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CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR 2025 HONOREES!

Meet the 2025 Top Women in PR — 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

Kellie Cassidy

Senior Account ExecutiveMILK Creative Communications

Haley Duford

Account ExecutiveSachs Media

Stephanie Grober

Marketing & Public Relations DirectorHorowitz Agency

Eleonora Ivanova

Account DirectorSiteMedia Ltd.

Teresa Lu

Managing Director, Global ChinaAPCO

Kesi Lumumba

Vice PresidentRational 360

Business Entrepreneurs

Kelly Brockman

PartnerMcNeely Brockman Public Relations

Mary Butin

Founder + CEOButin PR

Claudia Daré

DirectorLatAm Intersect PR

Jenn DeMartino Callister

Founder & Chief Narrative OfficerHustle&Co.

Adee Drexler

CEO and FounderInfinity Creative Agency

Charlotte Hamilton

Founder + PrincipalThe Good Human Group

Teri Hansen, APR

Founder, President & Chief Creative OfficerPriority Marketing

Erin Harrison

CCO + Founding PartnerLIMELIGHT

Toni Harrison

Founder & CEOEtched Communication

Karine Idrissi

Partner, Director & Co-Founder of Sundae CreativeSundae Creative

Jennifer Kaplan

President & CEOEvolve PR & Marketing

Steph Lund

Chief Executive OfficerMSQ Sport + Entertainment

Suzanne Rosnowski

Owner, Founder, and CEORelevance International

Change-Makers

Libbey Baumgarten

Executive Vice President & Head of GrowthJennifer Bett Communications

Lauren Blum

Associate VP PublicityShout! Studios

Krysten Casabielle

Executive Vice PresidentChemistry Cultura

Kate Chinn

PartnerMP&F

Lauren Clayton

Managing Director Hahn StudiosHahn

Anna Crowe

CEO and FounderCrowe PR

Lindsay Daly

Director of Corporate CommunicationsWasabi Technologies

Donelle Harder

Senior Vice PresidentPinkston

Kristina Helb

Vice President of Global CommunicationsSotheby's International Realty

Kylee Kaetzel

Associate Vice PresidentSolComms

Vivian Kobeh

Head of External Communications & PRBoldyn Networks

Miranda Kusama

SVP and PartnerMethods+Mastery

Angela Lang

Senior Vice President, Media GroupTony Fay PR

Lynn Miyahira

Vice PresidentiQ 360

Alexandra Normington

Chief Communications & Marketing OfficerCook County Health

Tricia Ross

PresidentFinancial Profiles

Kate Ryan

Managing DirectorDiffusion PR

Abigail Shilling

Director of CommunicationsLand O'Lakes, Inc.

Blake Simpson

SVP and Chief Communications and Corporate Affairs OfficerAdtalem Global Education

Sydney Townsend

Vice President - Commercial Real EstateSunwest Communications

Ellie Tuck

Executive Creative DirectorFleishmanHillard

Megan Tuck

SVP, Co-Lead of Bliss ImpactThe Bliss Group

Sandra Vastola

Public Affairs DirectorCharlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department

Cydney Williams

Public Relations ManagerBOK Financial

Grace Williams

VP, Client RelationsPANBlast

In-House Innovators

Laura Barganier

Head of U.S. Personal Banking CommunicationsCiti

Nichole Baxter

External Affairs ManagerCalifornia American Water

Amanda Carl

Director, Head of CommunicationsGoogle DeepMind

Olivia Coryell

Communications Director, Streaming & DigitalESPN

Natassia Culp

Global Lead: Corporate CommunicationsWasabi Technologies

Nicole Hasheider

Vice President, Marketing and CommunicationsNational Corn Growers Association

Johanna Herrmann

Senior Vice President, Global Communications and Chief of Staff to the EVP and CCOMerck & Co., Inc.

