NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The PR Council (PRC), which marks its 25th anniversary this year, announces that Ellen Ryan Mardiks, Chairman, Golin (Chicago), has been elected Chair of the Board of Directors. In this role, she will lead the efforts of the Board and provide strategic counsel to the PRC staff to achieve the organization’s goal of helping agencies be successful now and in the future.“Our agencies have never been more vital,” Mardiks said. “This anniversary offers the perfect opportunity to celebrate our momentum as we fix our focus firmly on the future,” she said, adding “We’re pivoting to the next great era in public relations, one where we’ll make an even more significant and deeper impact on our clients’ business, and on our people and their careers.”Other Board Members elected to the Executive Committee include Diana Littman, CEO, MSL U.S. (New York) as Vice Chair; Brandon Wilson, President & CEO, Wilbron (Birmingham) as Treasurer; and Julie Colehour, Partner, C+C (Seattle), as Secretary. Kim Sample, PRC President, is also a Member of the Executive Committee.The PRC Board is comprised of leaders representing agencies of all sizes, geographies, and specialties. Valarie De La Garza, CEO, Fenton (New York), Tiffany Guarnaccia, CEO and Founder, Kite Hill PR (New York), Brooke Hovey, Global President, BCW (New York), and Bob Osmond, President, Racepoint Global (Boston) have been elected Directors for three-year terms.De La Garza, Guarnaccia, Hovey, and Osmond join directors continuing their terms: Rebecca Honeyman, Co-Founder and Managing Partner, SourceCode Communications (New York); Andy Pray, Founder, Praytell (New York); Josh Rosenberg, Co-founder and CEO, Day One Agency (New York); Maryellen Royle, Group COO, Communications, Evoke (Philadelphia); Kass Sells, Global COO and President of International, WE Communications (Seattle); Trisch Smith, Global Chief Diversity & Inclusion Officer, Edelman (Washington, D.C.) and James Wright, Global CEO, Red Havas and Global Chairman, Havas PR Global Collective (New York)