PR News and CommCore Consulting have unveiled the finalists in the first annual Spokesperson of the Year Awards, saluting the "masters of messaging" at
corporations and nonprofits nationwide. Categories include top spokespeople at nonprofits, for-profits, for Web and/or print and for TV and/or radio. Below are the finalists -
winners will be announced at two events - one for the "nonprofit" winners in Washington, D.C. on Nov. 30 and the other honoring the "for-profit" winners on Dec. 7 in NYC. Winners
will be profiled in PR News in the coming months. For more information, contact Amy Jefferies at [email protected]
or 301.354.1699.
- Cameron Ballantyne
American Red Cross of the National Capital Area
- J.C Benton
Ohio Department of Education
- Ken Capps
Dallas Forth Worth International Airport
- Will Cross
Novo Nordisk Inc.
- Linda Dano
Chamberlain Communications Group
- John Drengenberg
Underwriters Laboratories, Inc
- Robert Elek
Verizon Communications
- Tom Hanley
Connecticut Children's Medical Center
- Kristin Jacobs
Mayor Broward County
- Rosetta Jones
Visa USA
- Andrew F. Puzder
CKE Restaurants, Inc.
- Ed Stewart
Southwest Airlines
- Martin Taylor
Microsoft Corp
- Stuart L. Weinstein, MD
American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons