2023 Universal Accreditation Board Members

Public Relations Society of America

   
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Joy Carter, APR
UAB Chair
Communications Manager
American Cast Iron Pipe Co.
Birmingham, AL

   
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Kristie Byrum, APR, Fellow PRSA
UAB Immediate Past Chair
Associate Professor, Mass Communications
Bloomsburg University
Lewisburg, PA
   
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Kristie Aylett, APR, Fellow PRSA
UAB Vice Chair
Public Relations/Marketing
The KARD Group
Diamondhead, MS
   
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Sharee LeBlanc Broussard, Ph.D., APR
Director, Public Affairs & Community Services
Mobile County Commission
Mobile, AL
   
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Kara Lynn Handley, APR+M
Public Affairs Officer
U.S. Navy/Naval Special Warfare Command
San Diego, CA
      
Jennifer Hudson, APR (photo)
Jennifer R. Hudson, APR
President
ThinkBeyond Public Relations
Hollywood, FL
   
Marlene S. Neil, APR, Fellow PRSA (photo)
Marlene S. Neill, Ph.D., APR, Fellow PRSA
Associate Professor
Baylor University
Waco, TX
   
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Isidro Reyna, APR
Sr. Communication Specialist
NASA Johnson Space Center
Houston, TX

   
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Yolanda K. Stephen, APR
Director, Public Relations
Troup County School System
Lagrange, GA
   
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Brandon Wilson, APR
President & CEO
Wilbron
Bessemer, AL
   

Asociación de Relacionistas de Puerto Rico

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Carlos M. Rivera-Cuesta, APR
Executive Partner
Partners Communications
Bayamon, PR
   

California Association of Public Information Officials

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Christine Brainerd, APR
Director of Communications
City of Folsom
Folsom, CA
   

Florida Public Relations Association

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Christian M. Gent, APR
Head of Strategic Communications & Public Affairs
Georgia-Pacific LLC
Palatka, FL
   
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Laura Byrnes, APR, CPRC
Director of Communications
CareerSource Citrus Levy Marion
Ocala, FL
   

Maine Public Relations Council

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Nancy J. Roberts, APR
Director of Marketing Communications Program
New England School of Communications
Husson University
Bangor, ME
   

National Association of Government Communicators

 
Ann P. Knabe, APR+M
Account Director
BVK 
Waukesha, WI
    

National School Public Relations Association

Terry Ryan, APR
Communications Director
Northbrook School District 28
Northbrook, IL
   
Dustin T. Barnes, APR
Communications Coordinator
North Little Rock School District
North Little Rock, AR
   

Religion Communicators Council

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Jon Ammons, APR
Associate Director, Office of Public And International Affairs
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints)
New York, NY 
   

Southern Public Relations Federation

  
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Marian R. Faulk, APR
Director of Marketing
Springhill Medical Center
Mobile, AL
  
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Kristie Aylett, APR, Fellow PRSA
Public Relations/Marketing
The KARD Group
Diamondhead, MS
   

DoD Designated Liaison

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CDR Beth A. Teach, APR+M
Public Relations Officer
The Joint Staff, Pentagon
Washington, DC
   

PRSA Staff Contact for UAB

Kathy C. Mulvihill
Sr. Manager, Accreditation
PRSA
120 Wall Street, 21st Floor
New York, NY 10005
Phone: (212) 460-1436