Commission Members
Co-Chair, Educators
Maria Russell, APR, Fellow PRSA
Professor Emerita, Public Relations
Newhouse School of Public Communications
Syracuse University
Co-Chair, Practitioners
Stacey Smith, APR, Fellow PRSA
Senior Counsel and Partner
Jackson, Jackson & Wagner
Immediate Past Co-chair
Anthony D’Angelo, APR, Fellow PRSA
Professor of Practice, Director of Communications Management
Syracuse University
Vice Chair
Nance Larsen
Director, Communication Strategy,
Gere Tactical, Inc.
Secretary-Treasurer
Kathy Donohue Rennie, Ph.D.
Associate Professor and Chairperson,
Marketing Department, School of Business
New Jersey City University
Staff Liaison