Krista Terrell, APR is a strategic, ethical and accredited public relations practitioner and nonprofit executive with over 25 years of experience. She is past president of the Arts & Science Council (ASC), one of the most respected Local Arts Agencies in the U.S., and a current member of the Board of Ethics and Professional Standards for the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA).

Her public relations experience ranges from branding, media relations and crisis communications to advocacy, community engagement, content creation, website transition and launch and influencing for diversity, equity and inclusion. She served as lead editor for ASC’s inaugural Cultural Equity report that shared its inequitable funding history and its journey on the path to cultural equity.

A native of Augusta, Ga., Krista earned her B.A. in Communications Arts (specializing in Public Relations) from Johnson C. Smith University, an HBCU, and her Accreditation in Public Relations (APR) from PRSA.

Krista is a board member of Arts North Carolina, a statewide advocacy organization for the arts, the Charlotte Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., Charlotte Chapter of Jack and Jill of America, Inc. and the New Generation of African American Philanthropists

She is married with two young sons and lives in Charlotte, North Carolina.