2025 Board of Directors:

• President – Bailey Lewis, founder, Words First
• President Elect – Heather Singleton, Strategic Public Relations Consulting
• Past President – Mary-Kathryn Craft, director of communications, South Carolina Association of Counties
• Secretary – Derek Bedenbaugh, communications specialist, BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina
• Vice President of Finance – Alison Shuman, corporate communications coordinator II, Farm Bureau Insurance
• Vice President of Membership Development and Retention – Alan Jenkins, Milliken and Company
• Vice President of Professional Development – Celina Ortiz, communications specialist, Dominion Energy
• Vice President of Communications and Webmaster – Nikasha Dicks, director of marketing and communications, Aiken Technical College

Our members at large are also here to serve you:

• Cynthia South, general manager, Aiken Symphony