Native public relations chapter honors longtime members

SARASOTA, Fla. – The Central West Coast chapter of the Florida Public Relations Affiliation (CWC-FPRA) just lately honored two longtime members who’ve distinguished themselves with a powerful document of management and repair. Joe Curley, APR, CPRC, has reached the 50-year mark and Colleen Thayer, MA, APR, CPRC has reached the 25-year mark with the Florida Public Relations Affiliation.

Curley – the co-founder and former president of one among Florida’s oldest and largest PR corporations, Curley & Pynn Public Relations Administration – joined the Orlando Space chapter in 1973 and served as that chapter’s president from 1978-1979. He then served as state president from 1981-1982 and as Counselors’ Community Chair from 2010-2011. He moved to the Sarasota/Manatee space within the early 2000s and have become a Central West Coast chapter member, serving as a board member since 2016. In 2022, Curley based the CWC Previous Presidents Advisory Panel to function a PR counsel sounding board and to help chapter members as wanted.

Throughout his lengthy membership within the affiliation, Curley has mentored many FPRA members. His ardour for creating future leaders led him in 2010 to endow the Joe Curley Rising Chief program, which yearly identifies and honors up-and-coming FPRA leaders with money rewards {and professional} growth scholarships. He additionally endowed the Dr. Jay Rayburn, APR, CPRC annual scholarship to help the skilled growth of scholars finding out to enter the general public relations occupation.

Through the years, Curley has been awarded every of the highest 4 FPRA state awards for exemplary service: the John W. Dillin Award, the Doris Fleischman Award, Member of the Yr, and the Previous President’s Award.

Thayer – who presently serves as the manager director for NAMI Sarasota and Manatee Counties – rapidly rose to management after becoming a member of the Central West Coast chapter, serving as treasurer, vp and president, along with helping members with incomes their Accreditation/Certification and judging the Picture Awards. She went on to serve on the FPRA state board in roles together with chapter companies, skilled growth, Counselors Community chair and FPRA Basis chair.

“My membership has been a really beneficial useful resource for me for a few years,” stated Thayer. “I’m not in a position to do as a lot as I used to, however know that I can all the time rely on the friendships and relationships constructed through the years and may stroll right into a chapter assembly or convention and achieve a lot to additional my skilled growth.”

“It provides us such nice pleasure to acknowledge Joe and Colleen for his or her service and dedication to FPRA over their a few years of membership,” added chapter president Sheryl Vieira. “They’ve contributed a lot to the group and to the skilled progress of their friends in addition to to the follow of public relations. They proceed to function inspiration and position fashions to all of us!”

CWC-FPRA meets month-to-month for skilled growth luncheons and networking. These occasions are designed to reveal attendees to present public relations practices and developments within the communications business. Go to cwcfpra.com for extra info.

About The Central West Coast chapter of the Florida Public Relations Affiliation
The Central West Coast chapter of the Florida Public Relations Affiliation (CWC-FPRA) is a community of public relations, advertising and communications professionals from Sarasota, Manatee and DeSoto counties who come collectively for skilled growth and to construct a community of friends. As an lively a part of the oldest statewide public relations group in our nation, CWC-FPRA takes satisfaction in being the biggest chapter within the state and in having a 56-plus-year historical past of presenting stimulating applications and advancing the skilled progress of its members. The Florida Public Relations Affiliation is devoted to creating public relations practitioners who, by means of moral and standardized practices, improve the general public relations occupation in Florida. For extra about CWC-FPRA, go to cwcfpra.com.

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