Journalist Katty Kay to Speak at ICON 2022; PRSA Foundation Launches New Fellowship
March 2022
This November, award-winning journalist and anchor Katty Kay will be a keynote speaker at ICON 2022.
Kay is known for her work as a reporter and news anchor for BBC News, where she has brought important news from America and around the world to a global audience for nearly 30 years. She has reported on various topics, most notably covering six U.S. presidential elections, Washington politics, financial crashes, world trouble spots, sex scandals and global affairs.
A regular contributor and substitute host of Morning Joe on MSNBC, Kay also writes on the art and science of self-assurance in women and girls. She is co-author, with Claire Shipman, of four books on The New York Times bestseller list: “Womenomics,” “The Confidence Code,” “The Confidence Code for Girls” and “Living the Confidence Code.”
ICON 2022 will take place on Nov. 13-15 at the Gaylord Resort & Convention Center in Grapevine, Texas. Visit the prsa.org/icon for more information.
PRSA Foundation Partners With Mission North for New Fellowship
The PRSA Foundation and Mission North have launched “The Future Is” fellowship — a program for females who identify as Black, indigenous and people of color (BIPOC), who are interested in the tech industry.
In partnership with Mission North, this marks the PRSA Foundation’s most significant financial offering to date for an individual student. This annual fellowship will offer a $15,000 scholarship, a $5,000 stipend, and a paid one-month internship with Mission North to a BIPOC female-identifying student interested in tech communications, science communications or digital marketing and design.
While the tech industry has been working to make the necessary strides to improve diversity, equity and inclusion, Mission North is leading the way with tech-based clients, including Google, LinkedIn and Canva.
March 14 is the deadline to apply for the fellowship. Find more details at prsafoundation.org.
PRSA Appoints Northeast District Representative to Board of Directors
Joshua Poupore, APR, has joined the PRSA Board of Directors to represent the Northeast District.
The position became vacant after Jane N. Law, APR, was elected as PRSA’s secretary this past October. The PRSA Bylaws empower the Board of Directors to fill the role for the balance of the unexpired term, which runs from Jan. 1–Dec. 31, 2022.
Poupore is senior vice president of Corning Place Communications, a strategic communications and public affairs agency located in Albany, N.Y. As a member of PRSA’s Capital Region Chapter since 2011, Poupore has served as Assembly delegate, ethics chair, APR chair, treasurer, president-elect and president.
PRSA Names New Senior Counsel Members to 2022 Board of Directors
PRSA has named Chris Kuechenmeister and Chuck Wallington, Ph.D., as Senior Counsel to the 2022 Board of Directors.
Kuechenmeister is a senior vice president of communications at PepsiCo, while Wallington serves as the executive vice president and chief marketing & communications officer at Cone Health.
“Chris and Chuck are both trusted communications leaders, who are immensely devoted to PRSA and the profession,” said Dr. Felicia Blow, APR, PRSA’s 2022 chair. “I’m confident they will provide valuable guidance and insight as we work to ensure that PRSA is serving our members to the best of our ability.”
Senior Counsel is a nonvoting position with a term of one year.
