Past Alabama PRSA Presidents

2024 - Briana Bryant, MPA, APR

2023 - LaShana Sorrell, APR

2022 - Betsy Emmons, APR

2021 - Meg W. Burton, APR

2020 - Rachel Olis, APR

2019 - John M. Matson, APR

2018 - Philip Poole, APR, Fellow PRSA

2017 - Missy Burchart, APR

2016 - Julie Ross Senter, APR

2015 - Kevin Storr, APR

2014 - Louise C. Oliver, APR

2013 - David Majors, APR

2012 - Michael Sznajderman, APR

2011 - Brandon Wilson, APR, Fellow PRSA

2010 - Charles Bloom

2009 - Melanie Davis, APR

2008 - Mitch Edwards, APR

2007 - Kathie Martin, APR

2006 - Garland Stansell, APR

2005 - Stacy Smith, APR, Fellow PRSA

2004 - Jo Alice Driggers

2003 - Sherry Hopper Gill, APR

2002 - Kathleen H. Roth

2001 - Michael Taft Jones, APR

2000 - Marianne B. Sharbel

1999 - Marianne B. Sharbel

1998 - Ross Mitchell

1997 - Linda H. Baker

1996 - Jean W. Colquett

2025 Board of Directors

President

Ally Dorrough, APR, TMP
Alabama's Beaches / Alabama's Beaches Sports & Events

President-Elect

Buffy L. Lockette, APR
Coca-Cola UNITED

Secretary

Adam Kelley, APR
HudsonAlpha

Treasurer

Carla Jean Whitley, APR
Brasfield & Gorrie

Immediate Past President

Briana Bryant, MPA, APR
Sikora Law LLC

 

Accreditation Chair

Kendra Carter, MPA, APR
Auburn University

Community Service Chair

Tiffany Nabors, M.A.T., APR
VIVA HEALTH

Communications Chair

Ashton Adams
Brasfield & Gorrie

Diversity Chair

Megan Zamora, APR
Poarch Creek Indians

Ethics Chair

Denise Berkhalter, APR
Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship

Membership Chair

Brittany Fillmore, APR
Columbia Southern University

Professional Development Chair

Abbie Kate Hancock
Red Sage Communications

Programs Chair

Hanlon Walsh, APR
PERITUS public relations

PRSSA Liaison

Sara Franklin, APR
Neurology Associate II

Regional Coordinators

Central Alabama

Amanda Salazar
Manufacture Alabama

East Alabama

Breann Murphy, Ph.D.
Jacksonville State University

North Alabama

Kristina Hendrix, APR
The University of Alabama in Huntsville

South Alabama

Jessica Waters
Baldwin County EMA

 

PRSSA Professional Advisors

Auburn University

Taylor Stewart
The Abbi Agency

Jacksonville State University

Kassidy Nance
McClellan Development Authority of Anniston

Mississippi State University

Karyn Brown, M.A., APR
Mississippi State University

Oakwood University

Brandon Wilson, APR, Fellow PRSA
Wilbron Inc.

Samford University

Ashton Adams
Brasfield & Gorrie

The University of Alabama

Sara Franklin, APR
Epilepsy Foundation

University of Alabama at Birmingham

Courtney Cole
University of Alabama at Birmingham

University of Southern Alabama

Easton Colvin
Gulf Shores & Orange Beach Tourism

 

Directors-at-Large

1st Year Director-at-Large

Briana Bryant, MPA, APR
Sikora Law LLC

2nd Year Director-at-Large

LaShana Sorrell, MBA, APR
Southern Veterinary Partners

3rd Year Director-at-Large

Meg Burton, APR
Brasfield & Gorrie