
LAKELAND, Fla., August 29, 2017 – The Dick Pope/ Polk County chapter of the Florida Public Relations Association 2017/2018 board members were installed by State President Ryan Gerds, APR, CPRC at the August 17 meeting.
The 2017/2018 Dick Pope/ Polk County FPRA board members include:
President – Erin Knothe
MIDFLORIDA Credit Union, Marketing Specialist
President-Elect and Media Summit Chair-Joe McLeod
McLeod Communications, Managing Partner
Immediate Past President – Jennifer Olivier, APR
Florida Southern College, Director of Alumni Relations
Vice President & Co-Treasurer – Brad Ruhmann
Crews Banking Corp., Web Administrator
Co-Treasurer – Rebecca Paul
Florida Southern College, Director of Public Relations and Marketing
Director, Accreditation – Sheila Skipper Guzmán, APR
Southeastern University, Assistant Professor of Public Relations and Communications
Director, Communications – Cathryn Lacy
Lakeland Electric, Interim Utility Marketing Program Coordinator
Membership Chair – Teresa Griffin
Polk County Public Schools, Analyst, Technical Facilitator/Marketing
Image Awards Chair – Cindy Rodriguez
Southwest Florida Water Management District, Sr. Government Affairs Manager
Student Liaison Chair – Pricilla Burr
Southeastern University, Associate Director of Public Relations
Social Media Chair – Margarita Alfaro
NuJak Development, Inc., Marketing Director
Website Chair – Dave Walter
GiveWell Community Foundation, Social Media Coordinator
For more information on the Dick Pope/ Polk County chapter of FRPA, please see http://www.fprapolk.org/
The Dick Pope/Polk County chapter of FPRA meets the third Wednesday of each month at Fresco’s, 132 South Kentucky Avenue, Lakeland, Fla. 33803. All meetings are open to the public. The cost is $20 for non-members. Registration and breakfast begin at 7:30 a.m. The meeting starts at 8 a.m. Advance registration is encouraged.
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