Past Presidents
(Note: Employers listed during years of presidents’ terms. Listing also includes names of past presidents for the Dallas Industrial Editor’s Association, the predecessor of IABC Dallas)
2026-2027 Amy Alexander, a2marcom
2025-2026 Angelia Pinaga, MiTek
2024-2025 Evan Krause, Health Care Service Corporation
2023-2024 Dena Wind, Hilti North America
2022-2023 Sohana Kutub O'Hare, Fidelity Investments
2021-2022 Evan Krause, Health Care Service Corporation
2020-2021 Katherine Brock, Keurig Dr Pepper
2019-2020 Meagan Bubela, TDIndustries
2018-2019 Melissa Roberts, Capital One
2017-2018 Melissa Hancock, Weber Shandwick
2016-2017 Kecia Gray, GRAY Marketing Solutions
2015-2016 Susan Straub, ABC, Alliance Data
2014-2015 Catherine Mitchell, CommCurve
2013 Kimberly Linnen, The BOSS Group
2012 Richard Buse, Buse Communication Services
2011 Melinda Guravich, Planning Services
2010 Donna Itzoe, Verizon
2009 Gayle Goodman, Goodman-Lynch Communications
2008 Julie Songer, Northrop Grumman
2007 Jerry Stevenson, Buck Consultants
2006 Roy Miller, RGM Communications
2005 Don Klausmeyer, ABC, TXU
2004 Patricia Chamberlain, BeautiControl Inc.
2003 Carol Barreyre, ABC, Independent Communications Consultant
2002 Ian Pierce, Weitzman Group/Cencor Realty Services
2001 Robin McCasland, Texas Instruments
2000 Scott Cytron, ABC, Cytron and Company
1999 Kim Karnett, Karnett & Associates
1998 Joan Hammond, ABC, EDS
1996-97 Mary Lewis, ABC, EDS (18-month board term)
