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
Robert Krueger
President
Executive Communications Manager, Gensler
Leah McConnell Dergachev
President-Elect
Senior Director, External Communications, Olive
Jaya Koilpillai, MA, MSMOB, APR, ACC
Secretary
President of Designing Communication; Certified Career Coach and Professor at University of Maryland
Karin Drinkhall, APR
Treasurer
Deputy Director for Integrated Communications at Barbaricum
Vickie Gogo, APR
Vice President
Senior Partner, Multicultural Communications, ICF Next
Larry Parnell
Vice President
Associate Professor & Program Director, The George Washington University
Board
Thomas Becher, APR
Director
Director of Marketing & PR Services at ECU Communications
Rachelina Bonacci
Public Information Officer
Maryland Stadium Authority
Crystal Borde
Director
Vice President and Leader of the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Practice, Vanguard Communications
Stephanie Dukes
Associate Director
Vanguard Communications
Patricia Hernandez, PhD
Director
Communication Program Coordinator at Johns Hopkins University Advanced Academic Programs
Patty Nicastri
Director
Senior Digital Content Strategist, Fors Marsh Group
Gillian Pommerehn
Senior Vice President, Public Relations & Reputation Management
Crosby Marketing Communications
Carol Wilkerson
Director
Press Director, US Small Business Administration
Josh Wilson
Director
Director, Strategic Communications, Children’s National Hospital
Lauren Lawson-Zilai
Immediate Past President (ex officio)
Senior Director of Public Relations/National Spokesperson, Shatterproof
Committee Leaders:
Accreditation (APR) Committee Co-Chairs:
Thomas Campbell, APR+M
Rakeem Mosey, APR
Amy Philpott, APR
Awards & Recognition Committee Chair:
Elizabeth Theil Mather
Career Support/Mentoring Committee Co-Chairs:
Stephanie Dukes
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Committee Chair:
Crystal Borde
Ethics Officer:
Samantha Villegas
Marcom Committee Chair:
Megan Sweeney
Membership Committee Co-Chairs:
Gillian Pommerehn
Jennifer Strohm, APR
Mid-Atlantic District Representative:
Leah McConnell Dergachev
Nomination Committee Chair:
Lauren Lawson-Zilai
Pro Bono Committee Co-Chairs:
Jasmine Jones
Joellen Leavelle
Professional Development Committee Co-Chairs:
Anne Duffy, CPCC, ACC
Bill Furmanski
Programming: Assn-Nonprofit Co-Chairs:
Laura Gross
Diana Olson
Christie Phillips, APR
Alysa Reich
Scott Ward
Sponsorship Committee Chair:
Myles Goldman
Our chapter also selects delegates to represent PRSA NCC at the 2022 annual PRSA National Leadership Assembly:
Maggie Barchine, APR
Leah Dergachev
Michelle Hudgins, APR
Robert Krueger
Rakeem Mosey, APR
Larry Parnell
Tracy Schario, APR
Carol Wilkerson
Lauren Lawson-Zilai
To contact any of our Officers or Board members, please email them at info@prsancc.org.
