don Bates
Media Distribution Services
- Willard D. Nielsen
Retired, Johnson & Johnson
- Louis C. Williams, Jr.
L.C. Williams & Associates
- Director of Development
- Michelle Hinson
Institute for Public Relations
- President & CEO
- Frank E. Ovaitt, Jr.
Institute for Public Relations
- Treasurer
- Michael A. Fernandez
State Farm Insurance
- Sandra Macleod
Echo Research
- Kenneth D. Makovsky
Makovsky & Company
- Thomas R. Martin
College of Charleston
- Thomas G. Mattia
The Coca-Cola Company
- David Monfried
Safeco
- James S. O'Rourke, IV
University of Notre Dame
- Douglas G. Pinkham
Public Affairs Council
- Andy Polansky
Weber Shandwick
- Ernst Primosch
Henkel KGaA
- MaryLee Sachs
Hill & Knowlton
- David Samson
Chevron
- Gary Sheffer
General Electric
- Jim Simon
Nationwide Insurance
- Dr. Don W. Stacks
University of Miami
- Kirk Stewart
APCO Worldwide
- Wendi Strong
USAA
- W. Ward White
Marcus Foundation
- Arthur E.F. Wiese
Entergy Corporation
- Dr. Donald K. Wright
Boston University