Southern Arizona Public Relations Society Welcomes New Leadership

TUCSON, Ariz.- The Public Relations Society of America is the nation's leading professional organization in service to the communications community. PRSA is the principal advocate for industry excellence and ethical conduct and provides members lifelong learning opportunities and leading-edge resources to enhance professional connections and support them at every stage of their career.

Our Southern Arizona Chapter serves communication, marketing, and engagement professionals throughout the region, providing its members learning opportunities and resources to enhance connections and support them through every phase of their career.

Jessa Turner, Director of Communications for Tech Parks Arizona, has been appointed Chapter President, along with a dynamic group of 12 for its 2022 Board of Directors, which encompasses leaders from the across the industry spectrum representing several key private and public organizations in Southern Arizona.

Turner has been an active member of our Chapter for over 15 years and has served on the board in a variety of roles, including Past President, Ethics Chair, Impact Awards Chair and Secretary. An award-winning practitioner, she has helped to advance Tech Parks Arizona for eighteen years primarily through the promotion of university-based economic development activities. She is a graduate of the Greater Tucson Leadership class of 2013 and is currently serving a three-year term on the GTL board. She is also an active member of the Association of University Research Parks communications special interest group.

Board terms are approximately one year and began at the beginning of January. The new Board of Directors include:

President

Jessa Turner

Director of Communications, Tech Parks Arizona,

Immediate Past President

Kathleen Brown

Principal/Founder, Brown + Associates, LLC

Treasurer

Larry Wiget

Retired

Secretary

Meredith Ford

Account Manager, NuPoint Marketing

Communications Chair

Rocque Perez

Marketing Strategist, UArizona, Research, Innovation and Impact

Programs Co-Chair

Dina Doolen

Marketing and Communications, Pima Community College

Programs Co-Chair

Jessie Allen

Director of Marketing, Communications and External Relations, Tucson Airport Authority

Membership Chair

Tara Gibson

Development Manager, Greater Tucson Leadership

Impact Awards Chair

Joel Badzinski

Coordinator of External Communications, UArizona College of Life Science & Agriculture

Ethics Chair

Carolyn Smith Casertano

Professor of Practice, University of Arizona

Accreditation Chair

Sheila Storm

Communications Director, Pima Association of Governments

Sponsorship Chair

Marisol Vindiola

Director of Mexico Initiatives, Visit Tucson

Member At-Large

Rhonda Bodefield

Manager of Corporate Communications, Tucson Electric Power

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