The Entertainment and Sports Section is made up of more than 200 communication and public relations professionals who work in the high-profile worlds of sports and entertainment.
About Us
About Us
Members of the Entertainment and Sports Section face unique challenges, which is why the Entertainment and Sports Section offers great opportunities to connect with peers who understand your issues and are willing to share solutions. Through in-person and virtual networking events, newsletters and other resources, the Section helps practitioners develop public relations and management skills directly relevant to their entertainment and sports environments.
Section Member Resources on MyPRSA
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Quarterly Section Newsletter
How Do I Join?
If you are already a PRSA member and looking to join this Section, please call the Member Services department at (212) 460-1400 or email: membership@prsa.org.
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From the Chair
From the Chair
A Message From The 2024 Chair
January 3, 2024
Dear PRSA Entertainment and Sports Section members,
Welcome to what I hope will be a fantastic year for all of us in the PRSA Entertainment and Sports Section.
I look forward to serving as chair of our Section and, through the tremendous resources of PRSA, bring you valuable professional development, entertaining webinars and events and networking opportunities. This is your Section. Our Executive Committee wants to hear from you on what we can do to provide you with programming to benefit your professional goals. We are open to ideas that will make our Section better. We will continue to host Section favorites such as “How they Got Here” and “State of the Industry.”
If you like what you see from our Section, tell your Entertainment and Sports friends to come on board. Membership in PRSA has been a valuable resource for me and I believe it would be for PR professionals.
I am excited to serve as your Section Chair for this year and leading our executive team. Please be sure to follow us on PRSA.org, especially in our forum discussions, and our social media channels.
Charles Bloom
Entertainment & Sports Section Chair
Executive Committee
Entertainment and Sports Section Executive Committee
Your Executive Committee works to establish the Entertainment and Sports Section as the place for leaders and communicators to gather and share expertise and grow together. We do this with year-round programming and content development.
Chair
Charles R. Bloom
Executive Associate Athletics Director/Chief of Staff
University of South Carolina
Columbia, SC
cbloom@mailbox.sc.edu
Chair Elect
Contrecia T. Tharpe
trecie@fayevaughn.com
Madison, TN
Immediate Past Chair
Brandi Michele Sims, MBA
Founder & CEO
Brandinc PR
Austin, TX
Brandi@brandincpr.com
Membership Chair
Landis Tindell, APR
ltindell@hotmail.com
Oklahoma City, OK
Program Chair
Jimmy Stanton
Senior Associate Athletics Director/Communications
University of Oregon Athletics
Eugene, OR
jstanton@uoregon.edu
DEI Chair
Gail E. Dent
Associate Dir Public and Media Rel
National Collegiate Athletic Association
Indianapolis, IN
gdent@ncaa.org
Communications/Social Media Chair
Lindsay McGowan
Manager, Digital & Social Content
New York Red Bulls
Harrison, NJ
lindsay.mcgowan@newyorkredbulls.com
Secretary
Pam Dunbar
Director of Marketing
American Raptors Rugby/Infinity Park
Littleton, CO
pam.s.dunbar@gmail.com
