Name: Karen Goslin, APR Chapter: Charlotte Current position: SVP, Operational Risk Manager How long in current position: 2 years in Risk, 29 years in Communications First PR job: Fellers & Company PR and Marketing, Austin, Texas Where you attended college:  The University of Texas at Austin If you weren’t doing PR, you’d be.., managing risk. Oh, […]

Name: Cristy Williams Chapter: Georgia Current position: PR and External Communications Leader for Synchrony Financial How long in current position: Four years First PR job: An intern and then an assistant account executive with full-service agency Crumbley & Associates.  It was valuable for me to gain experience, spanning retail, real estate, consumer products, banking, and […]

Name: Chelsey Riemann, APR Chapter: Volunteer Current position: Public Relations Coordinator for the Town of Farragut, Tenn. How long in current position: 11 years First PR job: The same one listed above! I realize that’s not common for most PR folks. Where you attended college:  Lipscomb University in Nashville, Tenn. If you weren’t doing PR, you’d be.., I […]

Name: Courtney Ellett Chapter: Memphis Current position: Founder/owner of Obsidian Public Relations How long in current position: 10 years First PR job: PR coordinator with Baptist Memorial Health Care Where you attended college:  The University of Memphis If you weren’t doing PR, you’d be.., writing novels, spending more time at home with my four kids and learning the […]

Name: Ragan DuBose-Morris, PhD Chapter: South Carolina – Lowcountry Region Current position: Director, Office for Telehealth Education, South Carolina Area Health Education Consortium (SC AHEC) How long in current position: I have held several positions with the SC AHEC over the past 12 years and was named to my current position in 2015. First PR job: Public […]