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On November 30 at the Awards luncheon at The National Press Club in D.C., PR News saluted the winners and honorable mentions of the PR People Awards, 15-to-Watch list of up-and-coming stars in PR and the Top Places to Work in PR. This must-attend event honored the outstanding PR professionals and organizations across all areas of PR.  View Honorees!

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The luncheon took place on November 30 after the morning PR News Media Relations 2.0 Workshop and a day prior to the Facebook Conference on December 1. All three events were held at the National Press Club, in Washington, D.C.

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PR News' PR People Awards Finalists

Hall of Fame

• John Deveney - Deveney Communications
• Richard Edelman - Edelman
• Roger Frizzell - PG&E 
• Mary Henige - General Motors
• Dave Senay - Fleishman-Hillard
• Melissa Waggener Zorkin - Waggener Edstrom Worldwide

Account Director/Supervisor of Year

• Kelly Cacioppo - Marina Maher Communications
• Jamie Castaldo - Hunter PR
• Julie Harkavy Fisher - Weber Shandwick
• Pattie Sullivan - Euro RSCG Worldwide PR

Agency Account Manager of the Year

• Mark Martin - Waggener Edstrom Worldwide
• Emily Schwartz - GolinHarris
• Jody Sunna - Euro RSCG Worldwide PR
• Emilie Valle - Cone Inc.

Blogger of the Year

• Steve Cody - Peppercom
• Janet Helm - Weber Shandwick
• Ken Makovsky - Makovsky + Company
• Steve Rubel - Edelman
• Careen Winters - MWW Group
  

Brand Marketer of the Year

• Leslie Campisi - Affect Strategies
• Nicole Esposito - Full Picture
• Michael Manzo - Openet Telecom
• Ambre Morley - Novo Nordisk

Corporate Social Responsibility Leader

• Paul Massey - Weber Shandwick
• Marilee McInnis - Southwest Airlines
• Patrice Smith - Kaiser Permanente
• Kim Zimmer - Goodwill Industries International Inc.

Crisis Manager of Year

• Jill Allread - Public Communications Inc.
• Dallas Lawrence - Burson-Marsteller
• Dan Macuga - USANA Health Sciences
• Cindy Sanders - WellPoint
• Chris Vary - Weber Shandwick

Digital Communications Leader of Year

• Jeff Beringer - GolinHarris
• Sam Ford - Peppercom
• Jared Hendler - MWW Group
• Sarah Hofstetter - 360i
• Evan Kraus - APCO Worldwide
• Chris Perry - Weber Shandwick
• Holly Potter - Kaiser Permanente

Investor Relations/Financial Communications Exec of Year

• Barb Iverson - Weber Shandwick
• Keith Mabee - Dix & Eaton

Media Relations Professional of Year

• Danielle Cass - Kaiser Permanente
• Alison Croyle -  JetBlue Airways
• Kristy Finch - Alpaytac
• Erin Howard - Peppercom
• Barry Nelson - John Deere
• Mandy Treeby - Tide Brand, Procter & Gamble

PR Professional of the Year – Agency

• Ann Barlow - Peppercom
• Sandra Fathi - Affect Strategies
• Huma Gruaz - Alpaytac
• Kathleen Henson - Henson Consulting
• Ed James - Gibson Guitars
• Grete Lavrenz - Carmichael Lynch Spong
• Marian Salzman - Euro RSCG Worldwide PR

PR Professional of the Year – Corporate

• Heather Mitchell - Unilever
• Debra Lynn Ross - APP Pharmaceuticals
• Matthew Samson - Huntington National Bank
• Kim Titus - Samsung

PR Team Leader

• Kristin Binns - WellPoint
• Kris Garvey - Weber Shandwick
• Amber Meredith - Marina Maher Communications
• Ana Nennig - Euro RSCG Worldwide PR
• Jody Venturoni - Weber Shandwick
• Brett White - MWW Group

Public Affairs Professional of Year

• Mike Hotra - APCO Worldwide
• Karen Oliver - Porter Novelli
• Suzanne Zurn - Waggener Edstrom Worldwide

Publicist of the Year:

• Joseph Cohen - MWW Group
• Jessica Kleiman - Hearst Magazines
• Stan Rosenfield - Stan Rosenfield & Associates
• Phil Zimmerman - Jeopardy!/CBS Television Distribution

Social Media Professional of Year

• Bonin Bough -  PepsiCo
• Stacy DeBroff - Mom Central
• Meredith Chapman - University of Delaware
• Vince Golla - Kaiser Permanente
• Tim Haran - USANA Health Sciences
• Ashley Howland - Baylor Health Care System
• Greg Swan - Weber Shandwick

PR News' 15-to-Watch in PR 2011

Corporate and Nonprofit:

• Caitlin Andrews, Policy Resolution Group at Bracewell & Giuliani LLP
• Erin-Marie Beals, EMD Serono Inc.
• Esteban Contreras, Samsung Electronics America
• Jennifer Ecclestone, General Motors
• Olga Karagiannis, Hologic
• Jacalyn Lee, XO Group Inc.
• Anna Lingeris, The Hershey Company
• Karen Nichols, DIAGEO
• Ashley Roth, Louisiana Seafood Promotion and Marketing Board
• Elizabeth Rowland, Pinnacle Foods
• Amy Savicky-Injaian, Wells Fargo & Company
• Jaime Soper, PepsiCo
• Sarah Swensson, Orange County Transportation Authority
• Michael Trupo, United States Department of Labor
• Julia Zamorska, iolo technologies

Agency:

• Lauren Begley, Peppercom
• Dawn Brun, Porter Novelli Atlanta
• Nell Callahan, SKDKnickerbocker
• Brad Chase, Capitol Media Partners
• Brian Conway, Weber Shandwick Dallas
• Lauran Driver, WCG
• Kelly Hamor, Weber Shandwick Seattle
• Kelly Kalmar, Euro RSCG Worldwide PR
• Ryan Kuresman, APCO Worldwide
• Elizabeth Osborn, Hager Sharp
• Caitrin O'Sullivan, Burson-Marsteller
• Sarah Pfeiffer, Marina Maher Communications
• David J. Semanoff, Quinn & Co. Public Relations
• Radha Ahlstrom-Vij, Gutenberg Communications
• Jamie Watt Arnold, Profiles Inc.

PR News' Top Places to Work in PR 2011

Corporations:

• Discovery Communications
• USANA Health Sciences 
• EMD Serono
• International Paper 
• Northwestern Mutual 

Nonprofits:

• AICPA (American Institute of CPAs)
• American Heart Association
• charity: water
• National Education Association
• The Methodist Hospital System 

Agencies:

• Affect Strategies
• Coyne Public Relations
• Flowers Communications Group 
• Ketchum
• Linhart Public Relations
• Marina Maher Communications
• Ogilvy PR Worldwide
• The OutCast Agency
• SpeakerBox Communications
• Waggener Edstrom Worldwide

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