Sarah Whitfield was recently selected as the Florida Public Relations Association Pensacola Chapter honoree for the 2017 Joe Curley Rising Leader Award. This nomination recognizes up-and-coming individual FPRA members who demonstrate emerging leadership traits along with dedicated active involvement in FPRA chapter activities, programs, functions and events. Whitfield, who is FPRA’s incoming president-elect and vice president of membership, is one of 16 chosen from around Florida and is a candidate for the state award to be presented in August.