Killeen: This mover will shake up PRSA
By Alvin M. Hattal
(Published in PR Week)
When she was 10 years old, Joann Killeen chased after three older boys who had kicked over her sandcastles and beat them up. She's still doing it, so to speak, but now it’s men she’s been taking on, and she's starting the fights.
She did it last year when
she successfully challenged PRSA's nominee for the post of treasurer of the
national organization. She did it again last month to become chair-elect.
Nothing against men; she's happily married to a business executive. They just
got in her way. She has, in fact, long had the backing of many PR professionals
of all sexes nationwide, not only for her style but also for her solid
credentials and instinct for leadership, recognized by PRSA with its President's
Leadership Award in 1993 and 1994.
