Where: Virtual Meeting - Meeting link is provided after registering.
Join us to learn more about how diversity, equity and inclusion represents an opportunity for communicators to influence companies and organizations Special guest speaker: Dr. Felicia Blow, APR and current PRSA Chair Dr. Felicia Blow, APR will join us in a special event to share her thoughts on diversity, equity and inclusion. Communicators and public relations professionals lift societies and improve democracies through their engagement, words, and actions. Diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) all represent an opportunity for profound influence by these professionals. This session will provide insights on the important role that communicators and public relations professionals have and must continually leverage to enhance DEI engagement and understanding. Dr. Felicia Blow, APR, is an award-winning leader with extensive organizational, fundraising, strategic planning, leadership and management experience. With a 30-year career spanning work in manufacturing (Caterpillar, Inc.); waste management and environmental services (Southeastern Public Service Authority); telecommunications (Cox Communications); and higher education (Paul D. Camp and Tidewater Community Colleges), Dr. Blow currently serves as Associate Vice President for Development at the renowned historically black institution Hampton University.
At Hampton, Dr. Blow led the university's $150 Million Dream No Small Dreams II Campaign as its campaign director. That campaign concluded in December 2019 and ultimately exceeded its goal, raising more than $166 million in support of university priorities. Among her many accomplishments, Dr. Blow has been featured in the book "Diverse Voices," published by the PRSA Foundation in 2018. She has also been featured in "PR Women with Influence: Breaking through the Ethical and Leadership Challenges" by authors Juan Meng and Marlene S. Neill, published in late 2020. Dr. Blow has taken on several leadership roles within PRSA over the years. Prior to serving as chair, she served as chair-elect in 2021 and senior counsel to the 2018 and 2019 PRSA Board of Directors. From 2013-2014, Dr. Blow served as a PRSA Board of Directors member representing the Mid-Atlantic District. Beginning in 2019, Dr. Blow led a nearly year-long strategic planning effort that concluded in the establishment of PRSA's first three-year strategic plan for Diversity & Inclusion, serving as co-chair of the Diversity & Inclusion Committee in 2020. Dr. Blow formerly served as chair of the Universal Accreditation Board, during which she worked to approve and initiate the APR+M credential, which positions PRSA with military organizations. In 2000, she was president of the PRSA Hampton Roads Virginia Chapter, the first African American female to be elected to that role. Dr. Blow is an active member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., and numerous other business, economic development, and community service organizations. She earned her bachelor's degree in mass media arts from Hampton University; her master's in business administration from Strayer University; and her doctorate in higher education administration from Old Dominion University. In 2012, Strayer University named Dr. Blow its Outstanding Alumna of the Year.
List of Attendees
First Name
Last Name
Company
Type
Guest of
Brandi
Barron
Johnson C Smith University
Student
Sherri
Belfield
Johnson C. Smith University
Member
Shawna
Berger
Duke Energy
Member
karen
brand
Charlotte Regional Visitors Authority
Member
Stacy
Bryant
Duke Energy
Member
Teddy
Burgis
Charlotte Regional Visitors Authority
Guest
karen brand
John
Clemons
Self-employed and University of North Carolina Charlotte
