Buffy Lockette, APR, Alabama chapter

Name: Buffy Lockette, APR Chapter: Alabama Current position: Director of Public Relations at Jacksonville State University How long in current position: 1.75 years (my two-year anniversary is in October) First PR job: My first public relations job was as an intern in the office I am now leading! As an undergraduate majoring in communications at JSU back in the late 1990s, I was recruited to write […]

Bob Mullen, Georgia chapter

Name: Bob Mullen Chapter: Georgia Current position: Senior Public Information Specialist, Jacobs Engineering How long in current position: 7 years First PR job: Impact Theater Company (Chicago), Communications & Marketing Manager Where you attended college: Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI If you weren’t doing PR, you’d be…… In the theater, acting, directing, producing, etc. Essentially, any/all […]

Katherine Brennecke, Georgia chapter

Name: Katherine Brennecke Chapter: Georgia Current position: Managing Director, Training and Content at The Mathews Group How long in current position: one month, but I’ve been with this agency for a little more than three years. First PR job: Communications Counselor at The Mathews Group Where you attended college: University of South Carolina – Aiken […]

Renee Whitener, Tar Heel chapter

Name: Renee R. Whitener Chapter: Tar Heel Chapter, NC Current position: Director of Public Relations, Blue Ridge Electric Membership Corporation How long in current position: 18 years First PR job: Newspaper Reporter covering crime, local government and education. Where you attended college: Appalachian State University If you weren’t doing PR, you’d be……I loved being a […]