Barbara Kerr, APR, Fellow PRSA
Barbara Kerr, APR, Fellow PRSA, is the 2020 chair of the PRSA College of Fellows. An award-winning public relations leader, she has served as a communications and media advisor for government, business, higher education, public and nonprofit organizations in cities including New York City, San Francisco, Portland, Milwaukee and Washington, D.C. as well as internationally in Bulgaria, Hong Kong and the Philippines. Her honors include the Leading Change Award from the Southeastern Wisconsin Chapter of Women in Communications and Achiever of the Year from the Dayton (Ohio) Chapter of American Women in Radio and Television. She received the William W. Marsh Lifetime Achievement Award from the PRSA Portland Metro Chapter (now part of PRSA Oregon), where she served as chapter president. Her communications career also included positions as news director, anchor, Emmy-nominated reporter, and producer at network television affiliates in Ohio and Maryland. In 2019, she was inducted into the Dayton (Ohio) Area Broadcasters Hall of Fame.