Our chapter is governed by a 17-member board of directors, which includes five chapter officers and 12 directors. The immediate past president also serves as a voting ex officio member of the board.
Chapter Officers
Lisa Johnson Kiefer
President
President and CEO, Sightline Strategy
Lauren Lawson-Zilai
President-Elect
Senior Director of Public Relations/National Spokesperson, Goodwill Industries International
Maureen Heydt
Secretary
Communications Director, Global Financial Integrity
Meredith Williams
Treasurer
Senior Principal, Atlas Research
Robert Krueger
Vice-President
Executive Communications Manager, Gensler
Leah McConnell Dergachev
Vice-President
Assistant Vice President, Communications and Marketing, Medical Device Innovation Consortium (MDIC)
Karen Naumann, APR
Vice President
Board Members
Karen Addis, APR
Director
President & CEO, Addis Communications
Diti Bhasin
Director of Digital Strategies & Equity Programs
Flexability
Allie Erenbaum
Director
Senior Consultant, Strategic Communications, Booz Allen Hamilton
Vickie Gogo
Director
Partner, ICF Next
Matt Howland
Director
Director of Communications, Army Emergency Relief
Joan Hurwitz
Director
Vice President, Communications, American Nurses Association
Brendon Miller, APR
Director
Director of Development and Communications, Washington Area Community Investment Fund
Madisen Reid
Director
Junior Associate, Weber Shandwick | Powell Tate
Robert Udowitz
Director
Principal, RFP Associates
Eric Winkfield
Director
Public Affairs Manager, PEPCO
Stacy Hope
Immediate Past President (ex officio)
Communications Director, Commission on Security & Cooperation in Europe
To contact any of our Officers or Board members please email them at [email protected]
Our chapter also selects delegates to represent PRSA-NCC at the annual PRSA National Leadership Assembly.
2020 Delegates
Jackie Allder, APR
Ann Andrews Morris
Jennifer Bemisderfer, APR
John Cole
Aaron Ellis, APR, Fellow PRSA
Suzanne Holroyd, APR+M, Fellow PRSA
Michelle Hudgins
Brigitte Johnson, APR
Lauren Lawson-Zilai
Staci Maiers
Robyn Rudish-Laning
Serge Samoilenko
Carol Wilkerson
