Hall of Fame Honorees

The Southern Public Relations Hall of Fame was established in 2010 and recognizes a new class of honorees each year.

Class of 2025

Lisa Darnell Frazier, APR
Mara Hartmann, APR
Bill Moak, APR, Fellow PRSA
Tracy Robbins Sims, MA, APR

Class of 2024

Kristie Aylett, APR, Fellow PRSA
Mary Cracchiolo, APR
Rick Looser
Jae-Hwa Shin, Ph.D., APR
Garland Stansell, APR 
George Winters, APR

Class of 2023
Caron Blanton, APR

Class of 2022
Marian Faulk, APR
Jennifer Jenkins, APR
Christian Patterson, APR, Fellow PRSA

Class of 2021
Bob Johannessen
Melissa LaBorde, APR 

Class of 2019
Dr. Paula F. Furr
Patricia Yunker Hartman, APR
Stafford Wood, APR

Class of 2018
Elizabeth Gregory North
Donna Ritchey, APR 

Class of 2017
Harold Burson, APR, Fellow PRSA
Checky Herrington, APR, Fellow PRSA
Bettie Warren Hudgens

Class of 2016
Daniel Gardner
Eva Golson
John S. Hightower, APR
Steve Renfroe
Joseph V. Trahan III, Ph.D., APR, Fellow PRSA

Class of 2015
Charles Barnette, APR 
Allegra Brigham, APR 
Suzanne Fornaro, APR 
Betsy Ann Plank, APR, Fellow PRSA

Class of 2014
John E. Forde, Ph.D., APR, Fellow PRSA 
Joseph W. Purka 
Philip Shirley, APR
Shelia White

Class of 2013
Neal W. Cirlot
Betsie Gambel
Carol A. Mann, APR
Charles "Chuck" Saucier
John Wittig, Ph.D, APR

Class of 2012
Ron Council
Ken Hair

Class of 2011
Sherry Harlow, APR
William E. “Bud” Kirkpatrick
Yvonne McGehee Sorge, APR

Class of 2010
Philip R. Forrest Jr.
Rex Kelly
William “Bill” Michelet

The members of the inaugural class of the Southern Public Relations Hall of Fame were inducted during the annual SPRF Conference in Baton Rouge, La., on Sept. 28, 2010. From left, Adam Kelley, APR, SPRF past president and Hall of Fame chair; Rex Kelly; Bill Michelet, APR; the family of the late Philip Forrest Jr., and Jarrod Ravencraft, SPRF president.