Dr. Joseph V. Trahan III, APR, Fellow PRSA
A New Orleans native, Dr. Joseph V. Trahan, III, has over thirty-two years of public relations/affairs experience in governmental, association, and educational and non-profit public relations.
Dr. Trahan is retired Lieutenant Colonel, United States Army Reserve (USAR), and a former Commander of the 314th Public Affairs Operations Center located in Birmingham, Alabama. While in the armed forces, Dr. Trahan successfully operated four Joint Information Bureaus and one Joint Information Center from 1991-94.
An accredited member of Public Relations Society of America, Dr. Trahan is a former member of the National PRSA Board of Directors and National PRSSA Faculty Advisor. Dr. Trahan is also a Fellow in Public Relations Society of America’s College of Fellows.