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About the NCA Public Relations Division

2008-2009 Officers Chair: Michael Smith Immediate Past Chair: Denise Ferguson Vice-Chair:Susan Waters Vice-Chair Elect: Katerina Tsetsura Secretary: Brigitta Brunner Web site editor: Mihaela Vorvoreanu 2008-2009 Committees PRIDE Committee: Michelle O'Malley, Sheila McAllister-Spooner , Jeong-Nam Kim, Jae-Hwa Shin. Chair: Denise Ferguson Nominating Committee: Michael Palenchar, Corey A. Hickerson

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2007-2008 Officers

Chair: Denise Ferguson

Immediate Past Chair: Michael Kent

Vice-Chair: Michael Smith

Vice-Chair Elect: Susan Waters

Secretary: Brigitta Brunner

Web site editor: Mihaela Vorvoreanu

2007-2008 Committees

PRIDE Committee: Michael Palenchar, John Fisher, Chiara Valentini, Jae-Hwa Shin. Chair: Michael Kent

Nominating Committee: Chuck Lubbers, Corey A. Hickerson

2006-2007 Officers

Chair: Michael Kent

Immediate Past Chair: Maureen Taylor

Vice-Chair: Denise Ferguson

Vice-Chair Elect: Michael Smith

Secretary: Brigitta Brunner

Web site editor: Mihaela Vorvoreanu

2006-2007 Committees

PRIDE Committee: Mihaela Vorvoreanu,Katerina Tsetsura, Debra Worley and Michael Palenchar. Chair: Maureen Taylor

Nominating Committee: Nilanjana Bardhan and Corey Hickerson

2005-2006 Officers

Chair: Maureen Taylor

Immediate Past Chair: Tim Coombs

Vice-Chair: Michael Kent

Vice-Chair Elect: Denise Ferguson

Secretary: Nilanjana Bardhan

Web site editor: Mihaela Vorvoreanu

2005-2006 Committees

PRIDE Committee: Mihaela Vorvoreanu, Bonita Dostal Neff, Michael Smith and Katerina Tsetsura

Nominating Committee: Brigitta Brunner and Josh Boyd

Business meeting minutes

• 2008 (to be approved in Nov. 2009)
• 2007
• 2006
• 2005
• 2004
• 2003
• 2002
• 2001
• 2000

History

The Public Relations Division began in 1989 as the Committee on Public Relations. That year, the planner was Bonita Dostal-Neff. In 1994, public relations appears as a division in the NCA Convention Call for Papers. According to past NCA programs, the chairs of the division have been:

2007-08 – Denise Ferguson, Indiana Wesleyan University
2006-07 – Michael L. Kent, Western Michigan University
2005-06 – Maureen Taylor, Western Michigan University
2004-05 – W. Timothy Coombs, Eastern Illinois University
2003-04 – Theresa Russell-Loretz, Millersville University
2002-03 – Debra A. Worley, Indiana State University
2001-02 – Rachel L. Holloway, Virginia Tech University
2000-01 – Charles Lubbers, Kansas State University
1999-00 – Greg Leichty, University of Louisville
1998-99 – Jeff K. Springston, University of Georgia
1997-98 – W. Timothy Coombs, Illinois State University
1996-97– Dan P. Millar, Indiana State University
1995-96 – Robert L. Heath, University of Houston
1994-95 – Laura C. Perkins, Southern Illinois University
1993-94 – Dean Kruckeberg, University of Northern Iowa

Many thanks to Jennifer Peltak from NCA and to attendees of the 2007 Business Meeting for providing this information.

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