Congratulations to two members, Stefanie Macfarlane, APR and Jennifer Gammage, who were awarded for their leadership and volunteer efforts with the Florida Public Relations, Orlando Area Chapter.
Stefanie Macfarlane, APR was named the FPRA Orlando Area Chapter Member of the Year, which honors outstanding leadership, demonstrated enthusiasm, extraordinary involvement and loyal support. Stefanie led the chapter’s accreditation program for two years and made our chapter the statewide leader in accreditation. Under her leadership she led four extensive APR workshops of nine sessions each –that’s 36 total sessions – which included coordinating workshop speakers, locations and Readiness Reviews. She’s recruited members for the program, served as a mentor to all going through the process, coordinated the awards ceremonies at the past two Central Florida Media Roundtables, reinstated the local APR reimbursement and created a LinkedIn group with topics to help members study for the exam.
She also publicized and revived the CPRC program in Orlando. Two years ago the program was little known to Orlando members and under her leadership, six practitioners have now received their CPRC is only two years.
Jennifer Gammage of the Central Florida Cancer Care Center was awarded the Bob Davis Award, an “unsung hero” award that honors an individual who has worked behind the scenes in the past year to support FPRA.
Jennifer served on the Image Awards committee and acted as a third co-chair. She solicited sponsorships, both in kind and monetary, which helped ensure the event was profitable; attended all committee meetings; wrote articles for the chapter’s newsletter promoting the program; collaborated with vendors; created spreadsheets; and assisted with the script and presentation. She volunteered on entry day, at judging and the night of the event, and she was always available to answer questions, as she had served as an event co-chair the year before.
Thank you Stefanie and Jennifer for exceeding our expectations.