2024 Board Members

President
Amanda Horn
Senior Public Relations Director
Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art & the Momentary

Immediate Past President
Kevin Trainor
Senior Associate Athletics Director for Public Relations & Former Student-Athlete Engagement
University of Arkansas Department of Intercollegiate Athletics 

President-Elect
Kelsey Bohl, SCMP, APR
Senior Manager, Corporate Communications
Walmart

Secretary & Treasurer
Jennifer Thompson
Marketing Coordinator
McClelland Consulting Engineers, Inc. 

Programming Chair
Juan Alanis
Managing Partner
Big Oak Tree Media

APR Chair
Sarah King, APR
VP of Marketing and Communications, Experience Fayetteville

Communications Chair
Sophia Neubaum
Account Coordinator
4media group 

 

Committees and Chairs

Membership Committee chairperson – Jennifer Joyner, Senior Public Relations Account Executive, MHP/Team SI

Public Relations Student Society of America (PRSSA) Committee chairperson – Shannon Magsam, director of communications, College of Education and Health Professions at the University of Arkansas

Governance Committee chairperson: Robin Mizell, APR, senior public affairs manager for Arkansas, Black Hills Energy

Past Chapter Presidents 

2022-23 – Kevin Trainor
2021 – Robin Mizell, APR
2020 – Delaney Vaughn
2019 – Madeline Whitaker/Delaney Vaughn
2017-18 – Christy Attlesey
2016 – Debbie Miller
2014-15 – Beth Bobbitt
2013 – Cydnee (Cochran) Snodgrass
2012 – Brooke Benoit
2011 – Christi Gallagher
2010 – Leigh Stidham, APR 
2009 – Jami Lamontagne
2008 – Mark Myers/Jami Lamontagne
2007 – David Edmark, APR
2006 – Dixie Kline
2005 – Michael Clark, APR 
2004 – Terri Trotter
2003 – Ed Nicholson, APR
2002 – Elise Mitchell, APR