New year, new officers and new goals

The new year is here, and the new board is already planning another spectacular year.The following members have been selected for the 2012 board of the Southwest Missouri Chapter of PRSA.

• President: Tom Ellis
• President-Elect: Lori Marble
• Immediate Past President: Don Hendricks
• Secretary: Becky Lucas
• Treasurer: Tamera Heitz-Peek
• Chapter Liaison Director-at-Large: Regina Waters
• Membership Director-at-Large: Paula Ringer
• Communications Director-at-Large: Jill Finney
• Assembly Delegate: Andrea Mostyn

These new board members met on Jan. 12 and began making plans for the year.
Chapter goals for 2012:

• Offer PRSA webinars to the community as a membership recruitment tool and to create the potential to generate new revenue
• End the year with at least 50 members (we are currently at 46).
• Create a Speaker’s Bureau to share chapter members’expertise with the community.
• Strengthen student chapter relations.