Awards

The PRAM Mississippi Beach chapter honors the achievements of its members with the Rex Kelly Professional Achievement Award. The recipient of the annual award becomes a candidate for the state-level Professional Achievement Award given by the Public Relations Association of Mississippi at its annual conference.

The award is named in honor of the chapter’s founding president Rex Kelly, director of corporate communications for Mississippi Power, who received the first award in 2001.

Latest Recipient

Ron Barnes, APR is the Vice President of Marketing and PR for Coast Electric Power Association, where he oversees residential and commercial marketing, public relations, and communications and leads a team of 11 employees.  After being selected as the chapter honoree, Ron also received PRAM’s statewide Professional Achievement Award.

Past Recipients

Ron Barnes, APR 2009
Kristie Aylett, APR 2008
Kurt Brautigam, APR 2007
Paul Maxwell 2006
Shelia White 2004
Terry Hines-Smith 2003
Myron Webb 2002
Rex Kelly 2001