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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.

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the art of public relations

Institute for Public Relations Trustees

Co-Chairs
Michael A. Fernandez
State Farm Insurance
Matthew P. Gonring
Gagen MacDonald





Worldwide Board of Trustees
Matthew Anderson
News Corporation
Amy Binder
RF/Binder Partners, Inc.
Lynn Brown
Waste Management, Inc.
S. Keith Burton
GolinHarris
Tony Cervone
United Airlines
Peter Debreceny
Gagen MacDonald
Stephen K. Dishart
Swiss Re
Björn Edlund
Royal Dutch Shell
Rob C. Flaherty
Ketchum
Patrick Ford
Burson-Marsteller
Gary F. Grates
Edelman
Harvey Greisman
MasterCard Worldwide
Robert W. Grupp
Institute for Public Relations
Mark Hass
MH Group Communications
William C. Heyman
Heyman Associates, Inc.
Jeff Hunt
PulsePoint Group LLC
Rich Jernstedt
Fleishman-Hillard
Lars Göran Johansson
AB Electrolux
Raymond C. Jordan
Johnson & Johnson
Dr. Kathleen S. Kelly
University of Florida
 



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.
L.C. Williams & Associates
Director of Development
Michelle Hinson
Institute for Public Relations
President & CEO
Robert W. Grupp
Institute for Public Relations
Treasurer
Kenneth D. Makovsky
Makovsky & Company






Margery Kraus
APCO Worldwide
Maril MacDonald
Gagen MacDonald
Sandra Macleod
Echo Research
Thomas R. Martin
College of Charleston
Thomas G. Mattia
Reitred, The Coca-Cola Company
David Monfried
AIG
Frank E. Ovaitt, Jr.
Institute CEO Emeritus
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
Battelle
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