Leadership

2026 District Officers and Nominating Committee

PRSA’s Sunshine District board is composed of the District officers, along with presidents, assembly delegates, and presidents-elect (non-voting) representing the seven chapters throughout Florida. The District officers are nominated by the District Nominating Committee and voted in by the Sunshine District Board.

Chair

Victor Aimi, APR (Ft. Lauderdale Chapter)

Verb Company
Member since 2015
Ft. Lauderdale Chapter
Email

Chair-Elect

Kaley Infield, APR (Tampa Bay Chapter)

Hillsborough Community College
Member since 2012
Tampa Bay Chapter
Email

Treasurer

Rich Donley, APR (Orlando Chapter)

AdventHealth
Member since 1998
Orlando Regional Chapter
Email

Secretary

Chris Obarski (North Florida Chapter)

Dalton
Member since 2020
North Florida Chapter
Email

Immediate Past Chair

Denise Graham (North Florida Chapter)

On Ideas, Inc.
Member since 2003
North Florida Chapter
Email

District Committees

The Sunshine District has several committees whose chairs are appointed by the District Chair.

APR Chair: Jennifer Trefelner, APR, CPRC (Palm Beach Chapter)
Communications Chair: Morgan Biggs (Palm Beach Chapter)
PRSSA College Relations Committee: Heather Wilson (Orlando Regional Chapter) and Jennifer Magas, M.A., J.D. (Greater Ft Lauderdale Chapter)
Membership Committee Chair and ICON: Bart Graham, Sr. (Tampa Bay Chapter)

Chapter Leaders

The presidents and president-elects from each of the seven Florida PRSA chapters are voting members of the Sunshine District Board. Assembly delegates are non-voting members of the District Board.

GREATER FORT LAUDERDALE

Allison Collett – President

GULF COAST

Red Gamso – President

MIAMI

Elizabeth Nickerson Hill – President

NORTH FLORIDA

Autumn Lee – President

ORLANDO

Mike Piacentino, APR – President

PALM BEACH

Morgan Biggs – President

TAMPA BAY

Kate Smith – President

National Nominating Committee

The Nominating Committee is elected by the District Board and seeks the representative(s) from the district for the national board. Alternates are also selected to assist the representative.

Representative: Victor Aimi, APR (Greater Ft Lauderdale Chapter)

District Nominating Committee

The District nominating committee chaired by the Immediate Past Chair and includes two additional current or past District board members, who are members of Chapters in the District. The committee is charged with selecting a diverse slate to represent the entire Sunshine District.

Chair: Denise Graham (North Florida Chapter)