The "short list" has been finalized in the annual competition in search of the leading PR professionals of the year. Below are the finalists in PR News' annual PR People
Awards and the four PR executives named to the annual Hall of Fame. The winners will be announced on Nov. 2 at the PR People Awards Luncheon and the Hall of Fame inductees will be
honored then as well. Also announced are PR News' 15 to Watch "stars of PR" 35 years old and younger; they too will be honored Nov. 2.
Look for the PR News All-Stars issue with profiles of the top PR People and Hall of Famers on Nov. 6. Find information on both the event and special issue at http://www.prnewsonline.com.
HALL OF FAME
Michelle Flowers, Flowers Communications Group
Victor Kamber, Kamber Group
Richard S. Levick, Levick Strategic Communications
Tom Martin, ITT
ACCOUNT MANAGER
Lori Tokunaga, The Hoffman Agency
Paul Peterson, Off Madison Ave
Rebekah Morgan, Burson-Marsteller
AGENCY EXECUTIVE OF THE YEAR
Thomas F. Coyne, Coyne PR
John Davies, DAVIES
John Deveney, ABC, APR, Deveney Communication
Lisa Throckmorton, SheaHedges Group
Michelle Ubben, Ron Sachs Communications
BRAND MARKETER OF THE YEAR
Michael Keller, International Dairy Queen
Heather Philbin, Cybertrust
CRISIS COMMUNICATOR OF THE YEAR
Sandra R. Alstadt, Entergy Corporation
Ashley McCown, Solomon McCown & Company
INTERNAL COMMUNICATIONS PROFESSIONAL OF THE YEAR
Elaine Hinsdale, Lockheed Martin Corporation
Al Maag, Avnet
MEASUREMENT/RESEARCH EXPERT OF THE YEAR
Bryan Dumont, APCO Worldwide
Katie Delahaye Paine. KDPaine & Partners
Angela Jeffrey, VMS
Mark Weiner, Delahaye
MEDIA RELATIONS PROFESSIONAL OF THE YEAR
Sheri Baer, The Hoffman Agency
Raymond L. Buse III, Cincinnati USA Regional Chamber
David Ebeling, Sperry Van Ness Commercial Real Estate Advisors
Jennifer Risi, Weber Shandwick
PR PROFESSIONAL OF THE YEAR: ACADEMIC INSTITUTION
Ann Marie Varga, Rollins College
John Morgan, Quinnipiac University
PR PROFESSIONAL OF THE YEAR: NONPROFIT/ASSOC.
Emily Callahan, Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation
Julia Cartwright, American Legacy Foundation
Nancy Fletcher, California Milk Advisory Board
Ted Nguyen, Orange County Transportation Authority
Ron W. Roecker, The Recording Academy
PR PROFESSIONAL OF THE YEAR: CORPORATE
Kathy Callahan, Ameristar Casinos, Inc.
Lisa Marie Bongiovanni, Mattel
Sunil Robert, i-flex
LuJean Smith, Siemens Medical Solutions
PR TEAM LEADER
Marita Gomez, HealthInfo Direct
Peggy Heller, Vox Medica, Inc
PUBLIC AFFAIRS EXECUTIVE OF THE YEAR
Kelly Cox, APCO Worldwide
Carolyn Tieger, Porter Novelli
SPOKESPERSON OF THE YEAR
Stephanie Bunker, United Nations Office for the Coordination
of Humanitarian Affairs
Marv Hoyt, Greater Yellowstone Coalition
15 to Watch "Stars of PR" age 35 and under
Lucy Allen, 32, Vice President, Lewis PR Inc.
Emily Buchanan, 31, Vice President, MWW Group
Lara Cohn, 35, Senior Vice President, Steele Rose Communications
Jeffrey DeMarrais, 35, General Manager of Communications, GE Industrial, Plastics
Tim Fry, 34, Senior Vice President, Weber Shandwick
Jackson Jeyanayagam, 28, Account Manager, Waggener Edstrom Worldwide
Ryan A. Jimenez, APR, 29, Communications Director & Press Secretary, Office of First Lady Maria Shriver
Nabeeha M. Kazi, 33, Sr. Vice President. Fleishman-Hillard Inc.
Holly Minch, 31, Executive Director, Communications Leadership Institute
James O'Leary, 26, Communications Leader, Honeywell
Jessica Pantages, 28, Senior Manager, Marketing and Public Relations, General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems
Christy Phillips, 32, Corporate Communications Manager,
Wachovia Corp.
Carrie Strehlau, 29, Media Specialist, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Haris Tajyar, 30, Managing Director, Investor Relations International
Kristin Warterfield, 25, Associate Director of Public Relations, Feed The Children