Our chapter is governed by a board of directors, which includes chapter officers and directors. The immediate past president also serves as a voting ex-officio member of the board.
Chapter Officers
Lauren Lawson-Zilai
President
Senior Director of Public Relations/National Spokesperson, Goodwill Industries International
Robert Krueger
President-Elect
Executive Communications Manager, Gensler
Michelle “Mischa” Sindyukov
Secretary
Consultant, APCO Worldwide
Meredith Williams, MPH
Treasurer
Senior Principal, Atlas Research
Vickie Gogo, APR
Vice President
Partner, Multicultural Communications, ICF Next
Leah McConnell Dergachev
Vice President
Senior Director, External Communications, Olive
Pattie Yu
Vice President
Principal and Founder
The Yu Crew, LLC
Board
Laura Ambrosio
Director
Communications and Policy, Consumer Technology Association
Karen Addis, APR
Director
President & CEO, Addis Communications
Diti Bhasin
Director
Director of Digital Strategies & Equity Programs, Flexibility
Rachelina Bonacci
Public Information Officer
Maryland Stadium Authority
Crystal Borde
Director
Vice President and Leader of the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Practice, Vanguard Communications
Shonali Burke
Chief Marketing Officer
Arena Stage
Carol Lyn Colón
Director
Executive Vice President, Zeno Group
Patty Nicastri
Director
Senior Digital Content Strategist, Fors Marsh Group
Larry Parnell
Director
Associate Professor & Program Director, The George Washington University
Carol Wilkerson
Director
Press Director, US Small Business Administration
Josh Wilson
Director
Director, Strategic Communications, Children’s National Hospital
Lisa Kiefer
Immediate Past President (ex officio)
Managing Director, Morning Consult
To contact any of our Officers or Board members, please email them at info@prsancc.org
Advisory Board
PRSA NCC launched its first-ever Advisory Council. Advisory Council members serve as a valued, high-level resource to PRSA NCC’s President and Executive Committee. Advisory Council members provide strategic direction and guidance on topics of critical importance to the chapter leadership such as strategic vision for the organization; potential professional development topics and speakers; diversity, equity, inclusion; allyship; and good governance practice. Advisors serve as PRSA NCC ambassadors both online and in person to their professional networks; and help strengthen the two primary revenue drivers for PRSA NCC: sponsorship and membership.
Advisory Council members are personally appointed by the President and serve a one-year term with the opportunity to renew for another term.
Jaya Bohlmann, MA, MSMOB, APR, ACC
President of Designing Communication
Certified Career Coach and Professor at University of Maryland
Jenna DePellegrini
President
PRSSA, American University
Charrosé C. King-Matthews
Communications Lecturer, Department of Strategic Legal and Management Communication
PhD Candidate
Howard University
Samantha Villegas, APR
Director of Strategic Communications, Raltelis
former PRSA National Board of Directors, former PRSA NCC President
Our chapter also selects delegates to represent PRSA NCC at the annual PRSA National Leadership Assembly.
2021 Delegates
Jackie Allder, APR
Ann Andrews Morris
John Cole
Aaron Ellis, APR, Fellow PRSA
Suzanne Holroyd, APR+M, Fellow PRSA
Michelle Hudgins, APR
Staci Maiers, APR
Robyn Rudish-Laning
Carol Wilkerson
