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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
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