Following are the finalists covering all categories of the program: Corporate, Agency, Education System, Community Relations, Media Relations, Non-Profit, Government, Public
Affairs, Account Executive and Crisis Communicator).
- Tina-Marie Adams, Senior Vice President, Hill & Knowlton
- Sherri Borden, Director, Public Relations, U.S. Pharmacopeia
- Jim Brodsky, Founder & President, Sharp Communications, Inc.
- Sheri Chadwick, Director of Communications and Marketing, City of Coral Springs, Florida
- Gloria Story Dittus, CEO, Dittus Communications
- Harvey Englander, SVP & General Manager, The MWW Group/LA Office
- Lisa Farynyk, Account Executive, Coyne Public Relations
- Anne-Marie Feliciano, Corporate Communications Manager, JAKKS Pacific
- Genna Goldberg, VP, Corporate Communications, JAKKS Pacific, Inc.
- Billee Howard, EVP, Weber Shandwick
- Tom Hoyt, Manager, Global Communications, Ford Motor Company
- Kent Jarrell, Senior Vice President, APCO Worldwide
- Ken Kerrigan, Associate Director, Public Relations, Ernst & Young
- Ken Luce, President, Weber Shandwick Worldwide Southwest
- Sandy Lish, Founder and Principal, The Castle Group
- David Ritchey, Professor, School of Communication, The University of Akron
- M. Morgan Roth, VP, Public Affairs, Recording for the Blind & Dyslexic
- Helene Solomon, Founder, Solomon McCown & Company
- Chris Thomas, Owner/Officer, The Intrepid Group