2007 eNews Vol. II

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What's in this issue?

Seasoned Pros Look at Sole Practitioners
Young Pros Looking Ahead
Thinking about Accreditation?
Meet Our Newest Members
Welcome Back Our Loyal Renewals
What Others Are Doing (This Month: CSPRC, Press Club)

1) Seasoned Pros Look at the Sole Practitioner

NO FEAR - Nine hardy souls braved the fates on Friday, April 13, and attended the St. Louis PRSA chapter's first Seasoned Professionals gathering of the year, an early-afternoon independent practitioners luncheon at the Schlafly Bottleworks in Maplewood. Left to right (back): Craig Workman, Stephen Robin, Julie Gustafson, Pat Feeney, Jim Heine. Front: Carolyn Green, Joan Hicks, Melissa Moulton. Not pictured: Leslie Eicher. Information about future Seasoned Professionals and/or Independent Practitioner activities will be available shortly. For more information, check this Web site or contact Seasoned Professionals chair Jim Heine at seasonedprofessionals@prsastlouis.org.

2) Young Pros Looking Ahead

PRSA St. Louis’ Young Professionals is an outlet for St. Louis’ young public relations professionals to network, mingle and learn "tricks of the trades" from each other. The Young Professionals group is targeted to PR-related professionals in their 20s and 30’s that have less than five years of experience. Of course, all and any interested PR-related professionals are welcome, including both PRSA St. Louis members and non-members. Upcoming events will be announced soon! For more information about the Young Professionals group please feel free to contact Stephanie Flynn at youngpros@prsastlouis.org or 314-725-6400.

3) Thinking About Accreditation?

Thinking about accreditation? Contact Michelle Yates, APR at 314.231.5700 (michelle.yates@thelawrencegroup.com) or attend a free, informational session before the June luncheon starting at 11:00 a.m. Ask questions and learn about the process for getting your APR. More than 30 of our nearly 300 St. Louis Chapter members have theirs.

4) Say Hello to Our Newest Chapter Members

January 2007

Angela Marie Dulle, Director PR, Cushman/Amberg Communications, Inc.
Katharine Ryan Bannister, Account Executive, Salsman Lundgren Public Relations, Inc.
Jennifer Marie Harris, Account Executive, Salsman Lundgren Public Relations, Inc.

February 2007

Sandra L. McBride, Director Corporate Communications, Centene Corporation
Cynthia Alice McCafferty, Senior Vice President, Fleishman Hillard
Dawn Frances Ouchi, Mgr., Public & Media Relations, Graybar

March 2007

Donna Jean Gamache, Director Communications, The Lawrence Group
Ann Marie Mayuga, Managing Director, Sturges Word Communications
Mica M. Veihman, Director Communications, Monsanto
Pam Stevens, Mgr PR, TALX Corporations (*)

April 2007

Molly Hyland, PR Officer, Commerce Bancshares, Inc.
Stephen Lennartz, Manager, Marketing & Communications, Novus International, Inc.
Leah Kristen Shocklee, Communications Coordinator, Transworld Systems, Inc. (*)
Kelly Wisne, Marketing Communications Manager, Transworld Systems, Inc.

5) And Welcome Back to These Loyal Renewals (and some reinstatements)

January 2007

Trudy Barthels, Ascension Health
Vicki Biggs, Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod
Dawn DeBlaze, DeBlaze & Associates
Sara Geisner, Anheuser-Busch Companies, Inc.
Paul Guse, The Boeing Company
James (Jim) Heine, Editorial Solutions
Heather Henning, O'Connor & Partners
Rita Holmes-Bobo, APR, Express Scripts, Inc.
Valerie Hughes, APR, U.S. Postal Service-Public Affairs & Communications
Thomas Keller, Logan College of Chiropractic
Jackie Knolhoff, Edward Jones
Karen Marshall, APR, Monsanto Company
Dixie Platt, SSM Health Care System
Chuck Reitter, UCG Associates
Iris Salsman, Salsman Lundgren Public Relations
Anthony Sardella, Evolve 24, LLC
Dave Senay, APR, Fleishman-Hillard, Inc.
Ted Siegel, Ascension Health
Sandi Straetker, Priority Public Relations LLC
George Edward Stringham, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Mark Sutherland, Allsup Inc.
Nicole Traycoff, Osborn-Barr
Glynn Young, APR, Fellow PRSA, Monsanto Company

February 2007

Denise Bentele, APR, Common Ground Public Relations
John Boul, Edward Jones
Jerry Bryan, APR, Fellow PRSA, Bryan Consulting Inc.
Sonia Coleman, National Assn. of Electrical Distributors (NAED)
Kelly Doria, Scottrade, Inc.
Angela Fletcher-Mabry, METRO
Erica Fricke, Missouri Valley Conference
Corrie Hendrix, Pinnacle Financial Services Inc.
Kimberly Kendle, Sara Lee Food & Beverage
Caroline Lwali, MBA Student, Webster University
Marica Evers Levy, St. Louis Jewish Book Festival
Kerry Lyman, Nestle Purina PetCare Company
Lisa Martini, Enterprise Rent-A-Car
Michelle Mason, Millennium Communications, Inc.
Dallas Meneely, APR, Retired
Mary Phelan, APR, Fellow PRSA, Patrick Davis Communications, Inc.
Mark Polzin, Fleishman and Hillard, Inc.
Andrew Shea, The Solae Company
Lori Silvera, Joyce Meyer Ministries
Janet Vigen, Girl Scout Council of Greater St. Louis
Margaret Welch, A.G. Edwards & Sons, Inc.
Kristy White, Carpenters' District Council

March 2007

Alan Akerson, University of Missouri-St. Louis
Janice Armstrong, Monsanto
G. Scott Beck, Missouri Foundation for Health
Maria Bingaman, The Lawrence Group
Pam Bolden, YWCA Metro St. Louis
Stephanie Flynn, Cushman/Amberg Communications
Amanda Gioia, MasterCard International
Kim Groneck, KSG Consulting
Linda Locke, MasterCard International
Michael Montague, Resource Line, Inc.
Katie Northcutt, Nestle Purina PetCare Company
Robert L. Peirce, Fleishman-Hillard, Inc.
Stephen Robin, Soultions Not Problems
Robert Schenk, Centene Corporation
Sylvia Sharockman, BJC HealthCare
Brian Swift, Swift Incentives
Jeffrey Trammel, Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

5) What Others Are Doing

Spectrum Annual Conference “Betting on Strategy, Not Luck”
Community Service Public Relations Council (CSPRC), Tuesday, May 1, 2007. Full-day conference at the Millennium Hotel in Downtown St. Louis. For costs, more information and to register, check out the CSPRC web site here .

Press Club “Racism, Sexism and Religious Prejeduice”
Press Club of Metropolitan St. Louis Breakfast Forum, 8:30 a.m.-10:15 a.m., Thursday, May 10, 2007, Seven Gables Restaurant, Clayton. For details visit their Web site here.