PRAWNC Board of Directors. Pictured from left to right: Kasey Gruen, Judy Davidson, Sandra Adams, Sherri L. McLendon, Elisabeth Bocklet, Jaime McKee, Gary James, Rachel Miller, Brian Jennings, and Amy Fowler; not pictured are Angela Betancourt, Jennifer Perez, Alicia Knighton, and Kathy Thielke.

ASHEVILLE, NC (February 2010) – PRAWNC returning board members Sherri L. McLendon, Gary S. James, Jaime McKee, Amy Fowler, Jennifer Perez, Alicia Knighton, and Angela Betancourt welcome Kathy Thielke, Kasey Gruen, Rachel Miller, Brian Jennings, Elisabeth Bocklet, Judy Davidson, and Sandra Adams to its 2010 board. Installed in December 2009, the sixteen members met as a full board for the first time Jan. 22 at CarePartners’ Seymour Auditorium for an annual planning session.

Sherri L. McLendon, a freelance communications consultant, writer, and editor with McLendon Bylines, Weaverville, is president; Rachel Miller, communications manager at Mountain BizWorks, is vice president; Angela Betancourt, brain injury advocate, is membership chair; Gary S. James, owner at jamesgang creative+communications llc, is secretary; Brian Jennings, a creative marketing and promotions consultant, is treasurer; Jaime McKee, online developer at the Asheville Citizen- Times, is communications chair; Kasey Gruen, owner of Gruen Photo & Design, is assistant communications chair; Amy Fowler is Chief of Staff/Chief Financial Officer; and Jennifer Perez, marketing representative with Park Ridge Hospital, sits the board as immediate past president. Members at large include Alicia Knighton, owner of Action Digital, Hendersonville; Elisabeth Bocklet, marketing and communications manager at United Way of Asheville and Buncombe County; Judy Davidson, manager for the Buncombe County Government television station; Kathy Thielke, community relations coordinator at Four Seasons; and Sandra Adams, a freelance media relations consultant, Hendersonville.

Board members are selected by a nominating committee and approved by a ¾ majority by the general membership in open session. No compensation is received for service to Public Relations Association of Western North Carolina.
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Public Relations Association of Western North Carolina, or PRAWNC, is the region’s premier professional organization for public relations, marketing, advertising and communications professionals since 1983. Learn more about PRAWNC at http://www.prawnc.org/.
PRAWNC is a 501C3 not-for-profit corporation providing practitioners with opportunities for education, collaboration, networking and professional excellence.

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The prestigious PRAWNC Annual Best of the Mountains Awards’ program was formed to celebrate and recognize excellence in Western North Carolina public relations and marketing communications. The program offers both area organizations and agencies the opportunity to submit their best communications campaigns, initiatives or projects.

After six judges reviewed nearly 50 projects, PRAWNC will provide awards to 27 recipients that include agencies and in-house divisions in the following categories: publications, special events, brand marketing campaigns, public relations writing, advertising campaign and online marketing. Each category has several sub divisions.

Judges were comprised of a diverse panel that included: two magazine editors; two communication professors; one PR and marketing agency; and one ad agency. PRAWNC invites people from the community to partake in this fun and educational event. Projects will be on display for viewing and refreshments will be provided by the Colorful Palate; an open bar is also available.

The event will be emceed by Tammy Jones of WOXL; the cost to attend is $35 per person. RSVPs will be accepted through Thursday, October 15.

About PRAWNC

Formed in 1983, PRAWNC is a not-for-profit organization that facilitates and recognizes excellence in marketing, public relations, and advertising, while providing practitioners with opportunities for education, collaboration, networking and professional excellence. For more information, please visit: www.prawnc.org.

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Crisis Communications–Is Our Community Prepared?

(September 12, 2009) Asheville, NC – Jan Blunt, Communications Director, Buncombe County Schools, and Marla Tambellini, Assistant Vice President/Director of Marketing & Public Relations for the Asheville Convention and Visitors Bureau will discuss “crisis communications: is our community prepared?” at the September 2009 Public Relations Association of Western North Carolina luncheon Friday, September 25, from 11:30am – 1pm p.m., at Broadmoor Country Club, Fletcher. Members: $15; Non-Members: $25.

A timely topic during National Emergency Preparedness Month, disasters do happen in western NC, and they aren’t always obvious. A flu pandemic could cause schools and businesses to close, and disrupt everyone’s way of life. A hurricane can hit our state and cause flooding, or hit a thousand miles away and cause a gas shortage that lasts for weeks. Learn how area communications personnel representing industry, non-profit organizations, schools and government are preparing together for the next “big event,” whatever it may be.

Please RSVP to Jennifer Perez, jennifer.perez@ahss.org, by September 21, for reservations and membership information.

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ABOUT PRAWNC –

The Public Relations Association of Western North Carolina (PRAWNC) facilitates and recognizes excellence in marketing, public relations, and advertising, providing practitioners with opportunities for education, collaboration, networking and professional excellence. Their annual “Best of the Mountains Awards” in October recognizes achievement in public relations and business communications among organizations in Western North Carolina.

Contact:
Jennifer D. Perez

Business Development Representative

Park Ridge Hospital

Tel: (828) 650-2746

Fax: (828) 650-2728

Cell: (828) 318-7592

jennifer.perez@ahss.org

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The judging has begun and good luck to ALL who have entered.

Be sure to “save the date” for the awards dinner in October.

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