PRSA Officers and Board Members for 2008
Officers President
Michael McGrath (2008)
Senior Vice President
Financial Dynamics
180 North Stetson Ave., Suite 3050
Chicago, IL 60601
312/861/4711
Michael.mcgrath@fd.com
President-Elect
Rebecca Theim (2010)
President
Tipitina Communications, Inc.
501 N. Clinton Street, Suite 1604
Chicago, IL 60610-6591
312/235-2657
312/651-7316 Fax
rebecca@tipitina-comm.biz
Vice President
Stephanie Krol (2008)
Principal
SKPR
9726 Old Port Cove
Bristol, IN 56507
773/580-9726
Stephanie@skprmedia.com
Treasurer
Scott Farrell (2009)
Executive Vice President
Golin Harris
111 E. Wacker Drive
Chicago, IL 60601
312/729-4000
312/729-4106 Fax
sfarrell@golinharris.com
Immediate Past President
Gini Dietrich (2009)
Chief Executive Officer
Arment Dietrich Public Relations
506 N. Clark, Suite 400
Chicago, IL 60610
312/787-7249
312/787-7354 Fax
gini.dietrich@armentdietrich.com
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Board Members
William H. Parke (2008)
Director, Corporate Marketing & Financial Communications
Chicago Mercantile Exchange
20 S. Wacker Drive
Chicago, IL 60606
312/930-3467
312/930-3439 Fax
wparke@cme.com
Melanie Strah (2009)
Vice President
Weber Shandwick
676 N. St. Clair, Suite 1000
Chicago, IL 60611
312/988-2404
312/988-2363 Fax
mstrah@webershandwick.com
Steven Knipstein, APR (2008)
Senior Vice President
Cushman/Amberg Communications
180 N. Michigan Avenue
Chicago, IL 60601
312/263-2500
312/263-1197 Fax
steveknip@cushmanamberg.com Howard Riefs (2010)
Vice President
Fleishman-Hillard
875 N. Michigan Ave., Suite 3300
Chicago, IL 60611
312/751-3534
312/751-8191 Fax
riefsh@fleishman.com
Shawn Kahle, APR (2009)
Managing Director, Chicago
Arment Dietrich Public Relations
506 N. Clark, Suite 400
Chicago, IL 60610
312/787-7249
312/787-7354 Fax
skahle@armentdietrich.com
Back to top Gary Weitman (2010)
Vice President, Corporate Comm.
Tribune Company
435 N. Michigan Avenue
Chicago, IL 60611
312/222-3394
312/222-1573 Fax
gweitman@tribune.com
Herb Ritchell (2009)
Executive in Residence
Loyola University of Chicago
820 N. Michigan Ave., #900 Lewis Tower
Chicago, IL 60611
312/915-6528
hritche@luc.edu
David Kurt (2009)
Senior Manager, Corporate Comm.
LexisNexis
70 W. Madison Street, Suite 2200
Chicago, IL 60603
312/899-7805
312/984-1600
david.kurt@lexisnexis.com
Virginia Mann (2010
Director, Corporate Communications
Topco Associates, LLC
7711 Gross Point Road
Skokie, IL 60077
847/329-3614
312/259-2989 mobile
vmann@topco.com
Back to top David Rudd (2008)
Vice President
Weber Shandwick WorldwidE
676 N. St. Clair Street
Chicago, IL 60611
312/988-2032
drudd@webershandwick.com
Courtney Hill (2010)
Chief Executive Officer
M Theory Communications
222 Merchandise Mart Plaza, Suite 275
Chicago, IL 60654
312/255-3125
312/255-1200 Fax
chill@mtheorycommunications.com
Chapter Office
Judy Prinz
The Sanford Organization
1000 N. Rand Road, Suite 214
Wauconda, IL 60084
847/526-2010
847/526-3993 Fax
mail@prsachicago.com
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