Recipients Professional Achievement Award
Each year, local chapters select one outstanding practitioner each. Among those nominees, one is chosen to receive the Public Relations Council of Alabama's Philip Ryder Forrest, Jr. Professional Achievement Award. The following is a list of Alabama's top public relations professionals by year. (The year corresponds to the body of work the award represents, not the year of the conference where it was presented. Thus 1973's winner received the award in 1974).
1973 George Couch, APR - Birmingham
1974 Jean D. King - Mobile
1975 Jim Reed - Birmingham
1976 Charles McKay - Montgomery
1977 Philip R. Forrest, Jr. - Mobile
1978 Jerri McLain - North Alabama
1979 James O. Yeaman - Montgomery
1980 Eva Golson - Mobile
1981 George B. Elliott, APRP - Birmingham
1982 Denise Grayson - North Alabama
1983 Shelby A. Sutton - Mobile
1984 Judy S. Ryals - North Alabama
1985 C. Holley Midgley, APRP - Montgomery
1986 George Winters, APR - North Alabama
1987 Charles Barnette, APR - Montgomery
1988 Michael K. Simmons - North Alabama
1989 Peri Widener, APR - North Alabama
1990 Lynne Hereford - North Alabama
1991 Bettie Hudgens - Mobile
1992 Leigh Tucker - North Alabama
1993 Rosemary Blackmon, APR - Montgomery
1994 Karen Schoening - North Alabama
1995 Janice L. Payne, APR - Birmingham
1996 Dave Rickey, APR - Birmingham
1997 Karla S. Conway, APR - Birmingham
1998 Craig Dunn - North Alabama
1999 Peter R. Pepinsky, APR - East Alabama
2000 Mark Morrison, APR - West Alabama
2001 Julie Debardelaben - Montgomery
2002 Marian Faulk, APR - Mobile
2003 Carol Mann, APR - Mobile
2004 Michael Tullier, APR - East Alabama
2005 Suzanne Fornaro, APR - Mobile
2006 Denise D'Oliverira, APR - Mobile
2007 Helen Todd, APR - Birmingham
2008 Bill Cunningham - Montgomery
2009 Darryl Gates, APR - Montgomery
2010 Jennifer Jenkins, APR - Mobile
2011 Sharee Broussard, APR - Mobile
2012 Katie Jackson - East Alabama
2013 Lori Miller - North Alabama
2014 Joy Carter, APR - Birmingham
2015 Kristina Hendrix, APR - North Alabama
2016 Deidre Stalnaker - West Alabama
2017 Lori Quiller, APR - Montgomery
2018 Jennifer Zoghby Ekman - Mobile
2019 Lesley Bruinton, APR - West Alabama
2020 Ashley Horn, APR - Mobile
2021 Josh Till, APR - Birmingham
2022 Kristi Gates, APR - Montgomery
2023 Megan Hughes, APR - Montgomery
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