NEW YORK: The PR Council has named 12 rising communications leaders to its shadow board, PRC Next.
The industry group has named members from a broad range of firms, from large international agencies to boutiques and specialist shops.
PRC Next’s board members are Rebecca Ballard, MD and head of communication and culture at Hill+Knowlton Strategies; Frani Chung, VP and group manager at M Booth; Katie Creaser, SVP at Affect; Jenn deBerge, director at O’Malley Hansen Communications; Jennifer Dingman, VP of platform strategy at Current Marketing; Dwayna Haley, VP at Porter Novelli; and Melle Hock, SVP and group planning director at Edelman.
The board also includes Erin Jordan, account director and retail technology practice lead at Walker Sands; Greg Mondshein, cofounder and managing partner of SourceCode Communications; Tony Osborn, SVP of employee engagement at MSLGroup; Amy Pyles, digital VP at Saxum; and Crystal Schweim, VP at Olson Engage.
Ten of the board’s 12 members are women.
We are celebrating our past by looking to our future. Please join us in congratulating our first shadow board of next-generation leaders. Track their journey, goals and mission through #PRCNext. https://t.co/S6OBBCg1jR pic.twitter.com/0UBzhOCXfy
— PR Council (@PRCouncil) December 5, 2017
PR Council said in October that it was planning to form the board, which will serve alongside the PR Council’s board of directors with the goal of bringing younger and more diverse views to the organization’s leadership.
PRC Next board members are required to have between seven and 15 years of industry experience and to work at a PR Council member agency. The first meeting of the group is scheduled to take place next month, and PRC Next will develop its own industry initiatives and join some directors’ meetings to share their perspectives.
The PR Council board of directors includes chief executives from 14 agencies, including Burson-Marsteller, Weber Shandwick, Golin, Ogilvy, DeVries Global, and Citizen Relations. The trade association has members from more than 100 U.S. firms.
Many newly minted PRC Next members and agencies tweeted their reactions.
It's going to be a great year! I'm looking forward to working with everyone! #prcnext https://t.co/La5SwtjG2g
— Greg Mondshein (@gmondshein) December 5, 2017
Congratulations to our very own @JenniferStraub on being selected as one of the 12 rising leaders to serve on the @PRCouncil’s first ever shadow board, #PRCNext. #proud https://t.co/U9V5L2CdY2
— Current (@talktocurrent) December 5, 2017
Well done Tony Osborn! @tposborn has been named to the @PRCouncil PR Next Board. #PRCNext pic.twitter.com/YX2KpKjkpO
— MSL N.A. (@MSLGROUPNA) December 5, 2017
Incredibly proud of our Director Jenn deBerge for being chosen to join @PRCouncil’s first shadow board of next-gen leaders. Congrats! #PRCNext https://t.co/ll9j3tkALt
— O'Malley Hansen Comm (@OmalleyHansen) December 5, 2017
