Institute for Public Relations
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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
- Dr. 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
Communication and
Crisis Management Consultants
- 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
- Lars Göran Johansson
AB Electrolux
- 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
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- Dr. Kathleen S. Kelly
University of Florida
- Margery Kraus
APCO Worldwide
- Maril MacDonald
Gagen MacDonald
- Sandra Macleod
Echo Research
- 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
Consultant
- 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
Marcus Foundation
- Arthur E.F. Wiese
Entergy Corporation
- Dr. Donald K. Wright
Boston University