Jennifer Melville Trefelner, APR

Jennifer Melville Trefelner, APR, CPRC, is the director of communications and development for the Diocese of Palm Beach. Jennifer has earned her Accreditation in Public Relations (APR) and is a Certified Public Relations Counselor (CPRC), in addition to being a member of the Counselors Network. Jennifer also obtained her Crisis Communication Certification through the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA) and has a HarvardX edX Exercising Leadership: Foundational Principals Certificate and completed the University of Notre Dame’s Reformed Leaders’ Program. 

Jennifer is the editor of the National PRSA Pinnacle Newsletter and a member of the PRSA National APR Marketing Committee, plus the APR chair for the PRSA Sunshine District, the APR co-chair for the Palm Beach Chapter and the Accreditation chair for the Treasure Coast Chapter of the Florida Public Relations Association. She was also selected as a Marketing Committee member for Palm Beach Atlantic University, a Disruptive Leadership Advisory Board Member for Stetson University and NCEA NNC Committee.

Jennifer has earned more than 60 PRSA Sunshine District Radiance Awards/Awards of Commendation/Palm Beach Palm Awards/FPRA local and state-Level Golden Image Awards/ Awards of Distinction/Judges Awards, plus has been named Communicator of the Year for a Non-Profit, a Special Event, Crisis Communications and Professional Development. In addition, Jennifer has volunteered for numerous other organizations in her community and throughout the United States to support a variety of non-profits. She has also completed more than 30 professional speaking engagements in the US and has produced more than 20 professional articles, webinars and podcasts in her career.