Howland PR participates in PRSA’s Pro Am Day
Howland PR hosted five students from area colleges and universities on Pro Am Day. The students, all majoring in public relations, learned more about public relations and agency life.
(left to right): Patty Gutierrez, Texas A&M-Commerce; Min-Su Go, The University of Texas at Arlington; Jia Zhou, The University of Texas at Arlington; Jennica Drewe, The University of Texas at Arlington; and Jazmine Acevedo, The University of North Texas.
HPR Alumnus Earns Accreditation
Deanna McKinley, former Howland PR account executive, earned Accreditation in Public Relations (APR). In a special ceremony at the Park Cities Club in Dallas, Deanna was pinned by Samra Bufkins, APR Chair for PRSA’s Dallas Chapter.
Howland PR hosts UTA PR Students
Students from The University of Texas at Arlington visited Howland PR to gain insight into the public relations field and to learn more about Howland PR.
(left to right): Shametria Branch; Dale Vance, II; English Young; Dariah Jackson; and Jayshawn Williams
Howland PR hosts UNT PR Students
UNT students listen attentively as the Howland PR team shares advice and experience.
Students from the University of North Texas Chapter of the National Association of Black Journalists visited Howland PR to gain insight into the public relations field and to learn more about Howland PR.
Howland’s attend the 2007 Black Enterprise/Pepsi Golf & Tennis Challenge
The Black Enterprise/Pepsi Golf & Tennis Challenge attracted more than 1300 entrepreneurs and professionals to the Doral Golf Resort and Spa in Miami over the Labor Day weekend.
(left to right): Rosa Marcelin, president, Lilly Rose Creations and jewelry designer at the event; Lyria and Geoffrey Howland; and MaryAnne Howland, president and CEO, IBIS Communications.
Howland PR execs attend the 2007 Greater Dallas Chamber Women’s Business Conference
Rose Blair, vice president, Howland PR poses with Susan L. Taylor, editorial director, Essence Magazine. Also in attendance was Lyria Howland, president, Howland PR.
National Urban League’s Whitney M. Young Awards Gala
Tanya DeVaughn, account executive, Howland PR poses with Bonnie Boswell, niece of the late Whitney M. Young at the 2007 Whitney M. Young Awards Gala during the National Urban League conference. Ms. Boswell is writing a documentary about her uncle’s life.
As part of Howland PR’s consultancy with the Ford Foundation, Rose Blair, vice president, Howland PR and Tanya DeVaughn, account executive, Howland PR traveled to Lagos, Nigeria in West Africa to conduct skills assessments and present a capacity building workshop. The Ford Foundation’s media, arts and culture grantees traveled from Ghana and other parts of West Africa to the workshop at the Bambuddha Restaurant and Conference Center on Victoria Island, Lagos, Nigeria.
(left to right) Becky Sykes,
executive director and co-founder, Dallas
Womens Foundation; Barbara Watkins, former
DWF Board Member; Vivan Castleberry, co-founder,
Dallas Womens Foundation; Christine Grumm, president
and CEO, Women’s Funding Network; and Lyria
Howland, former DWF board member. The Dallas
Womens Foundation promotes women's philanthropy and raises money
to support community programs that help women and girls realize
their full potential.
In 2006, Lyria Howland received the Heroes of Hope, Above and
Beyond Award for Outstanding Volunteerism from the United Way of
Metropolitan Dallas.
Howland with other awardees (left to right): Agency Executive
of the Year winner Cynthia Nunn, The Center
for Nonprofit Management; Above & Beyond Award winner Lyria
Howland, Howland PR, Inc.; and J. Erik Jonsson
Award for Volunteerism winner Barbara Lord Watkins, Parkland Foundation.
Lyria Howland Enjoys Moment with Shelia Crump Johnson
and Friends
Caption: (left to right): Carol Foster, editor, Minority
Business News; Shelia Crump Johnson; Lyria
Howland, president, Howland PR, Inc., and Weslyn
Walker, Walker, Bright & Lewis, P.C. share
a laugh at The Dallas Morning News Distinguished Women
Leaders Lecture Series. Shelia Crump Johnson, co-founder of BET
and first African American female billionaire, recounted her
story of a lifetime of success in her inspirational keynote address
at the luncheon.
Quest for Success Awards Luncheon Masters of Ceremony John
McCaa, news anchor, WFAA TV8 and Lyria
F. Howland, president, Howland PR celebrate
with award winners and alumni following the 2001 program. Ms.
Howland co-founded the Quest for Success Awards program in 1985
to honor Dallas and Fort Worth Black entrepreneurs. With over
2,000 attendees, it is the largest Black History Month observance
of its kind in the Southwest and one of Texas’ largest
business awards programs. The Quest for Success is sponsored
by the Dallas Black Chamber of Commerce, The Dallas Morning
News and CHASE.
At the Public Relations Society of America’s 2001 International
conference are: (left to right) Debra A. Miller, Ed.D., APR,
Fellow PRSA; Lyria F. Howland, APR, president,
Howland PR; Rochelle Tillery-Larkin, Ph.D.,
assistant professor, Howard University; and Ofield
Dukes, APR, fellow PRSA, president, Ofield Dukes and
Associates. Howland was honored with the 2001 D. Parke Gibson
Award for her contributions to diversity within her community,
her profession and on her clients’ behalf.
In 1995 and again in 1999 Lyria Howland served on the campaign
staff and steering committee for the victorious Ron Kirk for Mayor
Campaigns. She became a member of Mayor Kirk’s “kitchen
cabinet,” and Howland PR went on to provide public relations
consulting and event planning for the Friends of Ron Kirk.
Howland PR directed Dallas’ host committee for the 2000
convention of the National Conference of Black Mayors, which exceeded
all previous NCBM convention records for sponsorships, attendance
and media coverage.
Lyria Howland, president, Howland
PR and Geoffrey Howland, account
executive-energy services, Honeywell Building Services,
greet Ron Kirk, partner, Vinson & Elkins
LLP and former Dallas Mayor. |
