PR News honored its 2014 Rising PR Stars 30 and Under at the PR People Awards luncheon on Dec. 9, 2014. These budding PR leaders and creative practitioners were part of an annual celebration of leading PR professionals, including the 2014 PR People Award winners and honorable mentions and the 2014 inductees into PR News’ Hall of Fame.
2014 People to Watch—Rising PR Stars 30 and Under
Corporations & Associations
- Michelle Agnew, Southwest Airlines
- Jessica Bass, Beats Electronics
- Brian Bell, Dr Pepper Snapple Group
- Raha Bouda, Ubisoft
- Lindsay Chambers, State of Hawaii Insurance Division
- Molly Dince, CommonBond
- Walter Fowler, Sprint
- Rita Gorenberg, The Clorox Company
- Daniel Groce, Allstate Insurance
- Dave Heinzinger, inMarket
- Kristen Jimenez, The Coca-Cola Company
- Colin Jordan, Egnyte
- Bilal Kaiser, Baxter of California / L'Oreal
- Rebecca Kaufman, MasterCard
- Daniel Martin, Jackson National
- Maureen McCarty, Human Rights Campaign
- Emily Meredith, Animal Agriculture Alliance
- Kim Morton, Hiring Our Heroes, U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation
- Courtney Moscovic, Pizza Hut
- Caitlin Murphy, Cruise Planners, an American Express Travel Representative
- Robert Myers, Wyndham Hotel Group
- Sam Nathews, Foundation for Advancing Alcohol Responsibility
- Murphy Perng, 24Hr HomeCare
- Alexandra Riegelhaupt, Mashable
- Brianna Schneider, Hopper
- Kathleen Slocum, Liberty Mutual Insurance
- Kathleen Stevenson, DePaul University Kellstadt Marketing Center & Midwest
- Robin Suchan, Proteus Digital Health
- Sarah Trigg, GameStop
- Erika White, Pandora
Agencies
- Jenna Beaucage, Rainier Communications
- Bianca Bucaram, Zapatero+Bucaram Public Relations, LLC
- Sharon Chan, Eastwick
- Sarah Chavey, Anthemic Agency
- April Claassen, APCO Worldwide
- Eleana Collins, Warschawski
- Louise Eich, Burson-Marsteller
- Jessica Evans, Edelman
- Katie Fauquier, DEVENEY
- Christianna Giordano, Cohn & Wolfe
- Nick Goodwin, Weber Shandwick
- Monica Guzman, Konnect Public Relations
- Jennifer Hamilton, Hill+Knowlton Strategies
- Adriana Infante, rbb Public Relations
- Colby Jones, Text100
- Lindsay Jordan, Profiles, Inc.
- Dan Lantowski, Waggener Edstrom
- Stephanie Lewis, Olson
- Allison Mead, TogoRun
- Kelsey Nason, Hellerman Baretz Communications
- Adam Novak, PAN Communications
- Danny Olson, Weber Shandwick
- Lauren Parker, Peppercomm
- Margarita Peker, Klick Communications
- Julie Richter, Charles Zukow Associates
- Hartley Suter, Fahlgren Mortine
- Kate Urbach, Havas PR
- Courtney Wagoner, Porter Novelli
- Naomi Zeitlin, Waggener Edstrom