Susan Ard, the public information officer for Cleveland ISD, completed the Texas Christian University’s Certified Public Communicator program in July 2018. Ard is among a group of 24 graduates who serve as directors of marketing and communication, public information officers and other strategic roles to complete the program.
The TCU program includes 95 hours of instruction, started by the students in July 2017 and completed in July 2018.
According to a media release from TCU, “The post-baccalaureate, graduate-level residential program includes extensive coursework and each graduate must create a three-year comprehensive communication plan. These plans are reviewed and approved by their organizations and by strategic communication professors from TCU’s Department of Strategic Communication, part of the Bob Schieffer College of Communication.”
“After five years, 116 professionals have graduated from the program, which focuses on internal and external communication, as well as crisis communication planning. Some students also create comprehensive marketing plans for their school districts, cities, counties, or other public sector agencies, such as economic development groups, municipal water or electric utilities, and statewide associations,” the statement continues.
The graduates include:
Chelsey Aprill, City of Allen, TX
Susan Ard, Cleveland ISD (TX)
Ann Beck, City of Mansfield, TX
Emily Conklin, Northwest ISD (TX)
Destiny DeLillo, City of Robinson, TX
McKenzie Farrell, Association of Oregon Counties
Angela Ramsey Hahn, Capital Area Council of Governments, Austin, TX
Michelle Hammontree, City of Pinecrest, FL
Jasmine Maignan Jones, Broward County, FL
Greg S. Lang, Association of Oregon Counties
David Marino, City of Buda, TX
Renae Murphy, Rockwall ISD
Tracie Lorene Neiswonger, City of Burbank, CA
Susan Prosoco, City of Carrollton, TX
Valerie Reyes-Braun, Irving ISD (TX)
Rachel Slade Reynolds, City of Keller, TX
Stephanie Roberts, North Central Texas Workforce
Andrea Roshaven, Hillsborough County, FL
Sandra L. Slade, Belton ISD (TX)
Alana Presley Taylor, Texas Woman’s University
Bethany K. Warner, City of Granbury, TX
Jason A. Wheeler, Carrollton-Farmers Branch ISD (TX)
Dorothy White, City of Garland, TX
Peyton Woodson Cooper, LBJ Hospital (Houston, TX)