Meet Worldcom's new regional board members in Asia Pac

Cindy Payne is elected as the new regional chair in the Asia Pacific region.

According to a release, WORLDCOM Public Relations Group, the world’s leading partnership of independently owned public relations counselling firms, today announced its regional board slate for the remainder of 2011 and 2012. In addition, the global partnership announced the addition of two new partner firms to its roster of independent agencies.

"We are proud to have leaders of the top independent agencies around the world serving on the boards of each of our regions,” said Matt Kucharski, Chair of Worldcom Public Relations Group. “Individually, they are amongst the best in the field, and collectively, they are a part of a global partnership that supports the communication and marketing needs of local, regional and international corporations, offering companies a global reach.”

The AP Region has elected the following new board members:
Regional Chair: Cindy Payne, Managing Director of Asia-Pacific Connections
Immediate Past Chair: Doug Wright, Chairman of WrightsPR
Membership Co-Chair: Tom Van Blarcom, Managing Director of TQPR Thailand
Treasurer: Gina Lee, Managing Director of Communications Plus
Secretary: Michelle Lam, Senior Account Executive of A-World Consulting

The newest worldwide partners include Realidades, based in Lima, Peru, which focuses on working together with the Peruvian government to promote social programmes and other government-driven projects and The Garrity Group, based in Albuquerque, New Mexico, which specialises in issue management, crisis communication, media relations, government relations and social media.