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Henry Stimpson, APR, is owner of Stimpson Communications in Wayland.

At the annual meeting, members elected the following officers to serve the Chapter during 2010.

President: Meghan Gross, Director of Communications, Foley Hoag LLP. Meghan has over 15 years' experience in developing and implementing strategic communication plans for clients in a wide range of industries, including professional and financial services, and technology. 

She is currently Director of Communications at Foley Hoag LLP, a 225-lawyer firm with offices in Boston, Waltham and Washington, D.C. As her the first individual in this role, Meghan works closely with Foley's management to develop and implement a comprehensive strategy for positioning the firm and its core practice groups with key audiences. Prior to her current position, she spent four years in a similar role at Ropes & Gray LLP. 

Prior to entering legal marketing, Meghan spent several years working on the agency side at Weber Shandwick Worldwide and Arnold Worldwide, managing account teams serving the technology and financial services industries.  Meghan also worked in public affairs in Washington, D.C., at the well-known bipartisan public affairs firm, Powell Tate. She began her career in political media relations, working on state-level referendum campaigns in Massachusetts and in state government.

Meghan is an adjunct instructor of public relations at Boston College in the Department of Communication. She received her BA from Boston College and an MA from George Washington University. 

President-Elect and Treasurer: Darlene Hollywood, Principal, Darlene Hollywood Public Relations. Over the past 17 years, Darlene has worked with not-for-profit, technology, consumer packaged goods and literary organizations of all sizes. As principal of Darlene Hollywood Public Relations, Darlene and her staff of senior consultants set the strategic direction for PR programs and elevate their visibility through media relations activities.

Prior to setting up her own shop in 2005, Darlene was a director at the Horn Group, where she led account teams for a myriad of enterprise software start-ups. Prior to joining Horn, Darlene was a Vice President for Laura Tomasetti & Associates (now 360 Public Relations), an agency serving consumer goods targeted to moms. One account Darlene oversaw at Tomasetti was a maker of infant and toddler products, The First Years, where previously had been employed as its communications director.
 
Darlene has been active on the PRSA Board for a number of years, serving as a Director at Large and then as Treasurer. Darlene also is student advisor for Bridgewater State College's Public Relations Student Society of America (PRSSA) chapter. She recently helped run a successful race for state representative, supporting the candidate's treasury and press efforts. Darlene has a BS in mass communications from Emerson College.

VP, Programs: Jackie Lustig, APR, Executive Vice President, Racepoint Group. With more than 25 years experience in PR and marketing communications, Jackie focuses on business development, agency marketing and a variety of initiatives to support and grow the her employer, the Racepoint Group. She also leads the agency's team supporting One Laptop per Child -- a campaign that has garnered the industry's highest honors, including the PRSA Silver Anvil and the United Nations Grand Award.
 
Prior to Racepoint, Jackie was Senior Vice President of marketing and business development at Weber Shandwick. She oversaw its advertising, intranet/extranets, collateral development, direct marketing, media relations and awards marketing programs. During her tenure, Jackie launched the newly-formed Weber Shandwick in 68 offices in 23 countries. In 2005, PRWeek and The Holmes Report both named Weber Shandwick "Agency of the Year."
 
Before Weber Shandwick, Jackie was deeply involved in the marketing of emerging technology companies. As the head of the Emerging Business Practice of The Weber Group and Vice President at Neva Group, she provided strategic counsel and architected award-winning marketing campaigns for numerous Internet-related, telecom and networking start-ups
 
Jackie spent the first 13 years of her career in a variety of sales, marketing and financial communications roles in technology companies that included Bytex Corporation, Prime Computer and Fujitsu Microelectronics.
 
She holds a BA magna cum laude in history from Brown University and an MBA summa cum laude in marketing from Babson College.
 
 
VP, Membership: Guy Shields, APR, Senior Manager of Media Relations, Raytheon Company. Guy retired from the Army in October 2004, following more than 26 years on active duty. Over that stretch he served in a variety of positions, including Director of the Coalition Press Information Center in Kuwait for Operation Iraqi Freedom, where he was responsible for embedding more than 650 international media with Coalition forces, as well as providing support for more than 2000 additional media in the combat zone.

Guy's final post before leaving the military was in October 2003 when he was named the Deputy Chief of Public Affairs for the Army. He began his current job with Raytheon in October 2004. There, he is responsible for all media relations for Raytheon Integrated Defense Systems, a business unit with annual sales topping $4 billion and employing more than 13,000 people worldwide.

Guy earned his BS from the University of Minnesota and an MA from the Naval War College. His awards and decorations include the Legion of Merit and the Bronze Star. He has the Combat Infantryman's Badge, Expert Infantryman's Badge, Parachutist Badge, the Army Staff Identification Badge, and is a distinguished graduate of the Defense Information School.
 
Secretary: Diane Pardes, President, Pardes Communications. With 25 years of experience in high-tech, business-to-business, consumer and non-profit PR, Diane is a veteran of several major Boston agencies. Over that period, Diane held senior positions at Miller/Shandwick Technologies (now Weber Shandwick Worldwide), Redgate Communications (later acquired by AOL) and Ingalls, Quinn & Johnson.

Clients rely on Diane for creative and strategic counsel and for delivering high-level media coverage. She has worked with emerging companies as well as established leaders in a broad range of industries, such as the Wall Street Journal's Interactive edition, IBM, Freixenet sparkling wine, Polaroid, Avid Technologies and the Mass. Technology Leadership Council.  
 
Diane graduated summa cum laude from the State University of New York at Buffalo and is a member of Phi Beta Kappa. She also is a member of the Boston Club, serving on its Strategic Planning and Enterprise committees. Her programs honored with a Bell Ringer merit award and a Telly award. Diane was twice recognized as one of the top 10 PR professionals in Massachusetts by Women's Business.
 
Director-at-Large: John Hebert, Principal, Hebert Communications.  John is a veteran of more than 30 years of experience in public relations, journalism and business-to-business marketing communications. As principal of Hebert Communications, which he founded in 1992, John has provided specialized public relations, publicity and other marketing communications services to technology companies in the U.S., Europe, Middle East and Australia serving the digital imaging, printing/publishing and other industries. He began his communications career as a staff reporter and then assistant editor at Computerworld, and served as Senior PR Specialist at Data General Corp., a PR account executive at The Niberg Corporation, PR manager and then a marketing communications manager for Teradyne Inc., and Vice President for Gulko Advertising and Public Relations.
 
A graduate of Boston University, John also studied public relations at Emerson College, and marketing and organizational behavior at Northeastern University. He is a founding member of The McMillan Foundation, a non-profit organization supporting journalistic excellence in the graphic communications industry. John has been a PRSA member since 1989, with past service on the Boston Chapter's Executive Nominating Committee and Professional Development Committee.