2018 President’s Message

  My millennial co-worker — an FPRA member — almost every Friday sings out the “It’s Friday” song, the amateur ditty that went viral in 2011. For the rest of the day, that song is in my [...]

  When I talked to a Panama City resident as his power was restored a few days after Hurricane Michael slammed into the Panhandle, he gave perhaps the best description of the devastating [...]

It’s been a whirlwind first month of the FPRA year. I’ve traveled around the state – wearing my FPRA Hawaiian shirt – installing chapter presidents and their boards, meeting members and even [...]

Hello and welcome to the 2018-19 year for the Florida Public Relations Association. I am so honored to follow in the footsteps of Ryan Gerds, APR, CPRC, as state president. We have a great group [...]

Wow, time has certainly flown by and it’s hard to believe this is my last column as your state president. It has been an honor to serve you over the last 12 months. The hard work of FPRA’s [...]

Can you believe it’s already July? This year is racing by and we are now less than a month away from our 80th Annual Conference at the Sawgrass Marriot in Ponte Vedra Beach. You won’t want to [...]

Summer is here. And that means FPRA’s Annual Conference is right around the corner. In less than two months we will come together to celebrate 80 Years of Innovation, Influence and Impact. I [...]

At the beginning of my year as president, I set a goal of reaching out to every new member of our Association to welcome them to our FPRA family. Part of my message is that they are part of [...]

Spring is the air, which means FPRA is gearing up in preparation for annual conference this August at the Sawgrass Marriott in Ponte Vedra! Speakers are secured, events are being finalized and [...]

Our State Board convened in mid-February for a great weekend of work. While in these meetings, I’m always impressed and grateful to be surrounded by such a committed group of PR professionals [...]