{"id":14946,"date":"2021-09-15T16:07:00","date_gmt":"2021-09-15T20:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/?p=14946"},"modified":"2021-09-15T16:07:10","modified_gmt":"2021-09-15T20:07:10","slug":"dick-pope-polk-county-chapter-of-the-florida-public-relations-association-installs-board-of-directors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/2021\/09\/15\/dick-pope-polk-county-chapter-of-the-florida-public-relations-association-installs-board-of-directors\/","title":{"rendered":"Dick Pope Polk County Chapter of the Florida Public Relations Association&#8230; Installs Board of Directors"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Dick Pope Polk County chapter of the Florida Public Relations Association (DPPC-FPRA) installed its 2021-2022 board of directors at the Chapter Board Installation held at My Office &amp; More. The event, which continued the honored tradition of the passing of the gavel by former presidents of DPPC-FPRA, was a celebration of the past year of successes and opportunities for the coming year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1110px) 100vw, 1110px\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/FPRA-DPPC-2021-2022-Executive-Officers-with-FPRA-State-President.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14947\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/FPRA-DPPC-2021-2022-Executive-Officers-with-FPRA-State-President.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/FPRA-DPPC-2021-2022-Executive-Officers-with-FPRA-State-President.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/FPRA-DPPC-2021-2022-Executive-Officers-with-FPRA-State-President.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/FPRA-DPPC-2021-2022-Executive-Officers-with-FPRA-State-President.jpg?resize=1536%2C1152&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/FPRA-DPPC-2021-2022-Executive-Officers-with-FPRA-State-President.jpg?w=2048&amp;ssl=1 2048w\" \/><figcaption><em>Pictured left to right: Cathryn Lacy, Jessica Lawson,\u00a0Devon Chestnut, APR, CPRC, Brian West, Erin Martinez<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Additionally, the board celebrated some highlights from the recent FPRA Annual Conference in Orlando, Florida. During the conference, the Chapter received a President\u2019s Award for Image Awards and the chapter\u2019s incoming president Jessica Lawson received an Award of Distinction and Judges\u2019 Award for Peace River Center\u2019s virtual run.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \u201cThe determination of our chapter board this past year has been nothing short of inspiring, especially through one of the most difficult times we\u2019ve had to face,\u201d said Lawson. \u201cI\u2019m honored to serve the chapter as incoming president and look forward to supporting our local public relations professionals through monthly meetings and special events.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The incoming FPRA State President, Devon Chestnut, APR, CPRC, installed the chapter\u2019s 2021-2022 board of directors, who will each serve a one-year term.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The DPPC-FPRA 2021-2022 Board of Directors includes:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>President \u2013 Jessica Lawson<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Community Relations Associate, Peace River Center<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>President-Elect \u2013 Brian West<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Community Relations Manager, Publix Super Markets, Inc.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Immediate Past President \u2013 Cathryn Lacy<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Utilities Marketing Manager, Lakeland Electric<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Treasurer \u2013 Erin Martinez<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Director of Development, Talbot House Ministries<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Secretary\/Historian \u2013 Hannah Ball<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Accounting Clerk, Lakeland Electric<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Accreditation \u2013 Sandy Horan, APR<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Senior Manager of PR &amp; Content, Curious Jane<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Professional Development Director \u2013 Katy Martin<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Vice President of Communications, Florida Baptist Children\u2019s Home (FBCH) + One More Child<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Communications Director \u2013 Robert Mitchell<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Marketing Coordinator, Lakeland Electric<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Publicity Director \u2013 Erin Storey<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Corporate Communications Developer, Publix Super Markets, Inc.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Community Involvement Director \u2013 Merissa Green<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Special Events, Recognitions, Polk Education Foundation<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; DPPC-FPRA meets monthly for communications and public relations professional development sessions and networking. Visit&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/fprapolk.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">FPRAPolk.org<\/a>&nbsp;for more information.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Dick Pope Polk County chapter of the Florida Public Relations Association (DPPC-FPRA) installed its 2021-2022 board of directors at the Chapter Board Installation held at My Office &amp; More.&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":14947,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_robots_follow":"","_seopress_robots_imageindex":"","_seopress_robots_snippet":"","_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"0","_seopress_robots_breadcrumbs":"","_seopress_robots_freeze_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_custom_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_canonical":"","_seopress_social_fb_title":"","_seopress_social_fb_desc":"","_seopress_social_fb_img":"","_seopress_social_fb_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_height":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_title":"","_seopress_social_twitter_desc":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_height":0,"_seopress_redirections_value":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled_regex":"","_seopress_redirections_logged_status":"","_seopress_redirections_param":"","_seopress_redirections_type":0,"_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","inline_featured_image":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"wpai_generated_summary":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"dois","default_image_id":71799,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false},"categories":[6],"tags":[1197],"class_list":["post-14946","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","tag-dick-pope-polk-county-chapter-of-the-florida-public-relations-association"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14946","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14946"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14946\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14947"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14946"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14946"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14946"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}