On Wednesday, Oct. 22nd at 9:30A.M. in OM 320, Elizabeth Christian and Randall Dillard will be speaking about public affairs and how public relations work for the good of the public.

Elizabeth Christian is the president of Elizabeth Christian & Associates Public Relations in Austin. She has been actively involved in public relations for the last 32 years, and the Tribute to Lady Bird Johnson’s life is one of her most recent projects. Christian will talk about private sector communications in the context of in-house corporate public relations and agency public relations.

Randall Dillard is the Direct of Communications for the Texas Secretary of State, and has been involved in various public information and public affairs jobs for almost 24 years. Dillard’s most recent work is with the upcoming Nov. 4th election. “Our goal is to have a fair, credible election that all Texans can be proud of,” Dillard said. Dillard will talk about the public sector as a public information officer. He is also a 1982 graduate of Texas State University.