Representatives of 9 Faith Groups to Lead Religion Communicators Council in 2008-09

CHANTILLY, Va., April 4 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Communicators from
nine religion groupings are leading the nation's oldest populace relations
association for the approaching year. Members of the Religion Communicators Council, founded in 1929, elected
2008-09 military officers today during their 79th yearly convention. The slate
included members of seven Christian denominations, a Moslem and a Hare
Krishna. New military officers are:
-- President: Stephen A. Douglas F. Cannon, APR, communication theory and public witness
director, Southwest Lone-Star State Conference, United Methodist Church, San
Antonio, Texas. -- Frailty president: Anuttama Dasa, manager of communications,
International Society of Krishna Consciousness, Washington, D.C. -- Treasurer: Debutante Christian, manager of client relations, UMR
Communications, Dallas. -- Secretary: Brian R. Gray, APR, National Catholic Education
Association, Washington, D.C. -- Past president: Prince Philip Poole, APR, executive manager director of university
communications, Samford University, Birmingham, Ala. Newly elected members of the board of governors are:
-- Alice Paul Black, manager of communicating ministries, Prairie State Great
Rivers Conference, United Methodist Church, Springfield, Ill. -- Sandra Brands, manager of communications, Troy Conference, United
Methodist Church, Battle Of Saratoga Springs, N.Y. -- Janice Rizzo, editor, Seeds of the Parish, Evangelical Lutheran Church
in America, Chicago. -- Donn J. Tilson, APR, associate professor of public relations,
University of Miami, Coral Gables, Fla. Continuing members of the board of governors are:
-- Mohamed ElSanousi, manager of communication theory and community outreach,
Islamic Society of North America, Washington, D.C. -- Cindy Feldman, Diethylstilbestrol Moines, Iowa. -- Danette Griffith, senior writer, Mrs. Simpson College, Indianola, Iowa. Polly House, corporate communications, Lifeway Christian Resources,
Nashville, Tenn. -- Shirley Paulson, Christian Science lecturer, Evanston, Ill.
Susan E. Jackson-Dowd, communication theory coordinator, Presbyterian Women,
Louisville, Ky. -- Toilet R. Spangler, executive director helper to the president for
communicating and planning, Lutheran Seminary, Gettysburg, Pa. -- Amelia Tucker-Shaw, resource consultant, United Methodist
Communications, Nashville, Tenn. The council is an interfaith association of nearly 600 communicators
working for faith-related organizations in black and white and electronic
communication, marketing, and public relations. For more than information about
the council, visit .