GAINESVILLE, FL: Five corporate communications executives have joined the Institute for Public Relations board of trustees.

The new trustees are Richard Jones, SVP and CCO at Guardian Life; Torod Neptune, corporate VP of communications at Verizon Communications; Adrian Rodriguez, SVP and CCO at MetLife; Oscar Suris, EVP of corporate communications at Wells Fargo; and Richard White, VP of corporate communications at Wisconsin Energy.

Each trustee will serve a three-year term through the end of 2014. The IPR board now includes 19 corporate, 14 agency, and four education-sector representatives.