The PRSA Southern Arizona Chapter was founded in 1970. Presidents include:
| 2014 – Jessa B. Turner 2013 – Lisa Wilkinson 2012 – Terry Marshall 2011 – Jan Howard, APR 2010 – Lynn Perez-Hewitt, APR 2009 – Angela Hagen 2008 – Mary Davis 2007 – Robert Berry, APR, Fellow PRSA 2006 – Kimberly Schmitz 2005 – Alaina Levine 2004 – Sarah T. Evans 2003 – Dave Von Behren, APR 2002 – Wendy Erica Werden, APR 2001 – Casey DeLorme, APR 2000 – Nancy Guthrie, APR 1999 – Steve Emerine, APR 1998 – Libby Howell, APR 1997 – Sandi Khawam 1996 – Jodi Horton, APR, Fellow PRSA 1995 – Linda Welter Cohen, APR 1994 – Elaine Nathanson, APR, Fellow PRSA 1993 – Vicki Doyle, APR 1992 – Roger D Yohem 1991 – John C Stickler, APR |
1990 – Judith Brown, APR 1989 – Charlie Boyd, APR 1988 – Judith K Abrams 1987 – Paula Winn, APR 1986 – Thomas M Reavis, APR 1985 – John B Meyer 1984 – Steve Kravitz 1983 – Dana A Cooper 1982 – William C Mapes 1981 – Judy L Moson 1980 – Frank R Harris 1979 – Frank R Harris 1978 – Al H Bradshaw Jr 1977 – Al H Bradshaw Jr 1976 – James H Maize 1975 – Lew Riggs, EdD, APR 1974 – James H Maize 1973 – Bernie Roth 1972 – George Alstad, APR 1971 – Nicki Orsborn 1970 – Chartered |
Chapter Tributes
PRSA Longtime Member Steve Emerine, APR, died Feb. 13, 2009 at 73 years old due to medical complications. He held several editing posts and was a columnist for the Arizona Daily Star and theTucson Citizen. Other career stops included posts at The University of Arizona, the elective office of Pima County assessor 1973-1980, managing the Green Valley News, and doing public relations work and a weekly column for Inside Tucson Business. Steve has been a member of the Public Relations Society of America and the Southern Arizona Chapter since November 1991. He was president of the Southern Arizona Chapter in 1999 and received the Public Relations Practitioner of the Year Award in 2004.