President:Jessica Vasquez
Vice President of External Affairs: Kelsey Tredwell
Secretary: Gloria Vazquez
Treasurer: Veronica Stetter
Director of Public Relations: Chris Juarez
Director of Special Events: Amanda Brophy
Director of Internal Affairs: Katelin Labat
Media Editor: Ann Marie Parquet

Congratulations to the new executive board! We look forward to seeing your goals met and where you will take PRSSA SDSU into the future.

Applications for the 2012-2012 Executive Board were accepted from freshmen, sophomores, or juniors who were paid PRSSA members looking for leadership opportunities. All candidates will give a 2-3 minute speech of the day of elections on why they would be a good fit for the position, as well as any goals they would like to accomplish if elected.

President

Jessica Vasquez

I trannsfered to SDSU in the spring of 2011 and was thrilled when I discovered that there was a student organization for my intended career path. My position as media editor has been really fulfilling and I have loved meeting others that share my passion for PR while learning about what is takes to a PR professional. My love for PRSSA grew when I attended National Conference in October 2011.

I choose to run for President because I have some great ideas on how to grow our chapter. With the help other members of the executive board I hope to accomplish a networking event and an agency tour. If elected, I  intend on working closely with the other executive board members on their ideas for chapter growth and events.

Vice President of External Affairs

Kelsey Tredwell

Ever since high school I have been thoroughly active in all clubs and organizations that I have
joined.In high school these included: Associated Student Body Secretary for two years, Fellowship of
Christian Athletes Secretary for two years, Varsity Dance Team member for four years (captain
for two years), Locks of Love Secretary, California Scholastic Federation member for four years.
In college thus far these include: Writer for The Odyssey newspaper for Greek Life, Fall 2011
Pledge Class President in Kappa Delta Sorority, Teacher Assistant for Philosophy 101 in Fall of
2011, Psychology Club, HeadSTRONG fitness club.

I have chosen to run for these positions because of the high amount of experience with leadership
I have developed over my educational career. The leadership skills I have provide me with what
I need in order to effectively carry out the job of each of these positions.

Andrew Perez

See bio in Director of Special Events.

Secretary

Vanessa Dominguez

I am 20 years old and from a small city in the Los Angeles County. I am a Journalism pre-major with an emphasis in Public Relations and a minor in Psychology. I hope one day that I will be working in Sports PR.

I would say I am a very conscientious person: I am told I am very responsible, organized, and detail-oriented. I am also willing to assist any other member on the executive board.

During my term I plan to keep PRSSA organized by helping other executive board members as well as increase student awareness of our club.

Gloria Vazquez

I am currently a freshman at San Diego State University. I am pursuing a Bachelor of Science Business Degree in Integrated Marketing Communication, with a minor in Public Relations. I am originally from San Diego and I chose to attend San Diego State University for its prestigious Journalism and Business Program. I am currently an active member of San Diego State’s Public Relations Student Society as well as the American Marketing Association. I have been involved in The Public Relations Student Society since the beginning of the fall 2011 semester, and have very much enjoyed attending the different interesting meetings and events that our chapter has held. I also enjoy listening to and meeting with the speakers and professionals who come to speak at our meetings. I have learned so much through the activities that are conducted at our meetings; such as the mock interviews and the various seminars that are held. I find that it is very important to begin your professional career early on, and I look forward towards becoming more involved in our chapter and on campus in the years to come.

I have chosen to run for the Secretary and the Director of Public Relations positions so that I can become more involved in the PRSSA and to help others get more involved as well. Being in the PRSSA, I have learned that the Public Relations and Marketing field is a perfect fit for me because I enjoy the idea of helping organizations and businesses grow. I believe that the Secretary and Director of Public Relations position will allow me to use my organization and communication skills along with my creative ideas and passion for PR and Marketing to enhance and benefit our chapter. I have already learned so much from being an active member my freshman year at SDSU, and wish to give back and to reach out to other students on campus so that they can find and enhance their passion for Public Relations, which will help them further their understanding of their future and careers. I have organizational and secretarial experience from high school, as well as a passion for social media and communicating. I believe that the Secretary and Director of Public Relations position would be a great opportunity for me to contribute to and enhance our PRSSA chapter.

Treasurer

Veronica Stetter

I have been recognized for academic, athletic, and extracurricular leadership during high
school. I was the class president my junior year as well as “Most Motivational” varsity swimmer.
That summer I received the Rotary Youth Leadership Award. I also have had a job (or 2) since I
was 16 years old, some of them sub-management positions. I know the value of hard work and
motivation and I try to bring the best out of whatever group of people I am working with.

If I am elected Treasurer my goal is to motivate the executive council to go above and beyond
their job descriptions to make PRSSA fun for the members. I also want to get creative with
fundraisers to help finance more activities and get ordinary members more involved, while
teaching and learning actual PR skills. If we can raise the funds, that means more club bonding
events and cool PR opportunities.

