2024-2025 Board of Directors
As a member-run organization, the Central West Coast Chapter of FPRA offers a variety of leadership growth opportunities – including the opportunity to serve on our board. Below is a listing of our current Board of Directors, each individual instrumental in driving change and ensuring our programs, projects and services come to life.
Hunter Carpenter, MA, APR
President
Laura Ansel, APR, CPRC
President-Elect
Sarah Glendening
Immediate Past President
Jennifer Linzy, APR
Finance Director
Travis Cornwell
Events Director
Jennifer Hemmerdinger
Membership DIrector
Sharon Kunkel, APR, CPRC
Credentialing Co-Director
Jennifer Moss Wilson, APR, CPRC
Credentialing Co-Director
Andrea Knies, APR
Celebration Director
Traci Willingham
Community Liaison
Jodel Velarde
Student Outreach
Muffy Lavens
Media Relations Director
Ciera Coleman
Creative Director
Alyssa Holcomb
Digital Communications Co-Director
Alyssa Barnsley
Digital Communications Co-Director
Erin Guzzo
Member Communications Director
Joe Curley, APR, CPRC
At-Large
Eleni Kouvatsos Gates, MBA, APR
At-Large
Melanie Reda, APR, CPRC
At-Large
Sheryl Vieira
At-Large
Committees
Communication Committee: Alyssa Barnsley, Alyssa Holcomb
Community Committee: Connor Borden, Miranda Colavito
Events Committee: Meredith Dropkin, Claudia Harden, Nicole Miller, Olivia Turpening
Finance: Ann Comer-Woods
Membership: Sawyer Lang
