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2012 PR People Awards: Internal Communicator & Trainer of the Year

November 29th, 2012 by

Winner: Brooke Shepard Executive Creative Director, Weber Shandwick Brooke Shepard leads a team of community managers, creative writers, digital strategists, graphic designers and video producers. He has a unique ability to grab people’s attention and… Continued

2012 PR People Awards: Tweeter of the Year 

November 29th, 2012 by

Winner: Dalton Dorné Chief Marketing Officer, Havas PR Dalton Dorné, officially the chief marketing officer at Havas PR North America, is unofficially the agency’s chief twitter officer (or CTO). She is the source of the… Continued

2012 PR People Awards: PR Professional of the Year — Nonprofit 

November 29th, 2012 by

Winner: Ellen Murphy Senior Director of Communications, YMCA Ellen Murphy was a key figure in the revitalization of the YMCA’s organization-wide communications strategy. Under Murphy’s leadership, the YMCA’s local and national media coverage increased and… Continued

2012 PR People Awards: Account Manager of the Year 

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Winner: Sara Schwartz Assistant Account Executive, Havas PR One of Sara Schwartz’s first assignments after joining Euro RSCG Worldwide PR—now Havas PR—in May 2011 was helping to plan a Back to School editor event for… Continued

2012 PR People Awards: Community Relations Professional of the Year

November 29th, 2012 by

Winner: Lucienne Gigante SVP Marketing, Public Relations & Community, Doral Bank Lucienne Gigante arrived in Puerto Rico four years ago to help transform Doral Bank’s image with bravado and a highly aggressive, "no-holds-barred" CSR strategy.… Continued

2012 PR People Awards: Corporate Social Responsibility Leader

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Co-Winner: Paul Massey Executive Vice President, Weber Shandwick Paul Massey founded and leads Weber Shandwick’s Social Impact team, a global network that builds insight-driven communications programs for corporations, nonprofits and foundations to drive engagement and… Continued

2012 PR People Awards: Event Marketer of the Year

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Winner: Maggie O’Neill Partner and Senior Director, Peppercomm Maggie O’Neill’s script for public relations and strategic event marketing success has produced quite a highlight reel. With Peppercommotions, Peppercomm’s experiential marketing division, O’Neill is pursuing a… Continued

2012 PR People Awards: Digital Communications Leader of the Year

November 29th, 2012 by

Winner: Evan Kraus Executive Vice President, APCO Worldwide Although his particular area of specialty is clearly in the online space, Evan Kraus is a truly gifted corporate reputation strategist. He has led corporate reputation campaigns… Continued

2012 PR People Awards: Crisis Manager of the Year

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Winner: Tony Felts Public Relations Director, WellPoint In 2011 Tony Felts and WellPoint faced several high-profile media issues, such as litigation, provider negotiations/terminations, the Supreme Court’s consideration of the Affordable Care Act, as well as… Continued

2012 PR People Awards: Account Director of the Year

November 29th, 2012 by

Winner: Deborah Brown Partner/Managing Director, Peppercomm Stellar day-to-day account management abilities for major household names across multiple industries are table stakes for a well-tenured public relations executive. At New York-based Peppercomm, Deborah Brown is at… Continued