Leadership
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PRSASW is led by PRSA Members Just Like You. Each of the 14 chapters within the district is represented on the Southwest District board, typically by the president or president-elect. This means each of the chapters have a vote when it comes to deciding district business.

But individual chapter members can contribute to district programming and activities – building professional and personal connections with leaders across the country. To learn more about becoming involved, contact the district officers or your chapter president.
 

 
Southwest District Officers PDF Print E-mail

District Officers 

Sam Sims, APR - Chair
Title: 
Director of Public Relations & Marketing
Company:  US Fleet Tracking
Address:  2912 NW 156th Street
Edmond, OK 73013
Phone:  (405) 749-1105
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Chapter:  Oklahoma City Chapter

 

Kristen Colleen Turley, APR - Chair-Elect 
Title:  
Retail Marketing Manager
Company:  Navico
Address: 12000 E. Skelly Dr.
Tulsa, OK 74128
Phone:  (918) 438-8646
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Chapter:  Tulsa Chapter

 

 Laura Moore Van Hoosier, APR - Treasurer
Title: 
PR Consultant
Company: Laura Van Hoosier, Independent PR Practitioner
Address: 28753 Woodsong Trail
Magnolia, TX 77355
Phone:  (281) 685-7334 or 817-703-8432
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Chapter:  Fort Worth Chapter
 


Sadie D. Wilks, APR - Secretary
Title: 
Director of Communication
Company:  Louisiana State Medical Society
Address:  6767 Perkins Rd., Suite 100
Baton Rouge, LA 70808
Phone:  (225) 763-2309
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Chapter:  Baton Rouge Chapter

Marlene S. Neill, APR - Immediate Past Chair
Title: 
Lecturer
Company:  Baylor University
Department of Journalism
Address:  One Bear Place #97353
Waco, TX 76798-7353
Phone:  (254) 710-6322
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Chapter:  Central Texas Chapter

Committee Chairs

Kristi Barnett Williams, APR - Accreditation Chair
Title: 
Communications Director
Company:  BREC
Address:  
6201 Florida Blvd., Baton Rouge LA 70806
Phone:
  (225) 273-6439 ext 543
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Chapter:
  Baton Rouge Chapter

 

Heide Harrell, APR - Affinity Calls
Title:  Senior Public Relations Account Executive
Company:  Stone Ward
Address:  225 E. Markham St., Little Rock AR 72201
Phone:  (501) 375-3003
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Chapter:  Arkansas Chapter

 

Danielle M. Walker, APR - Affinity Calls
 Title:  Midstream Communications Specialist
Company:  Chesapeake Energy
Address:  P.O. Box 18496, Oklahoma City, OK 73154-0496
Phone:  (405) 935-2582
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Chapter:  Oklahoma City Chapter

 

Melissa Vela-Williamson - Diversity Chair
Title: 
Communications Advisor
Company:  H-E-B
Address:  646 S. Main Ave., N/1, San Antonio, TX 78204
Phone:  (210) 938-3115
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Chapter:  San Antonio Chapter 

 

Stafford Wood Kendall - Social Media
  Title:  Principal
Company:  Covalent Logic
Address:  2241 Christian St., Baton Rouge, LA 70808
Phone:  (225) 389-1010
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Chapter:  Baton Rouge Chapter


Patricia Alvarenga Smith, APR - Social Media
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Chapter:  Dallas Chapter

 


Open -- Membership Chair

Open -- Prof. Dev/Speaker's Bureau Chair

Open -- Conference/QuickStart Chair

 

 

Blake Lewis, APR -- National Board / SW District Liaison
Company:    Lewis Public Relations
Address:    7616 LBJ Freeway, Suite 800
Dallas, TX 75251
Phone:    214-635-3020 
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Chapter:    Dallas Chapter

(225) 273-6439 ext 543
 


Upcoming Events

2012 PRSA Southwest District Conference
April 11-13, 2012
Hyatt Regency Tulsa
Tulsa, Okla.

 

2012 National Assembly
Oct. 13, 2012
San Francisco Marriott Marquis
San Francisco, Calif.

 

2012 PRSA International Conference
Oct. 13-16, 2012
San Francisco Marriott Marquis
San Francisco, Calif.