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Judy Phair Named to PRSA Foundation Board

Judy Phair — Sun, 04 Mar 2012 18:39:08 +0000

PRSA Foundation Bolsters 2012 Board to Contribute Even More to Public Relations Education, Research and Scholarship

Public Relations Society of America News Release, February 15, 2012

The PRSA Foundation, a nonprofit organization associated with the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA), bolsters its 2012 board with four new trustees who are industry leaders. New trustees include Judith Phair, APR, Fellow PRSA, president, PhairAdvantage Communications, Maryland; former vice president of communications, Graduate Management Admission Council; previously held senior leadership roles with the Council on Competitiveness, University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute and Johns Hopkins University; 2005 PRSA president and CEO; and 2010 PRSA College of Fellows chair. (View the full news release)

Event honors Tulsa PRSA members (Tulsa World)

Judy Phair — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 00:28:52 +0000

For Dana Birkes and accredited members of the Public Relations Society of America’s Tulsa Chapter, a recent evening in their honor was one to remember. The event honored and recognized all Accredited in Public Relations credentialed members. Dana Birkes, a communications executive with Tulsa-based Flintco, was recognized for her recent selection as a member of the College of Fellows. Judith Phair was the guest speaker. She was honored in 2010 with PRSA’s Gold Anvil Award for Lifetime Achievement. She is also PRSA’s College of Fellows immediate past chair and 2005 PRSA president and CEO. (Full article)

Tulsa PRSA Recognizes Members (Greater Tulsa Reporter Newspapers)

Judy Phair — Sun, 30 Oct 2011 00:34:04 +0000

The Tulsa Chapter of the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA) recently held a special event to recognize all Accredited in Public Relations (APR)- credentialed members and the 2011 College of Fellows inductee Dana Birkes. The dinner was held at the historic Philcade Building penthouse, with Judith Phair, APR, Fellow PRSA speaking to the special guests. Birkes will be one of only nine PRSA members to be admitted to the nationwide College of Fellows this October in Orlando, Fla. (Full article)

College Media Conference Panel on Future of Journalism in the Digital Age

Judy Phair — Sun, 19 Jun 2011 20:51:00 +0000

On June 29, Judy was one of three panelists exploring the future of journalism at a special College Media Relations Conference anniversary program held at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. The other two panelists were Jim Brady, founding general manager of TBD, a D.C.-based multi-delivery media group, and Vivian Schiller, former chief executive officer of National Public Radio. The session moderator was Jeff Selingo, editor of The Chronicle of Higher Education.

(To listen to a podcast of the panel visit the College Media Relations Conference resources page.)

Crossing Borders: How to Establish an International PR Program

Judy Phair — Sun, 19 Jun 2011 18:20:30 +0000

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Public Relations Tactics (The Public Relations Society of America), June 2011 Issue

Summary

International communications are becoming increasingly important in today’s global marketplace. Judy Phair, APR, Fellow PRSA, and president of consulting firm PhairAdvantage, LLC, offers her advice on establishing a successful international PR program and working with clients abroad. (Link to PDF above)

Judith Phair Receives 2010 Gold Anvil Award

Judy Phair — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 01:05:47 +0000

(PRSA News Release, October 18, 2010) Judith T. Phair, APR, Fellow PRSA, has been awarded the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA) 2010 Gold Anvil Award, the Society’s highest individual award. First awarded in 1948, the Gold Anvil is considered PRSA’s lifetime achievement award and is presented to an individual whose work significantly advanced the profession and set high standards for those engaged in the practice of public relations. The award was presented to Phair during the Monday luncheon at the PRSA 2010 International Conference, Powering PRogress, in Washington, D.C.

“This profession and this Society have given me a great career, great friends and wonderful opportunities to serve,” said Phair in accepting the award. “I am grateful for receiving this significant honor and it is an inspiration to me to renew my commitment to serve our profession and my fellow professionals to the best of my ability.”

Phair is a senior public relations executive with extensive experience in strategic planning, branding, worldwide public relations and marketing, media relations, fundraising and government relations. She recently returned to a full-time focus on PhairAdvantage Communications, the public relations and marketing agency she founded in 2002. From 2006–10, she served as vice president of communications at the Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC®), an association of 182 top graduate business schools around the world that also owns the GMAT examination.

“Judith Phair is a testament to the success of the public relations profession, dedicating herself to enhancing the value of public relations through her service,” said James J. Roop, APR, Fellow PRSA, chair of the PRSA Awards & Honors Committee and president of Roop & Co. “Her contributions to the industry have had an enormous impact, moving us forward and making us all proud to call ourselves her peers. Her work is of a caliber and scope that deserve nothing short of the Gold Anvil, our profession’s highest honor.”

Previously, Phair was vice president for public affairs at the Council on Competitiveness, a nonpartisan, nonprofit association of corporate chief executives, university presidents and labor leaders. Prior to that, she held public relations leadership positions at several colleges and universities. She also was an adjunct faculty member at Goucher College and Towson University.

Phair was PRSA president and COO in 2005. She currently is chair of the Society’s prestigious College of Fellows, and co-chair of the Educational Affairs Committee. She is a frequent speaker on public relations and marketing issues, and has won numerous awards. She received her Bachelor of Arts in communications from Simmons College in Boston, and Master of Arts in American studies from the University of Maryland, College Park.

About the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA)
With more than 31,000 members, PRSA is the largest organization of public relations professionals and students. PRSA is comprised of 111 local Chapters organized into 10 geographic Districts; 16 Professional Interest Sections that focus on issues, trends and research relevant to specialized practice areas, such as technology, health care, financial communications, entertainment and sports, and travel tourism; and the Public Relations Student Society of America (PRSSA), which has more than 300 Chapters at colleges and universities in the United States and abroad. PRSA is headquartered in New York.