School communications leaders named to SC/NSPRA executive board
May 10, 2017
The South Carolina Chapter of the National School Public Relations Association (SC/NSPRA), the largest statewide organization devoted to effective school communications, held its annual business meeting and awards program on Friday, April 28, in Columbia. During this meeting, chapter members voted on the executive board for the 2017–2018 year and celebrated the effectiveness of 145 public relations and communications programs and projects from across the state as part of its Rewards for Excellence awards program.
The 2017-2018 Executive Board includes:
- President: Johnathan Graves, Community Services Facilitator, Greenwood School District 50
- President-Elect: Becky Bean, Communications Manager, South Carolina School Boards Association
- Vice President: Melissa Robinette, Director of Public Relations, District Five Schools of Spartanburg County
- Secretary: Erica Taylor, Chief Strategy and Communications Officer, Charleston County School District
- Past President: Mychal Frost, Director of Communications, Rock Hill Schools
- Upstate Representative: Adrian Acosta, Director of Public Relations, Spartanburg School District 2
- Midlands Representative: Chris McKagen, Communications Specialist, Darlington County School District
- Lowcountry Representative: Donald Porter Ed.D., Director of Communications and Community Engagement, Berkeley County School District
- Rewards for Excellence Co-chairs: Julie Putnam, Webmaster, Kershaw County School District and Mike Rosier, Communications Coordinator, Aiken County Public Schools
- Goodwill Chair: Toni Chewing, Director of Communications, Palmetto State Teachers Association
- Wise Counsel: Mary Anne Byrd, Communications Director, Kershaw County School District
SC/NSPRA is an affiliate of the National School Public Relations Association. The state chapter is composed of over 106 school public relations practitioners, superintendents and other educational professionals from across the state. The organization strives to foster development in the field of school public relations and to encourage meaningful community involvement in and understanding of the public school system.
