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Meet the 2024 Top Women— the supportive, innovative, inspiring women making an impact on their organization, whether that's leading the brand out of a crisis, breaking into new markets, engaging a new audience, or mentoring other colleagues.

Agency Account Accelerators

Jensen Charbonneau

Account ExecutiveAM Public Relations

Joyce Kim

Account SupervisorIW Group

Alejandra Mena

Account ExecutiveFlowers Communications Group

Madison Metcalfe

AssociateGreentarget

Ella Nagle

Senior AssociateGreentarget

Madelyn Nichols

Account ExecutiveRuder Finn

Kayla Poe

Account ExecutiveSachs Media

Hannah Zipf

Junior Account ExecutiveFactory PR, LLC.

Business Entrepreneurs

Melissa Conner

Partner, Managing DirectorJennifer Bett Communications

Leah Dergachev

Founder & Chief StorytellerAustley

Rimjhim Dey

CEODEY. Ideas + Influence

Venessa Fraguio

Co-Owner + PartnerThe MRKT Co.

Maeve Hagen

Managing PartnerTaylor

Lauren Knudsen

President20Two Studio

Kimberly Morreale McAuliffe

President/CEOMorreale Communications

Teal Pennebaker

Co-Founder and Managing PartnerShallot Communications LLC

Kristi Piehl

CEO and FounderMedia Minefield

Tiffany Rafii

CEOUpSpring

Shelley Reinstein

Founder and CEOAutumn Communications

Heather Ripley

CEORipley PR

Brook Terran

Partner & Co-FounderEvergreen & Oak

Susan Thomas

Founder and CEO10Fold Communications

Amanda Virgillito

Vice PresidentREED Public Relations

Change-Makers

Maha Abouelenein

CEO and FounderDigital and Savvy

Maggie Allard

Vice President, Energy and Sustainability Practice LeadAdfero

Christina Bennett

Senior Director, External CommunicationsPriceline

Lindsay Ferraro Bennett

Senior Vice President, LifestylePace Public Relations

Jamie Brown

Vice President of Marketing and EntertainmentPENN Entertainment

Susan Chana

SVP of Public Relations & Social MediaPrimerica

Alex Christian

Vice President of Research and AnalyticsEvolveMKD

Amy Dardinger

DirectorNext PR

Danielle DiStefano

Manager of CommunicationsMcKinsey Health Institute

Deekay Fox

Senior Director of Marketing & CommunicationsGreat Jobs KC

Sara Garibaldi

PresidentBODEN Agency

Pamela Greenwalt

Chief Communications & Marketing OfficerSAG-AFTRA

Sarah Hamilton

Partner & Midwest Public Affairs LeadAvoq

Toni Harrison

President and CEOEtched Communication

Mara Hedgecoth

Chief Communications & Marketing OfficerAPCO

Betsy Hoag

Director of Research & PlanningGreentarget

Sarah Jamieson

Senior Director, CommunicationsMLS NEXT Pro

Debbi Jarvis

VP and Chief Communication OfficerWashington Gas

Brandy Jones

Chief Communications & Marketing OfficerSouthwest Ohio Regional Transit Authority

Natalie Maguire

SVP, CommunicationsGIPHY

Tricia Doyle Mahoney

Chief Marketing OfficerTwisted X Global Brands

Sophia Marshall

SVP, Head of Communications, Central DivisionComcast

Priscila Martinez

CEO and FounderThe Brand Agency

Shannon Mulaire

Director, PR & Media RelationsNICKERSON

Amanda Corby Noguchi

Founder & PresidentUnder My Umbrella, Inc.

Rachel Rosenblatt

Senior Managing DirectorFTI Consulting

Amanda Shareghi

SVPIdeal

Brenda Springer

Founder/CEOReveille, Inc.

