Preparing For APR Success: A Step-By-Step Study Guide
Mara Woloshin, MA, APR, Fellow PRSA, is a professional member of the Public Relations Society of America’s Counselors Academy and the National Speakers Association. She currently serves on the board of the PRSA North Pacific district and is a past president of the Portland Metro Chapter of the Public Relations Society of America and received PRSA’s William Marsh Lifetime Achievement Award in 2003.  She was admitted into PRSA’s College of Fellows in 2005. Her work in public relations research and planning has received numerous awards.  When Mara isn’t gardening with questionable results, she is busy helping others. She has assisted 25 refugees get their U.S. citizenship. She is also the Universal Accreditation Chair of the Portland chapter of PRSA and has successfully mentored APR candidates for more than a decade. Mara’s public relations and marketing communications firm, Woloshin Communications, has been based in Portland, Ore., since 1991.  She has also taught at Oregon universities since 1989, and she holds a master’s degree in communications.