Board and Committees

President
Meredith Houck
Municipal Association of South Carolina
email: mhouck@masc.sc

President-Elect
Charlene D. Slaughter, APR
Experience Columbia SC
email: cslaughter@experiencecolumbiasc.com

Vice President of Communications
Savannah Scott
Advanced Technology International
email: scosav333@gmail.com

Vice President of Finance
Justin Stevens
City of Columbia (SC)
email: justin.stevens@columbiasc.gov

Vice President of Membership
Ansley Jeffcoat Welchel, APR
North Greenville University
email: ansley.welchel@ngu.edu

Immediate Past President
Staci L. Gouveia, APR
MUSC
email: gouveia@musc.edu

Lowcountry Regional Director
Libby Roerig, APR
Berkeley Electric Cooperative Inc.
email: libbyr@bec.coop

Midlands Regional Director

Chelsea N. Bennett, MA
Ivey Palmer PR
email: chelsea.nalls.bennett@gmail.com

Upstate Regional Director

Nancy Rice
AFL
email: nancy.rice@aflglobal.com

Assembly Delegate
Anna Twitty
Flock and Rally
email: annakate@flockandrally.com

Ethics Officer

Brooks Hearn, APR
Chernoff Newman
email: brooks.hearn@chernoffnewman.com

Accreditation Chair
Megan Royal Hasten, APR
Christ Church Episcopal School
email: hastenm@cces.org

Bylaws, Leadership Continuity & Nominations Chair
Laura A. Kirkpatrick, APR
Coastal Discovery Museum
email: lkirkpatrick@coastaldiscovery.org

Mercury Awards Event Chair
Matt Long
Dominion Energy
email: matthew.long@dominionenergy.com

PRSSA Liaison
Allison Cantrell Lane
University of SC Upstate
email: acantre@uscupstate.edu