The Global Alliance (GA) for Public Relations and Communications Management nominating committee has elected its new board of directors and taking office on July 1, 2015. The incoming board includes leading practitioners, academics and industry association leaders, with representation from every continent. Indonesian representative Mrs. Prita Kemal Gani, MBA, MCIPR, APR is the chosen to be the Regional Delegate-at-Large responsible for the development of the Global Alliance and service to associations in Asia.
The Global Alliance newly-elected Board of Directors are the following:
Chair Gregor Halff, IPRS (Singapore)
Chair-elect José Manuel Velasco, Dircom (Spain)
Immediate Past-Chair Anne Gregory, FCIPR, CIPR (United Kingdom)
Treasurer Joe Truncale, PRSA (USA)
Secretary Therese Manus, NCA (Norway)
Delegate-at-Large Fiona Cassidy, PRINZ (New Zealand)
Delegate-at-Large Cecilia Schon-Jansson, SACP (Sweden)
Delegate-at-Large Kentice Tikolo, PRSK (Kenya)
Delegate-at-Large Mateus Furlanetto, ABERJE (Brazil)
Delegate-at-Large (Intl. Reg. and specialty) Mark Schumann, IABC (United States)
Delegate-at-Large (Academic/ Research) Jerry Swerling, University of Southern California (USA)
Regional Delegate-at-Large (Latin America) Alejandra Brandolini, CPRP (Argentina)
Regional Delegate-at-Large (Asia) Prita Kemal Gani, PERHUMAS (Indonesia)
Regional Delegate-at-Large (Africa) Rotimi Oladele, NIPR (Nigeria)