Kristen Stippich

Executive Vice PresidentSourceCode Communications

Knight Stivender

PartnerMP&F Strategic Communications

Hayley Zachary

PartnerLSG

In-House Innovators

Shari Ajayi

Public Relations DirectorSaatva

Angela Ambrose

Vice President of Government Relations & CommunicationsGM Defense

Alison Brown

Senior Director, Global Corporate CommunicationsMerz Aesthetics

Molly Dreska

Vice President, CommunicationsInter Miami CF

Olivia Dupuis

SVP, Public RelationsAMC Networks

Suzanne Fanning

CMOWisconsin Cheese and Dairy Farmers of Wisconsin

Pamela Goldstein

Director, Global CommunciationsMcDonald's

Sarah Gorvitz

VP PR, Culture, and PartnershipsDeutsch Family Wine & Spirits

Kelli Hammersmith

Chief Communications OfficerAdvantage Solutions

Allyce Hackmann

Vice President, External CommunicationsADP

Natalie Hernandez

Director of Integrated CommunicationsConvene

Linda Huss

Senior Director, Corporate AffairsEndo

Stephanie Lowenthal

Global Head of CommunicationsBuilder.ai

Gabriela Luciano

Marketing and Communications Manager - U.S. LeadTobii

Erin Mandzik

Sr Director of Corporate CommunicationsFAT Brands Inc & FAT Brands Foundation

Kristin Matzen

Chief Communications OfficerTIME

Jessica Merz

.VP Global Corporate CommunicationsBacardi

Ashley Holmes Mullenix

Field Liaison CommunicationsUSPS

Dawn Ray

SVP, PR & CommunicationsGoTo Foods

Industry Champions

Stacy Berns

President & FounderBerns Communications Group

Linda Thomas Brooks

CEOPRSA

Jennifer Kamienski

Executive Vice PresidentCoyne PR

Dawn Langeland

Co-President, North AmericaGolin

Teresa Valerio Parrot

PrincipalTVP Communications

Sarah L. Manley Robertson

President and FounderProspect Strategies

Samantha Yap

CEOYAP Global

Rising Stars

Emily Alwell

Manager, CommunicationsTIME

Caroline Brooks

Senior Director of CommunicationsC-Strategies

Ronica Cleary

Founder & CEOCleary Strategies

Mikaela Dredden

Senior AssociateThe Levinson Group

Corinne Gorda

Senior Account ExecutiveROKK Solutions

Katherine Green

Vice PresidentREED Public Relations

Abby Kaufman

DirectorAntenna Group

Allie Mills

Associate Director, Media RelationsSalientMG

Sabrina Negron

DirectorFTI Consulting

Nicole Palmer

StrategistNebo Agency

Stephanie Qadir

Supervisor, Brand CommunicationsMcDonald's

Crystal Robertson

Senior Social Media StrategistUnited States Postal Service

Devika Sandill

Communications SpecialistMcKinsey Health Institute

Samantha Santoro

Account DirectorCLYDE

Anya Shelton

PrincipalPrecision

Cameron Smith

DirectorThe Herald Group

Gracey Wallace

Account SupervisorFleishmanHillard

Kaylee Webster

Account SupervisorInfinite Global

The Motivators

Maryjane Banks

Executive Director CommunicationProvidence

Brittany Bevacqua

Managing DirectorGregory FCA

Tayhlor Blackwell

Vice PresidentREED

Amanda Brooks

Senior Director, Communications, College SportsESPN

Izabela Carr

DirectorJunapr

Clare Conley

VP, CommunicationsQualcomm Technologies, Inc.

Kelly Corder

Director of Media RelationsSachs Media

Julia Giacoboni

Director of Product Marketingfullthrottle.ai

Lauren Gongora

Executive Vice President & PartnerBODEN Agency

Andrea Holt

Director of Public RelationsComprise

Lauren Hovey

SVPCLYDE

Jordan Jacobs

Partner & Senior Vice PresidentMoore

Steph Lund

Chief Executive OfficerM&C Saatchi Sport & Entertainment

Lauren Meckstroth

Vice President of Public RelationsThe Abbi Agency

Liz Mefford

EVP, Health & WellnessKaplow Communications

Ashley Miller

Vice President of Marketing, Communications and SalesThe Mob Museum, the National Museum of Organized Crime and Law Enforcement

Jessica Muldoon

Group Vice President, Corporate MediaRuder Finn

Lauren Musiol

Senior Vice PresidentThe Reis Group

Alexis Odesser

Executive Vice President, Head of Account ExcellenceThe Bliss Group

Tricia Oakes

Director of OperationsPac/West Strategies

Eloisa Orozco

Director, Corporate Communications & ESGEncore Capital Group

Jessica Pantages

VP, Global CommunicationsEgnyte

Jennifer Riedinger

Senior Vice PresidentMikeWorldWide

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