Danielle Hughes

Vice President, CommunicationsBODYARMOR Sports Nutrition

Elizabeth Jarvis-Shean

Chief Corporate Affairs OfficerDoorDash

Alexis N. Johnson

Public Relations Manager and Head of Social ImpactBeats by Dre

Mary Beth Levin

Manager, Business IntelligenceUSPS

Julia Marella

Senior Director, CommunicationsMoonPay

Lisa O'Neill Hill

Director, External CommunicationCity of Hope Orange County

Marisol Sanchez Maldonado

Communications ManagerAruba Tourism Authority

Stephanie Shaw

Head of Communications7-Eleven, Inc.

Tamarah Strauss

Vice President, PR & Corporate CommunicationsThorne

Charlotte West

Vice President, Global Corporate CommunicationsLenovo

Industry Champions

Stefanie Braukmann

General ManagerSPRG Malaysia

Courtney Callaghan, APR+M

Public Affairs OfficerU.S. Navy

Nicole Dye-Anderson

Senior Vice President, Head of Media Relations, Experiential & Influencer StrategyWells Fargo

Kody Gurfein

CMOExiger

Lori Hallowell

Group Director, PRBader Rutter

Matisse Hamel-Nelis

Vice President, CommunicationsMatisse Nelis Consulting

Beth Keeton

Owner/PresidentElephant House PR

Amy Rao Mohan

AttorneySherrard Roe Voigt & Harbison, PLC

Durée Ross

President & CEODurée & Company

Kristelle Siarza Moon, APR

CEO & OwnerSiarza

Melanie Van Dusen

Executive Vice President, Co-Head of SportsBerk Communications

Sarah Vellozzi

EVP, Executive Director, U.S. Corporate Affairs Practice LeadGolin

Patricia Zylberman

PR ManagerSherlock Communications

Rising Stars

Elsa Alvarado

Associate Vice President, CommunicationsPrecision Strategies

Cori Anderson

Vice PresidentFleishmanHillard

Lily Biagi

Communications AssociateThe Levinson Group

Mallory Brookover

Senior DirectorRational 360

Olivia Clarke

Senior Social & PR SpecialistNebo Agency

Kelsey Dalton

Senior Media Relations SpecialistCity of Hope Orange County

Bess Eastman

Vice PresidentCRAFT Media & Digital

Tehya Frank

Director of Operations & Health PolicyKARV

Paisley Haddad

Account SupervisorZeno Group

Meg Kelly

Account SupervisorGreentarget

Emma Kluever

Senior Director of ContentC-Strategies

Claire Lee

Senior AssociateRational 360

Ashley Long

Account SupervisorMerritt Group

Brooke McClary

Senior Communications ManagerExpel

Hannah Oakley

Account SupervisorBerk Communications

Meera Rohera

Senior AssociateRational 360

Molly Salter

DirectorSKDK

Brianna Sislo-Schutta

Account SupervisorBerlinRosen

Elizabeth Snyder

DirectorSolComms

Angelica Tejada

Communications AssociateTIME

Melanie Vynalek

Senior Account ExecutiveAdfero

Alexia Zac Zac

Senior Account ExecutiveVested

The Motivators

Melissa Anderson

Associate Vice PresidentINFINITE

Blair Ciecko

SVP, Public RelationsCG Life

Amy Clark

Executive Vice President of Public RelationsThe Brand Guild

Jennifer DeNick

Senior Vice PresidentCoyne PR

Julia DePaul DiNapoli

Senior DirectorFTI Consulting

Shelly Dominguez Lieder

Chief Operating OfficerEtched Communication

Heather Gowin

System Executive Director, Internal CommunicationsCity of Hope

Angela Hoague

Senior Managing DirectorThe Levinson Group

Bree Jones

VP of PRWORTHI

Amelia Marosek

Director of Public RelationsEvolveMKD

Pamela Riddell

Vice President, CommunicationsLehigh Valley Health Network

Caroline Schillaci

Vice President + Chief of StaffUpSpring

Lauren Tyler

Chief of StaffAdfero

Katie Vroom

Senior Vice PresidentGregory FCA

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