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Tracy Bachman has been attending FPRA meetings and events as a guest for almost a decade and recently joined as a member. She was encouraged to join by her mentor, Terry Van Nortwick. Tracy is the president and CEO of PRO iNK Communications, a boutique communications...

Allison Downey, corporate communications specialist for RTI Donor Services, a not-for-profit arm of Alachua, Florida-based RTI Surgical, became a member of FPRA in 2008 after joining the corporate communications department at RTI. “The rest of my team was heavily...

Thursday, June 19, 2014 11:30 a.m. - 1 p.m. Sweetwater Branch Inn   Diane H. McFarlin, dean of the UF College of Journalism and Communications and former publisher of the Herald-Tribune Media Group in Sarasota, will join us for our June membership luncheon....

  This year’s annual conference is just around the corner, coming Aug. 10-13 to the Wyndham Grand Orlando Resort Bonnet Creek in Orlando, Florida. Themed The Best Road Traveled, this year’s conference includes an array of professional development and networking...

As a marketing communications specialist at Exactech, Inc., new FPRA Gainesville Chapter member Samantha Jones deals with various aspects of public relations on a day-to-day basis. “I do a lot of internal communications, client relations, sales communication,...

Are you new to media relations? Do you want to become more familiar with the local media scene? If so, you’re in luck! The FPRA Gainesville Chapter and Visit Gainesville are co-hosting a Summer Media Splash on Tuesday, June 17 at 7:30 a.m. at the Historic Thomas...

Anna Mikell, electronic media manager at Visit Gainesville, is currently FPRA Gainesville Chapter's communication director. She has been involved in the local chapter since 2011 when she started at Visit Gainesville.   As electronic media manager for Visit...

  Do you have an outstanding public relations program or project you have worked on between January 1, 2013 and May 16, 2014? If so be a part of the PR profession’s most prestigious awards program—FPRA’s Golden Image Awards! The awards competition includes four...

May membership luncheon Thursday, May 15, 2014 11:30 a.m. - 1 p.m. Sweetwater Branch Inn   Please join us in May for our joint luncheon with the Advertising Federation of Gainesville! Sandra F. Chance, Esq., executive director of the Brechner Center for Freedom...

A member of the Gainesville Chapter since March 2013, Andy Howard is the assistant director of RecSports for marketing and communications at the University of Florida (UF). There, he oversees a 12-member employee team comprising graphic designers, communicators,...