Institute for Public Relations Continues to Build “Best Board”
Newly elected Trustees are: Lynn C. Brown, vice president-corporate communications, Waste Management, Inc.; S. Keith Burton, president, Insidedge, and executive vice president, GolinHarris; Stephen K. Dishart, managing director-communications & human resources, Swiss Re; Harvey Greisman, senior vice president and group executive-worldwide communications, MasterCard Worldwide; and Mark Hass, CEO, MS&L Worldwide.
"We have promised our Trustees that, in return for their dedicated service, we want them to be able to say that this is the best Board experience - the most rewarding and among the most prestigious - in the public relations field," said Institute co-chairs Matthew Gonring, global marketing & communications consultant, Gagen MacDonald; and Michael A. Fernandez, vice president-public affairs, State Farm Insurance.
Existing Trustees re-elected to another three-year term are: Peter Debreceny, retired vice president-corporate relations, Allstate Insurance; Björn Edlund, executive vice president-communications, Royal Dutch Shell plc.; Patrick Ford, president & CEO-USA, Burson-Marsteller; Jeff Hunt, principal, PulsePoint Group LLC; Lars Göran Johansson, senior vice president-communications & branding, AB Electrolux; Kathleen Kelly, professor of public relations, University of Florida; Margery Kraus, president & CEO, APCO Worldwide; Ken Makovsky, president, Makovsky & Company; James Scofield O'Rourke IV, professor and director-The Eugene D. Fanning Center, University of Notre Dame; Andrew S. Polansky, president, Weber Shandwick; Gary Sheffer, executive director-corporate communications & public affairs, General Electric Company; James M. Simon, senior advisor, Edward Howard; Don W. Stacks, professor and director-public relations program, School of Communication, University of Miami; W. Ward White, managing director, Marcus Foundation and consultant; and Donald K. Wright, professor of public relations, Boston University.
In addition to co-chairs Gonring and Fernandez, other Institute Board officers for 2009 include Makovsky as treasurer and Frank Ovaitt as president and CEO of the Institute.
