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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Winner: Carreen Winters Executive Vice President, MWW Carreen Winters’ outstanding efforts to enrich her field have not only won her PR campaigns 22 awards to date and contributed to a 22% growth of MWW’s corporate… Continued

  Meredith Z. Avakian-Hardaway Public Affairs Specialist, DuPont Meredith Z. Avakian-Hardaway not only makes contributions daily in her role as the public affairs specialist at E.I. DuPont de Nemours (DuPont), she dedicates her time in the… Continued