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Co-Winner: Michael Kempner Founder, President & CEO, MWW Since founding MWW in 1986, Michael Kempner’s strong leadership has kept the agency’s year-over-year growth at 14% to date. In 2012, MWW has gained a total of… Continued

AICPA The internal culture at the American Institute of CPAs is welcoming, professional, fun and hard-working. The communications and media channels team is a group of creative individuals who thrive on the ideas and attitudes… Continued

Jason Kuruvilla Special Assistant, Office of Public Affairs, U.S. Department of Labor In his first role as a special assistant to the chief economist at the U.S. Department of Labor, Jason Kuruvilla was able to turn… Continued

VSCpr  With thirty team members, VSCpr is growing steadily and has doubled in size since last year. All open management positions have been recently filled by internal candidates who were promoted from within.  The agency… 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

Heather Cable Vice President Powell Tate/Weber Shandwick Heather Cable is living the dream. Literally. As a winner of Powell Tate’s "Living the Dream" program, which encourages staff to try something they have always dreamed of, she… Continued

Davies  The growth opportunities at Davies are endless. Most of the firm’s senior and successful team members came on board at an assistant level more than a decade or two ago and worked their way… Continued

General Motors  GM puts its new hires through a rigorous job rotation to learn the fundamentals of GM communications. Its newest employees spend approximately nine months in three key positions: brand communications, internal communications and… Continued

Co-Winner: John Earnhardt Director of Communications, Cisco Systems When John Earnhardt wrote the first blog post at Cisco in 2005, it kicked off the social media era not only for him, but for the brand… Continued

James Kelly Manager of Business Communications, NASCAR James “Nick” Kelly is one of the driving forces behind strategic communications for NASCAR’s automotive and licensing businesses, which are accountable for approximately $30 million in annual revenue. Kelly… Continued