Advisory Board & Partners

Register here for the 2020 Cohort - July 19th - 24th, 2020 (2019 Cohort is officially closed!).

Advisory Board
Members of the Certified Public Communicator™ Program’s Advisory Board collaborated during 2011-2012 to develop the program, which began in summer 2013. This group includes:

Jacqueline Lambiase, Ph.D., TCU Department of Strategic Communication, advisory board chair and Certified Public Communicator™ program co-director

Laura Bright, Ph.D., TCU Department of Strategic Communication, Certified Public Communicator™ program co-director

David Grebel, director of TCU Extended Education

Tom Bryson, director of communication for the city of Farmers Branch, Texas and TAMIO past president

Belinda Willis, director of communications and marketing for the city of Mansfield, Texas and TAMIO past president

Jay Socol, current TAMIO president and director of communications for the city of College Station, Texas

Beth Trimble, communication director for DeSoto ISD, DeSoto, Texas and TSPRA board member

Jessica Beyer, communication director for Blue Earth County, Minnesota and NACIO board member

The Certified Public Communicator™ advisory board is proud to partner with the following organizations:

Texas Association of Municipal Information Officers (Founding Partner)
National Association of County Information Officers (Partner)
Texas School Public Relations Association (Affiliate)
City-County Communications and Marketing Association (Affiliate)

For more information about registration, please visit www.certifiedpubliccommunicator.org, or email j.lambiase@tcu.edu.