1995 Deena Graves, ABC, Texas Instruments
1994 Tom Geddie, ABC, Tom Geddie Communications Evaluation & Planning
1993 Susie McMichael, ABC, Mobil Exploration & Producing
1992 Jane Voisard, Jane Voisard Communications
1991 John Hardesty, ABC, Texas Utilities Services
1990 Gayle Porter, Towers Perrin
1989 Karen Rayl, US Sprint
1988 Kym Webster, EDS
1987 Judith Griffey, Towers Perrrin
1986 Sharon Larkin, ABC, Northern Telecom
1985 Wolford M. McCue, Bozell, Jacobs, Kenyon & Eckhardt
1984 Jeffrey M. Horn, ABC, Towers, Perrin, Forster & Crosby; and Cheryl Kotarski-McCue, The Herring
1983 Randy E. Pruett, ABC, Texas Credit Union League
1982 Joy Hart, Exxon Co. USA
1981 Ginger Shearburn, Diamond Shamrock Corp.
1980 Stephen Blankinship, ABC, Texas Utilities Services Inc.
1979 Betty Lynn McHam, Southern Methodist University
1978 Sheryl R. Lesser, SMU Alumni Association
1977 Doug Scoggins, ABC, Gifford-Hill & Co.
1976 Donna Monroe, ABC , Southwestern Life Insurance Co.
1975 Beth I. West, ABC, Southern Union Gas Co.
1974 Karen Donaldson, Recognition Equipment Inc.
1973 Helen Klinkerman, Sears, Roebuck and Co.
1972 Jerry Johnson, Dallas Transit System
1971 Ed Kogut, freelance writer
1970 Joe Curtis, Frito-Lay Inc.
1969 Don Faught, Texas Power & Light Company
1968 Edna (Roby) Robson, Southwestern Life Insurance Company
1967 Robert J. (Bob) Wright, Sun Oil Company
1966Thalia (Liz) Oliphant, State Farm Insurance Company
1965 Joel Horton, Lone Star Gas Company
1964 Eldon Corkill, LTV Inc.
1963 Bill Razo, Great National Life Insurance
1962Charles Foley, Gifford-Hill & Company
1961 Brad Lear, Republic National Bank
1960Morris Midkiff, Dallas Power & Light Company
1959 Mayfair Macaulay, Reserve Life Insurance Company
1958 John Nation, Atlantic Refining Company
1957 Steve Landregan, Dallas Chamber of Commerce
1956 Ed DeWeese, American Association of Oilwell Drilling Contractors
1955 Sara Love, Dallas Athletic Club
1954 Bob Jones, First National Bank
1953 Pat Zahrt, Braniff Airways
1952 Mary Callaway, Southland Life Insurance
1951 Claribel Thompson, Lone Star Gas Company
1950 W.E. (Bill) Wagley, Typographics Inc.
1949 Paul A. Lay, Paul A. Lay Commercial Art Studio
1948 Lois Mills Burris, Texas Employers’ Insurance Association
1947 Chris Hobson, Texas & Pacific Railway
1946 Clifton Blackmon, Dallas Chamber of Commerce
1945 Flo Chism, Great National Life Insurance
1944 George Ellis, consultant
1943 Clark McElfresh, Dallas Power & Light Company
1942 Alta Ewalt Evans, Southern Union Gas Company
Communicators of the Year
2012 Melyssa Prince, ABC, Calloway’s Nursery, Inc.
2011 Susan Straub, ABC, Alliance Data
2010 Melinda Guravich, consultant
2009 Gayle Goodman, ABC, Goodman Lynch Communications
2008 Linda Mastaglio, ABC, Thoughts, Words & Images
2004 Jerry Stevenson, Stevenson Consulting
2003 Donna Itzoe, Verizon
2001 Jodi Hodak, ABC, WriteAway Communications
2000 Robin McCasland, Texas Instruments
1999 Jeff Herrington, Jeff Herrington Communications
1998 Ian Pierce, The Weitzman Group
1997 Jane Voisard, Jane Voisard Communications
1996 Kim Karnett, Karnett & Associates
1995 Deena G. Graves, ABC, Texas Instruments
1994 W. Douglas Scoggins, ABC, Scoggins Communications
1993 Mary Lewis, ABC, EDS
1992 Tom Geddie, ABC, Central & South West
1991 Lynn Newman, Newman Graphics Corp.
1990 D. Mark Schumann, ABC, William M. Mercer Inc.
1989 Gail Barron, Meeting Planners International
1988 Beth West, ABC, Southern Gas Association
1987 Judith Griffey, Towers Perrin
1986 Cheryl Kotarski-McCue, Herring Marathon, and Wolford M. McCue, Bozell, Jacobs, Kenyon & Eckhardt
1985 Sharon Larkin, ABC, Olivetti USA
1984 Connie Fisher, Northern Telecom Inc., and Charles M. Palmer, LTV Corporation
1983 Stephen Blankinship, ABC, Texas Utilities, and Ann Williams, UT Health Science Center
1982 Randy E. Pruett, ABC, Texas Credit Union
1981 Tancey Love, Electronic Data Systems, and Sheri Rosen, ABC, Dallas Chamber of Commerce
1980 Lane Talburt, Southwestern Bell Telephone
1979 Jim Haynes, KCBN Public Relations
1977 Sheila Gallagher, Recognition Equipment Inc.
1976 Bettye Davis Petree, Southland Life Insurance
1975 William Dean, Dresser Industries, and Jenna Nelson, Southwestern Life Insurance Co.
Prior to 1975, IABC Dallas awarded the honor of Editor of the Year.
1974 Donna Monroe, ABC, Southwestern Life Insurance Co.
1973 David Jones, ABC, Army and Air Force Exchange System
1972 Jerry Johnson, Dallas Transit System
1971 Ed Kogut, freelance writer
1970 Helen Klinkerman, ABC, Sears Roebuck and Co.
1969 Don Faught, Texas Power & Light Co.
1968 Joe Curtis, Frito-Lay, Inc., and Lorraine Hester, Dallas Power & Light
1967 Edna (Roby) Robson, Southwestern Life Insurance Co.
1966 Thalia (Liz) Oliphant, State Farm Insurance Co.
1965 R.C. (Connie) Eckard, ABC, Texas Instruments Inc.
1964 Eldon Corkill, LTV Inc.
1963 Robert J. (Bob) Wright, Sun Oil Co.
1962 Charles Foley, Gifford-Hill & Co.
1961 Joel Horton, Lone Star Gas Co.
1960 Virginia Linquist, Southern Union Gas Co.
1959 Mayfair Macaulay, Reserve Life Insurance Co., and Jean Thompson, Texas Employers Insurance Assoc.
1958 John Nation, Atlantic Refining Co.
1957 Steve Landregan, Dallas Chamber of Commerce
1956 Mary Callaway, Southland Life Insurance Company
1955 Claribel Thompson, Lone Star Gas Co.
1954 Alan T. Myers, Texas & Pacific Railway
1953 Pat Zahrt, Braniff Airways
