SCPRSA announces 2018 Board of Directors

January 17, 2018

The South Carolina chapter of the Public Relations Society of America announces its 2018 Board of Directors. SCPRSA, a statewide professional organization for public relations practitioners, empowers its members to advance the practice of public relations through professional development opportunities and relationship building.

“Communications professionals representing a diversity of business sectors and various parts of the state make up our board this year.” said Reba Campbell, 2018 SCPRSA president. “This lets us provide monthly programs, training and networking to professionals from the Upstate to the Lowcountry. Look for some creative approaches to professional development on topics that are important to anyone who is in the business of communications.”

January’s monthly meetings in Greenville, Columbia, and Charleston will focus on media relations including a newsroom tour and panel discussion with reporters and assignment editors.

SCPRSA’s 2018 Board of Directors:

President

Reba Campbell, Deputy Executive Director, Municipal Association of SC, Columbia

President-Elect

Kimberly Keelor, APR, Senior Director, Media Relations, The Citadel, Charleston

Vice President of Finance

Peggy Binette, Associate Director of Public Relations, University of South Carolina, Columbia

Vice President of Professional Development

Charles Bloom, Executive Associate Athletics Director/Chief of Staff/Chief Communications Officer, University of South Carolina Athletics, Columbia

Vice President of Membership

Isabel Posada, Account Coordinator, Crawford Strategy, Greenville

Vice President of Communications

Lauren Shirley, Marketing Assistant, Window Coverings Association of America, Columbia

Immediate Past President

Kelly J. Davis, APR, Public Relations Instructor, University of South Carolina School of Journalism and Mass Communication, Columbia

Midlands Regional Director

Elizabeth Gibbes Robinson, Communications Manager, Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, P.A., Columbia

Lowcountry Regional Director

Samantha Dubay, Senior Strategic Communications Coordinator, HDR, Inc., North Charleston

Upstate Regional Director

Sarah Moore, Public Relations Director, Complete Public Relations, Greenville

Assembly Delegate

Beth Thomason, APR, Director of Marketing and Advertising, Spinx, Greenville

Ethics Officer

Robert Reeves, APR, Assistant Professor of Communication, Anderson University, Anderson

Pictured, from left to right: Elizabeth Gibbes Robinson, Ashley M. Dusenbury, APR, Reba Campbell, Kelly Davis, APR, Samantha Dubay, Charles Bloom, Isabel Posada, Peggy Binette, Robert Reeves, APR, Kimberly Keelor, APR

 

 

About SCPRSA

The Public Relations Society of America is the world’s largest professional organization for public relations practitioners. The South Carolina Chapter of PRSA is the leading networking and professional development organization for communicators statewide. For more information, visit SCPRSA.org.