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Professional & Volunteer Awards
To recognize and celebrate the professional and volunteer accomplishments of individual PR professionals in the Puget Sound area, the chapter honors outstanding practitioners with the following awards each year:
- Jay Rockey Lifetime Achievement Award
- PR Professional of the Year
- President's Award for Volunteerism
- Outstanding New Member of the Year
- Hugh Smith Community Service Award
A description of each award and nomination forms are provided below. Award recipients are honored each year at the chapter's annual Holiday Gala, which will be held on December 2, 2008.
Award nominations should be submitted to Tara Darrow by e-mail, tdarrow@starbucks.com or via mail, Tara Darrow, 2401 Utah Ave. S., MS: S-CM1, Seattle, WA 98134-1435.
Jay Rockey Lifetime Achievement Award
Description and Nominee Guidelines: PDF ~ Word
Established in 2002 to recognize the career achievements of a Puget Sound-area public relations professional. Past award winners include:
2002 Jay Rockey, APR, Fellow ~ PRSA 2002 Inaugural Recipient
2003 Neil McReynolds, APR
2004 Harold Carr
2005 Art Merrick, APR, Fellow PRSA
2006 Dan McConnell
2007 Pat Fearey
PR Professional of the Year
Established in memory of former chapter member Sally Heet, this award is given to an individual who has made significant contributions to the public relations profession and the community, acted as mentor to other professionals and displays the highest degree of professional integrity. Winners do not need to be members of PRSA. Past award winners include:
1989 Bill Wortley
1990 Jay Rockey, APR
1991 Art Merrick, APR, Fellow
1992 Sue Brush, APR
1993 Hope Tuttle
1994 Danner Graves, APR
1995 Kay Herring, APR, Fellow
1996 Jane Kilburn, APR
1997 Erik Peterson, APR, Fellow
1998 Kathleen Fearn-Banks
1999 Marilyn Hawkins, APR
2000 Robert Frause, APR
2001 David M. Marriott, APR
2002 John Kvasnosky, APR
2003 Not awarded
2004 Lou Cancelmi
2005 Lynann Bradbury
2006 Linda Elliott Farmer, APR
2007 Suzanne Hartman, APR, ABC
President's Award for Volunteerism
Established in 2002 to recognize outstanding volunteerism by Puget Sound Chapter members. Recipient(s) named by Chapter President. Past award winners include:
2002 Tony Perucca
Judith Cushman
2003 Amber Ukena
Richard Kendall
2004 Erik Eljevord
Publicis Dialog
2005 Tara Hazarian
Tara Darrow
2006 Alison Koop
Amy Turner
Mike Sensney
2007 Erle Hannum (presented posthumously)
Richelle Nielsen
Jenn Farrell
Outstanding New Member of the Year
This award is presented to the new chapter member who has made the most significant contribution to both the organization and their employer, and shown professionalism in the field outside of his or her involvement with PRSA. Past award winners include:
1989 Randy Hurlow, APR
1990 Mark Dyce
1991 Terryl Ross
1992 Stephanie Cline
1994 Rebecca Buxton
1995 Laurel Ruelos
1996 Stacy Hendricks
1997 Paige Ziegele
1998 Lorraine Montez
1999 Not awarded
2000 Christine Gover
2001 Aimee Knox
2002 Maria Or
2003 John Starkweather
2004 Kathryn Reith, APR
2005 Jennifer Hawton, APR
2006 Jeremy Bartram
2007 Jeremy Glines
Hugh Smith Community Service Award
This award was established in 1997 to recognize a Puget Sound area public relations professional who has demonstrated outstanding citizenship by contributing his/her public relations expertise to an important community issue and/or nonprofit organization(s). Winners are not required to be PRSA members. The award was presented posthumously to Hugh Smith, APR, Fellow, at the 1997 Holiday Gala. Past award winners include:
1997 Hugh Smith (presented posthumously)
1998 Neil McReynolds
1999 Patricia Fearey, APR
2000 Alice Collingwood, APR
2002 C. David Hughbanks
2003 Not awarded
2004 Cheri Brennan, APR
2005 Vivian Phillips
2007 Catherine Hinrichsen, APR
Pat Fearey Receives 2007 Jay Rockey Lifetime Achievement Award
Well-known local public relations leader Pat Fearey led the list of honorees announced November 29, 2007 at the annual Holiday Gala of the Puget Sound Chapter of the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA). Fearey was the 2007 recipient of the chapter's prestigious Jay Rockey Lifetime Achievement Award in recognition of her career achievements and outstanding professional ability and conduct.
Fearey, chair and chief executive officer of the Fearey Group, is widely recognized as one of the top public relations professionals in the Puget Sound region. During a career spanning more than 35 years, Fearey has counseled clients on a range of highly visible and important real estate and development issues to Seattle and the region, including the redevelopment of the South Lake Union area. As the leader of a prominent public relations and public affairs firm, her list of clients has included the Boeing Realty Corporation, Port of Seattle, Vulcan and Quadrant Corporation. Fearey is also an active leader in the community, having served as President of PONCHO (Patrons of Northwest Civic, Cultural and Charitable Organizations), chair of the Community Development Roundtable, and co-chair of the Regional Leadership Conference. She currently serves on the executive committee of the Greater Seattle Chamber of Commerce.
In addition to leading the Fearey Group, which she founded in 1981, Pat Fearey's professional experience includes marketing and public relations work at organizations such as IBM, Southland Corporation and Seattle Center. She is a founding member of the Public Relations Global Network (PRGN), an international organization of leading independent owner-operated public relations agencies. In recent years, Fearey was named by the Puget Sound Business Journal as one of the region's 20 most influential women.
The Puget Sound chapter recognized six additional award recipients at its 50th anniversary holiday gala, including, Suzanne Hartman, APR, ABC, who was honored as the Public Relations Professional of the Year; Catherine Hinrichsen, APR, who received the Hugh Smith Community Service Award; Jeremy Glines, named New Member of the Year; and Erle Hannum (presented posthumously), Richelle Nielsen and Jenn Farrell were selected to receive the President's Award for Volunteerism.
