Chapter Leadership

 

PRSA Cleveland is governed by a board of directors which appoints executive officers to lead the chapter. Board members serve three-year terms and officers are elected annually.

Executive Officers
Board of Directors

EXECUTIVE OFFICERS

President
Joel Goldstein
Goldstein Group Commnications, Inc. (440) 914-4700
Goldstein is past president of the Akron area PRSA chapter and has served as the Greater Cleveland Chapter treasurer as well as president-elect.
President-Elect
Kate Eidam, Falls Communications, (216) 472-2390
Eidam has served on the PRSA Greater Cleveland board for the last five years. She has served as Vice President, Programming and Treasurer.
Vice President, Programming
Kelly McGlumphy, APR, Roop & Co. (216) 902-3800
McGlumphy joined PRSA in 2002 and currently serves as Co-Chair of the Cleveland Rocks Awards program.
Vice President, Membership
Lisa Smith, Tri-C (216) 987-5134
Smith joined PRSA in 2002, has served on the Cleveland Rocks Awards committee and the Vice President of Programming.  She is heading up the Non-Profit Series in 2010 and is co-chair of the Cleveland Rocks Awards committee.
Vice President, Communications
Erinne Dyer, Cleveland Clinic (216) 444-8168
Dyer has been a PRSA member since 2007 and was chair of the Health Care Summit.
Secretary
Brian Newbacher, AAA East Central, (216) 606-6701
Newbacher has been a PRSA member since 2001 and has chaired the chapter’s publicity committee, served on the programming committee as well as Vice President of Membership.
 
Treasurer
Allen E. Pfenninger, APR, Edward Howard (216) 781-2400
Pfenninger joined the Greater Cleveland Chapter board in 2008 and has served as co-chair of the sponsorship committee.  He is co-chairing the sponsorship committee as well as serving as treasurer.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

David Adams
Ernst & Young, LLP, (216) 583-1728
Kelly Banks, APR
Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, (216) 579-2131
James C. Brazytis
Liggett Stashower, (216) 373-8374
Janet Cannata, APR
Cuyahoga Community College, (216) 987-6155
Carrie Kandes, APR
Marcus Thomas, (216) 292-4700
Heather Kessen
Landau Public Relations, (216) 912-2856
Emily Lauer, APR
Edward Howard (216) 781-2400
Amy McGahan
Dix & Eaton, (216) 241-3027
Megan Pruce
Cleveland Clinic, (216) 445-7452
George T. Richard,
Baldwin-Wallace College, (440) 826-2325
Emily Vincent
Kent State University, (216) 642-0289