Leadership

President
Kim Brown
Berea College

Past President
Katie Neal
Katie Neal Coaching & Consulting

Secretary, APR Co-Chair
Amy Preske
Booze PR

Treasurer & APR Co-Chair
Brant Welch
Farmers National Bank of Danville

Programming Co-Chair
Tina Bryson
Christian Appalachian Project

Programming Co-Chair
Marc Whitt
University of Kentucky

Communications Co-Chair (Internal Comms)
Michele Hill
Kentucky League of Cities

Communications Co-Chair (External Comms)
Dan Koett
Affinity Media & Public Relations

Social Media Chair
Haley Broughton
Berea College

Technology Chair
Leigh Anne Hiatt
Association of Independent Kentucky Colleges and Universities

Membership Chair
Risa Richardson, APR
NiSource/Columbia Gas of Kentucky

Member-at-Large, APR & Awards Co-Chair
Holly Wiemers
University of Kentucky – Ag Equine Programs

Member-at-Large, PRSSA Liaison
Brittney Kinison
Frontier Nursing University

Past Presidents

Katie Neal (2024)
Tina Bryson (2023)
Bethany Langdon (2022)
Ryan Worthen (2021)
Natalie Wilks (2020)
Natalie Cunningham (2019)
Amy Preske, APR (2018)
Kathy Previs, Ph.D. (2017)
Holly F. Wiemers, APR (2016)
Sue Patrick, APR (2015)
Brant Edward Welch, APR (2013, 2014)
David Kitchen (2012)
Ryan Worthen (2011)
Susan Lynn Lancho (2010)
Cliff Feltham (2009)
Sally Baker, APR (2008)
Heather Lee Baber (2006, 2007)
Jacquelyn Gist Anderson (2005)
Cliff Feltham (2003, 2004)
Dan Dickson (2002)
Pamela Mitchell Mangas (2001)
John Kenneth Hawks, APR (2000)
John Myers, APR (1998, 1999)
James Patrick Gleason, APR (1997)
Leigh Anne Hiatt, APR (1996)
Tom Harris (1991)
Nancy Wiser, APR (1990)
Nancy Wiser, APR (1989)