The Central West Coast Chapter of the Florida Public Relations Association recently won three awards at the organization's annual statewide conference. Jennifer Moss, executive director of the Ear Research Foundation and director of communications for the Silverstein Institute, won the John Dillin Professional Award, the highest honor in the organization; Lynn Hobeck Bates, communications manager for Visit Sarasota County, received the Chapter President of the Year Award; and Rhonda Leiberick, development and communications manager for Habitat for Humanity Sarasota, was given the Joe Curley Rising Star Award.