Director of Public Relations

Katelin Labat

I was raised in northern California in the Bay Area where I learned an exceptional amount about diversity and cross cultural relations. My high school had a wide variety of ethnicities present, and this is where I first learned I could be viewed as a leader. I was involved in Leadership for three years, and held an executive position my senior year. This experience taught me how to not only plan and coordinate events, but also how to communicate with people in an effective and positive manner no matter the differences in backgrounds. Once at SDSU, I continued my passion of meeting new people and joined the Honor’s Society and then PRSSA to build on my professional foundation.

I chose to run for Director of Public Relations because I feel I can effectively utilize this position to create an even stronger PRSSA chapter. I not only feel that I am qualified, I am confident that I will handle this position with a sense of sincerity and professionalism. I am accountable for my actions and I have proven to be reliable and present a hard work ethic. I am active on all social media platforms and I have strong writing skills to present our chapter to fellow students and professionals in the field.

Chris Juarez

I have a strong interest in Entertainment and Lifestyle PR and a lover of all things social media. This
semester has been my second semester as a member of PRSSA. While in PRSSA, I have
participated in different fundraising events throughout the school year as well as a PRSA event
with Jeff Light. In addition to my PRSSA membership, I am also an active member of Phi
Alpha Theta, Beta-Kappa Chapter at SDSU. Phi Alpha Theta is an International History Honors
Society. As a member of this organization, I have participated in different events, including
induction ceremonies, and fundraising events.

have chosen to run for this particular position because I am interested in all things social media,
which I feel is a major aspect of this position. I am on various social media networks including
Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn, and am constantly updating posts with various media related
topics of interest. I also have a strong interest in building connections, and have begun doing so
by interacting via social media with different PRSSA chapter members throughout the country. I
also chose to run for this position because I want to be able to establish and accomplish different
goals, which I feel the position of Director of PR would allow me to do this.

Gloria Vazquez

See bio in Secretary.

Director of Special Events

Amanda Brophy

I am a third-year public relations student and interned at West Public Relations. Since joining
PRSSA I have attended several events such as the Padres networking event and volunteered at
the San Diego Rolling Readers Anniversary party.

I chose to run for the director of special events because I hope to work at an event-planning firm
in the future. When it comes to planning anything, I like to have it done ahead of time. I believe I
will be able to fulfill this position because I have made many connections with professionals that
I will reach out to speak at meetings through my internship and social networking events.

Andrew Perez

I am currently the vice president of the Public Relations Student Society of America, Frederick
C. Whitney Chapter. This executive board position has afforded me the opportunity to contribute
in college affairs including sitting on the Council of Professional Studies and Fine Arts.
Sitting on the Council of Professional Studies and Fine Arts, I first hand got to experience the
happenings within other student organizations as well as voice issues that directly affect our
student organization. I have also been involved in the Student Life and Leadership Committee
on campus, volunteering as both a committee member and student representative. These roles
allowed me to part take in fundraising event dealings, along with helping strengthen student
involvement on campus through other college run events.

I believe that Director of Special Events would be an exciting position to hold as I already have
gained previous experience as an executive board member. My role as current vice president has
taught me a lot of dealings that I believe are highly applicable to Director of Public Relations.

Director Of Internal Affairs

Delanie Billman

I am a junior majoring in public relations with a minor in political science. I currently hold the
President’s position within PRSSA SDSU and have been a member since my sophomore year
in the fall of 2010. I will be graduating in December; however, I would like to continue my
involvement with PRSSA. This past year has been an incredible learning experience for me and I
would like to use what I have learned to enhance PRSSA during my last semester.

I have been actively involved in PRSSA on a
National level since my first regional conference at Cal State Fullerton. I have build relationships
with members from across the country as well as the PRSSA National Committee. By attending
national events, I feel like I have the knowledge about PRSSA on a national level that would
benefit our members and chapter as a whole.

Media Editor

Ann Marie Parquet

I was elected the first Director of Internal Affairs for the executive board in April 2011. During
my term, I have applied our chapter for scholarships. I have also informed several non-members
and members of the benefits to being in PRSSA. Aside from being an executive board member,
I have participated in and volunteered for several PRSSA/PRSA events. I was also fortunate to
attend the 2011 National PRSSA Conference. While there, I learned a lot from professionals
and networked with PRSSA members from all over the country. When I came back from the
conference, I shared with our members the information and inspirational quotes I had learned.
One way I did this was by writing a professional development post for the website describing
how National Conference had a positive impact on my life. That post was one of two posts that
I contributed to the website. I also wrote a post about a PRSSA SDSU meeting in fall 2010 that
featured Tricia Whittemore from Porter Novelli and two other representatives from in-house and
agency fields. The post described how Porter Novelli handled crisis situations. It also describes
a campaign that Tricia found enjoyable to work on. I have tabled for PRSSA SDSU at Explore
SDSU events. Lastly, I have led workshops for PRSSA SDSU meetings.

I am running for media editor because I would like to advance the position by implementing my
ideas for the Communications Committee. Because I constantly view the PRSSA SDSU website,
I would like to be the next person to keep the website organized and updated.

