NIRI Announces 2025-2026 Chapter Volunteers of the Year and Chair’s Awards

ALEXANDRIA, Va. - NIRI: The Association for Investor Relations announced its 2025-2026 Chapter Volunteers of the Year. Each NIRI chapter annually honors one of its volunteer leaders as the Chapter Volunteer of the Year.

"On behalf of NIRI, I congratulate these outstanding volunteers for the contribution of their time and talent to advancing NIRI's important mission. We enjoyed recognizing them at the inaugural NIRI Gala at the NIRI 2026 Annual Conference," said NIRI President and CEO, Matthew Brusch, CAE.

The following 2025-2026 Chapter Volunteers of the Year were honored during the recent NIRI 2026 Annual Conference, held in Chicago, IL.

• NIRI Atlanta - Melanie Skijus, CFA, Vice President, Investor Relations, Graphic Packaging Holding Company
• NIRI Capital Area - Steve Adams, Managing Director, Riveron
• NIRI Chicago - Dan Scorpio, Senior Managing Director, FTI Consulting, Inc.
• NIRI Cincinnati Tri-State - Lisa McLaughlin, Chief Communications Analyst, Cincinnati Financial Corporation
• NIRI Cleveland/Northern Ohio - Angela Rodenhauser, Immediate Past President, NIRI Cleveland/Northern Ohio
• NIRI Connecticut/Westchester - June Vecellio-Lazaroff, Senior Director, Investor Relations, Insulet Corporation
• NIRI DFW - Brookii Wootton, IRC, Senior Director (Head), Investor Relations, XTI Aerospace, Inc.
• NIRI Florida - Charlotte Murnan, Senior Investor Relations Analyst, EnerSys
• NIRI Houston - Megan Larson, IRC, Vice President of Strategic Initiatives, Efficient Markets
• NIRI Los Angeles - Dilek Mir, Managing Director Corporate Profile, LLC
• NIRI New York - Emily Blum, Associate Manager, Financial Communications, Prudential Financial, Inc.
• NIRI Orange County - Cynthia Skoglund, President, Skoglund Consulting Group
• NIRI Philadelphia - Alexander Whitelam, IRC, Vice President of Investor Relations & Risk Management, Dorman Products, Inc.
• NIRI Rocky Mountain - Geoff High, Vice President, Investor Relations & Corporate Communications, DMC Global Inc.
• NIRI San Diego - Anne Crotteau, Investor Relations, Corporate Access & Engagement Program Lead, Solventum Corporation
• NIRI San Francisco Bay Area - Victoria Hyde-Dunn, NIRI Fellow, Co-President, NIRI San Francisco Bay Area Chapter
• NIRI Twin Cities - Bernadette McCormick, President, NIRI Twin Cities
• NIRI Virtual Chapter - Rebecca Updegraph, Professional Development Chair, NIRI Virtual

NIRI Chair's Awards of Excellence

NIRI also presented the 2025-2026 NIRI Chair's Award of Excellence to chapters to recognize their achievements in areas most essential to chapter health and member service.

The 2025-2026 Excellence in Membership Growth Award was presented to NIRI Chicago, NIRI Cleveland/Northern Ohio, and NIRI DFW.

The 2025-2026 Excellence in Membership Retention Award was presented to NIRI Cleveland/Northern Ohio, NIRI Philadelphia, and NIRI San Francisco Bay Area.

The 2025-2026 Excellence in Advocacy Support Award was presented to David Dragics, Advocacy Ambassador, NIRI Capital Area.

NIRI National Volunteer of the Year - Malin Clark, Partner, Third Economy

2026 Emerging Volunteer of the Year was presented to Kelsey Henderson, Practice Manager, Corporate Affairs and Investor Relations, High Country Search Group

About NIRI: The Association for Investor Relations

Founded in 1969, NIRI is the professional association of corporate officers and investor relations consultants responsible for communication among corporate management, shareholders, securities analysts, and other financial community constituents. NIRI is the largest professional investor relations association in the world with members representing over 1,500 publicly held companies and $12 trillion in stock market capitalization.