Advisory Council
Angela Buonocore, Chair
Vice President and Director of Corporate Relations, ITT Corporation,
White Plains, NY
Joseph Hice, Jr., APR, Vice Chair
Associate Vice President, Marketing & Public Relations, The University of
Florida, Gainesville, FL
Christine B. Ahearn
Vice President of Public Relations, Lowe’s Companies, Inc., Mooresville,
NC
David J. Albritton
Director, Media Relations – Washington, Raytheon Company, Arlington,
VA
Cheryl Budd
Chief Communications Officer, NCCI Holdings, Inc., Boca Raton, FL
Marc Cannon
VP, Corporate Communications, AutoNation, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Michael Cherenson, APR
Vice President, Public Relations, The Cherenson Group, Parsippany, NJ
Joseph J. Curley, APR
Public Relations & Marketing Consultant, Stingray Solutions, Inc., Surrey,
Vancouver
Anthony D’Angelo, APR
Director, Global Marketing Communications, Carrier Corporation, Syracuse,
NY
John Deveney, ABC, APR
President, Deveney Communication, New Orleans, LA
C. Del Galloway, APR, Fellow PRSA
Executive Director, Public Awareness Initiative, Corporation for Public Broadcasting,
Washington, DC
Rebecca Hart, APR
Partner, Hart & Partners, Atlantic Beach, FL
Frank Karel, III
Retired, VP of Communications, Rockefeller and Robert Wood Johnson Foundations,
Washington, DC
Grace Leong
President, Hunter Public Relations, New York, NY
Kathleen F. Marvaso
Managing Director, Government Relations, AAA National Office, Washington, DC
Bob McAdam
Senior Vice President, Government and Community Affairs, Darden Restaurants
Gigi G. de Mier, APR, Fellow PRSA
Principal, De Mier & Sainz de la Maza, San Juan, PR
Mickey Nall, APR
Managing Director, Ogilvy Public Relations Worldwide, Atlanta, GA
Charles Nicolas
Vice President, Public Affairs, Frito-Lay North America
Frank Ovaitt, APR
President & CEO, Institute for
Public Relations, Gainesville, FL
Alberto Quintana
Senior Vice President and General Manager, The Axis Agency, Miami FL
Lauri-Ellen Smith, APR
Principal, Winning Strategies, Jacksonville, FL
Oscar Suris
Director, Strategic Communications, Ford Motor Company
Susan B. Towler, APR
Executive Director, The Blue Foundation for a Healthy Florida, Jacksonville,
FL
Deborah Charnes Vallejo
Vice President, Managing Director of Public Relations, Bromley Communications
Bill Warren, APR
Vice President of Public Affairs, Walt Disney World Company, Lake Buena Vista,
FL
The Campaign for the University of Florida