Two Madison County residents elected to PR association board

Two Madison County residents elected to PR association board

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Bill Moak, APR and Robyn Kennebrew, both Madison County residents, have been elected to serve a second term on the board of the Public Relations Association of Mississippi, Central Chapter, the association announced Feb. 1.

Moak, who holds an accreditation in public relations, or APR, a Madison resident, serves as PRAM Central’s president-elect in conjunction with his role as chair and assistant professor of communication at Belhaven University.

Kennebrew, a Ridgeland resident, serves her second term as PRAM Central’s treasurer in conjunction with her role as development coordinator for Mississippi Volunteer Lawyers Project and COO of The Bean Path.

The chapter inaugurated its 2021 Board of Directors at the Jan. chapter meeting held on Zoom. The volunteer board steers the nonprofit’s behind-the-scenes logistics to create opportunities for the chapter’s membership to advance the practice of public relations. The chapter is an autonomous affiliate of the Public Relations Association of Mississippi (PRAM State).

While typically the installation ceremony is held before the members and facilitated by a PRAM State board member, this year the group watched on screen as the slated officers, with hands-up, recited their oath of office. 

Most board members returned to their posts in 2021 following a 2020 term, in order to minimize disruptions due to the COVID-19 pandemic. After successfully implementing adjustments this group was elected by a majority of the chapter’s membership to continue the chapter’s efforts to provide networking, continuing education and professional development for about 150 public relations professionals in and around the capital city. The officers were sworn in by Patrice Guilfoyle, APR, president of PRAM State.

The board consists of the following professionals (pictured left to right):

Mary Margaret Busby, APR, a resident of Brandon, serves as past-president in conjunction with her role of public relations specialist and journalism instructor at Holmes Community College.

Chantel Lott is from Brandon and acts as vice president of communication in her first term plus public relations and marketing director at the accounting firm Matthews, Cutrer and Lindsay.

Matt Westerfield, APR, a resident of Pearl, serves as president in combination with his role as communications officer for Mississippi Division of Medicaid.

Jean Cook, APR, a Clinton resident, performs as vice president of membership in conjunction with her role as director of public relations for Mississippi Department of Education.

Kathy Dougan, is from Clinton and serves as secretary in addition to her role as public relations director at Miss. Soil and Water Conservation Commission.

Mara Hartmann, APR, a Jacksonian, acts as career development coordinator in combination with her senior lead communications specialist role with Entergy Mississippi, LLC.

Bill Moak, APR.

Sophie McNeil Wolf, a Jacksonian, performs as vice president of programs in addition to her role as digital media manager for Mississippi Institutions of Higher Learning.

Bonnie Jackson from Hazlehurst serves as member at-large in combination with her role as assistant professor at Jackson State University’s department of journalism and media studies.

Robyn Kennebrew.

PRAM Central, the largest of nine local chapters geographically located throughout the state, was founded in 1956 and is the top public relations professionals’ source for networking, continuing education and professional development throughout central Miss. Its membership consists of over 150 public relations professionals from advertising and public relations agencies, corporations and nonprofit organizations, government, education and industrial entities, as well as students studying to become public relations professionals.






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