SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT PRSA CHAPTER ELECTS 2010 BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Hamden, CT, January 6, 2010 — Members of the Southern Connecticut Chapter of the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA) elected its 2010 Board of Directors during the group's recent annual meeting.
The membership named Michelle Wade of Hamden, the director of communications for the New Haven Public Schools, as chapter president; Barbara Arusiewicz of Milford, sales and marketing manager at the United Illuminating Company, as vice president; Tricia Caldwell of North Haven, communications manager at the Community Foundation for Greater New Haven, as chapter treasurer; and John Hodgins of Branford, senior communications associate at the Annie E. Casey Foundation, as secretary.
Also approved as members-at-large: Wilson Camelo of Hamden, agency principal at Bauzá & Associates Hispanic Marketing; Pat Connor of New Haven, senior public relations specialist at MetLife; Evelyn Cemadas Gard of Beacon Falls, director of public relations and marketing at Gateway Community College; Mary Ingarra, APR, of North Branford, manager of public affairs at Connecticut Water Company; John Morgan of Woodbury, associate vice president for public relations at Quinnipiac University; and Danielle Swift of Orange, director of communications and public relations at Planetree.
ABOUT THE PRSA SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT CHAPTER
The Southern Connecticut Chapter of PRSA is a professional membership organization that coordinates events and provides resources on a wide-range of topics to benefit public relation practitioners and the public relations profession. Members comprise a diverse group of mid- to senior-level professionals who are committed to enhancing the practice of public relations in Southern Connecticut; its service area encompasses Stonington to Fairfield and north to Danbury, Waterbury and Meriden, CT. For more information, visit www.prsact.org.
Chartered in 1947, the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA) is the world’s largest and foremost organization of public relations professionals. PRSA provides professional development, sets standards of excellence and upholds principles of ethics for its members and, more broadly, the multi-billion dollar global public relations profession. It is a community of more than 21,000 public relations and communications professionals across the United States. Members represent nearly every practice area and professional and academic setting within the public relations field. In addition, there are more than 10,000 students who are members of the Public Relations Student Society of America (PRSSA) at colleges and universities here and abroad.
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Tricia Caldwell
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The Community Foundation of Greater New Haven
tcaldwell@cfgnh.org
203.777.7090