PR News celebrated the honorees of this year's Top Women in PR Awards Luncheon, held at New York City's Grand Hyatt on Feb. 27, 2015. A number of communicators were honored for their work over the past year in making bold advances in managing crises, developing brand messages, protecting and building reputations and creating content for digital platforms.
JJ Ramberg, author, entrepreneur and host of MSNBC's "Your Business," delivered an entertaining and inspiring keynote address on the challenges and opportunities women face in today's competitive business environment.
Below is the full list of PR News' 2015 Top Women in PR honorees.
2015 Top Women in PR
- Jessica Adelman, Syngenta Corporation
- Shante Bacon, 135th Street Agency
- Tina McCormack Beaty, Porter Novelli
- Kathy Bloomgarden, Ruder Finn
- Anne Brownlee, Omni Hotels & Resorts
- Cari Brunelle, HBC
- Deborah Buks, Ward
- Amy Call-Well, Ernst & Young LLP
- Trisha Cardoso, Showtime Networks Inc.
- Silvie Casanova, Philips Lighting
- Cessie Cerrato, Palace Resorts
- Jennifer Connelly, JCPR, Inc.
- Maura Corbett, Glen Echo Group
- Heidi Davidson, BlackBerry Ltd
- Jennie Day-Burget, Prichard Communications
- Virginia Devlin, Current Lifestyle Marketing
- Jody Diamond, Diamond Public Relations
- Sandra Fathi, Affect
- Pam Fielding, SevenTwenty Strategies
- Mory Fontanez, Edelman Digital
- Catherine Frymark, Discovery Communications
- Lynn Gardner, HISTORY and H2
- Sandra Gonzalez-Levy, Florida International University
- Susan Gordon, Bell Helicopter
- Justine Griffin, Rasky Baerlein Strategic Communications
- Huma Gruaz, Alpaytac Public Relations/Marketing Communications
- Lisa Hartenberger, Navistar, Inc.
- Joie Healy, Cisco Systems
- Kathleen Henson, Henson Consulting, Inc.
- Sabrina Horn, Horn Group Inc.
- Allyson Hugley, Weber Shandwick
- Aedhmar Hynes, Text100
- Sona Iliffe-Moon, Nestlé
- Camille Johnston, Siemens Corporation
- Liz Kaplow, Kaplow Communications
- Erika Kauffman, 5W Public Relations
- Karen Kessler, Evergreen Partners
- Anastasia Khoo, Human Rights Campaign
- Julia Labaton, RED PR
- Lauren Lawson-Zilai, Goodwill Industries International
- Hanna Lee, Hanna Lee Communications, Inc.
- Susan Leepson, Time Warner Cable
- Drisha Leggitt, LCS Technologies
- Marty McDonald, Fahlgren Mortine
- Nicole Mehr, HARMAN International Industries Inc.
- Jenn Michaels, MGM Resorts International
- Beth Monaghan, InkHouse Media + Marketing
- Laura Monica, Pepco Holdings, Inc.
- Karen Murphy O'Brien, Murphy O'Brien Public Relations
- Jessica Nielsen, Lockheed Martin
- Meg O'Leary, InkHouse Media + Marketing
- Kelli Parsons, New York Life
- Maura Payne, RAI Services Company
- Diane Pelkey, Under Armour
- Lauren Pratapas, CNN
- Courtney Quattrini, Hill+Knowlton Strategies
- Barri Rafferty, Ketchum
- Susan Reilly, Reilly Connect
- Katreena Salgado, Imprenta Communications Group, LLC
- Sydney Siegmeth, TASER International
- Susan Stern, Stern + Associates
- Monica Talan, Univision Communications Inc.
- Sylvia R. Tawse, Fresh Ideas Group
- Jenna Thomas, Nebo Agency
- Jennifer Thompson, Thompson & Co. Public Relations
- Lauren Thompson, The Coca-Cola Company
- Melissa Waggener Zorkin, Waggener Edstrom Communications
- Judy Whittlesey, Susan Davis International
- Amber Winans, Bhava Communications
- Carreen Winters, MWW
- Jamie Zuieback, Latham & Watkins LLP
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