Morris to serve as Arkadelphia Rotary guest speaker, October 3

The Arkadelphia Rotary Club will meet Friday, October 3, 2014, at Western Sizzlin, 106 WP Malone Drive, for its weekly meeting. Mr. Brandon D. Morris, Union Pacific Railroad Director of Public Affairs, has been invited to serve as guest speaker. Rotarians and guests are invited to attend. For more information on the guest speaker, please read his brief biography below. 

Brandon D. Morris is the director of public affairs for Arkansas, Oklahoma and Tennessee at Union Pacific Railroad. He is responsible for the development and implemention of Union Pacific strategy and policy for state government affairs, community relations, public partnerships and philanthropic programs for his assigned states. Morris most recently served is the deputy public information officer at the Arkansas Department of Emergency Management (ADEM). 
 
Prior to joining ADEM in 2013, Morris worked as a government contractor on the Public Affairs team at the U.S. Army Pine Bluff Arsenal. He worked for SAIC and served as the public affairs and outreach liaison for the Pine Bluff Chemical Agent Disposal Facility from 2008 to 2013. 

A native of Pine Bluff, Morris is a 2004 graduate of Pine Bluff High School. He holds a Masters of Public Administration from Webster University and is involved with the Arkansas State University Alumni Association, the Arkansas Chapter of Public Relations Society of America and serves as the professional adviser for Arkansas State University Public Relations Student Society of America. Morris is also Accredited in Public Relations and Military Communication (APR+M).