PRSSA SDSU Executive Board Positions

President

• Motivate exec board & members through an enthusiastic attitude toward PRSSA (applies to all exec members)
• Presides at all membership and exec board meetings.
• Appoint committees and advise chairpersons; advise members about Chapter activities.
•  Delegate responsibilities of officers and committees.
•  Direct overall operations of the Chapter
•  Recommend and establish goals and objectives for the Chapter with the approval of the membership.
•  Assist the treasurer in collecting annual dues and assume responsibility for providing accurate information on the accompanying dues from to be forwarded to PRSSA Headquarters on Nov. 1 and again on March 1.
• Responsible for email communication.
•  Stay in contact with the PRSSA National Committee and local PRSA chapter.
• Signs PRSSA up for student organization fairs through SDSU Student Life and Leadership department.
• Your current President is Delanie Billman.

Vice President of External Affairs

• Attend PSFA College Council meetings on Wed. @ 1pm; Report news @ PRSSA meetings
• Perform Presidential duties if necessary; help president coordinate/direct committee activities and chapter operations
• Coordinate and disseminate information about PRSA New Pros and Associate Membership for graduating PRSSA members.
• Counsel the president by recommending goals, objectives, plans and programs.
• Acts as the Liaison between PRSSA and PSFA as well as PRSSA and PRSA
• Responsible for arranging community services events (at least one per semester)
• Your current VP of External Affairs is Andrew Perez.

Secretary

• Prepare agendas with the assistance of the president.
• Records and distributes the minutes of all exec board and member meetings.
• Maintain a record of Chapter members with school and permanent home address.
• Keep the Chapter’s charter, other permanent documents and Chapter Handbook.
• Notify PRSSA Headquarters and PRSA sponsor Chapters of changes in Chapter leaders.
• Handle all Chapter correspondence.
• Must be detail-oriented, thorough and timely
• Your current Secretary is Jamie Reyes.

Treasurer

• Work with the Chapter President in preparing the annual budget
• Collect Chapter and national dues with the assistance of the president and completely and accurately prepare the PRSSA dues form.
• Provide financial reports periodically to the Chapter membership.
• Collect fees for any Chapter special events and fundraisers.
• Organize and lead Chapter fundraisers.
• Disburse Chapter funds with proper approval.
• Provide safekeeping for all Chapter funds and keep accurate financial records.
• Your current Treasurer is RaeAnne Dutto.

Director of Public Relations

• Update social media accounts, including Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn.
• Produce/oversee the Chapter news on the national Web site www.prssa.org and in FORUM (document for Chapter records)
• Post announcements for Chapter meetings throughout campus; e-mail professors to post on Blackboard.
• Coordinate press releases, feature articles, advertising and brochures relating to the Chapter/ Publicize upcoming events.
• Promote recruitment and retention with presentations, brochures, fliers and other tactics
• Your current Director of PR is Claudia Huizar.

Director of Special Events

• Generates ideas for members/communication involvement
• Responsible for speaker panels: recruiting speakers; assign presentation topics to speakers; follow-up with thank you cards.
• Responsible for organizing member socials.
• Your current Director of Special Events is Kelsey Powell.

Media Editor

• Produce/oversee the Chapter website.
• Oversee Communications Committee – delegate and approve writing opportunities.
• Assure that published material has consistent messaging with Chapter goals and organizational objectives.
• Requirements:Has knowledge of and ability to process basic HTML coding/Wordpress functionalities, has a passion for new and digital media, proficient in understanding social networking communities and purposes.
• Bonus, but not required – Basic Web 2.0 familiarity, including: RSS, Google Analytics, Feedburner, Design Suite.
• Your current Media Editor is Jessica Vasquez.

The nomination form must be received by the due date in order to participate in the campaign. Thank you all, for a wonderful 2011-2012. We look forward to seeing a new Executive Board take PRSSA SDSU further into the future.

While at conference, I was able to meet other public relations majors from different
parts of the country. I learned so much from all of them and it was refreshing to
know that there are other PR students out there aspiring to do the same things I am
trying to accomplish.

I also learned a lot at the sessions that were offered. My favorite was the “Meeting
the Living Legends in Public Relations” session.

While there, I was able to gain knowledge and advice from four successful PR
professionals that remain in the practice today: Del Galloway, John Palusek, Judith
Phair and Cheryl Procter-Rogers.

They gave us valuable advice about what we can expect before and after we enter
the practice of our choice.

Every bit of information that they gave us was helpful, but the one quote that stuck
with me the most came from John Palusek. He said, “You’re gonna fail, but you’re
gonna succeed too. You have to develop a resiliency. You can overcome.”

This is a quote that I refer to often when I need a reassurance.

This session taught me that, there will be times in my life and in my career when I
will fail, but the key is to learn from them and keep moving forward.

Judith Phair said, “Everything you do is a learning experience. The key is knowing
when you’ve learned enough and when to move on.”

I will look back on National Conference 2011 as a learning experience. Although I
will have many more experiences throughout my time at SDSU, I am confident that
I will take what I have learned from Del Galloway, John Palusek, Judith Phair and
Cheryl Procter-Rogers and apply their advice to my every day life.