Each year the Southwest Florida Chapter presents three professional awards: PR Professional of the Year, Chapter Member of the Year and Rising Star. You may view the criteria for and past recipients of each award here .

Congratulations to this year's winners:

2009 Rising Star Carla Ulakovic

2009 Chapter Member of the Year Laura Puerto

2009 PR Professional of the Year Tina Haisman, APR, CPRC

You may read what their peers had to say about them here.