Car safety robots. New bathtubs for U.S. veterans. Jazz Age art.
These are just a few of the stories championed by PR News' Top Women in PR, an elite group of communications professionals who have spearheaded highly successful campaigns and initiatives over the last year. They've also mentored colleagues, made innovative changes to their team structure and ideated some of the most creative PR plans in the business.
PR News' 2019 Top Women in PR will be celebrated at a luncheon ceremony on Jan. 25 at the Grand Hyatt in New York City.
Winners were judged based on their campaign objectives, successes and ROI over the last year, as well as their overall influence within their organizations and the PR profession at large.
Keynoting the luncheon will be Justine Davie, a U.S. Marines veteran, communications strategy officer for the Marine Corps Reserve and comedian who has served as the warmup performer for "The Daily Show." Davie's experience overcoming the Marines' culture of disrespect for women has won coverage in the Washington Post, "PBS News Hour" and "CBS This Morning." She's also shared her story at SXSW, Digital Summit and Know Your Value, an event series and movement founded by MSNBC "Morning Joe" co-host Mika Brzezinski.
The full list of Top Women in PR is below. Profiles of each winner will be available following the ceremony in January.
- Kristina Adamski, Nissan North America, Inc.
- Adriana Arvizo, Comcast
- Lina Baena, CCOM GROUP
- Christin Baker, Ford Motor Company
- Katherine Button Bell, Emerson
- Amy Binder, RF|Binder
- Kathy Bloomgarden, Ruder Finn
- Robyn Blum, Cisco
- Jeannine Booton, Agero, Inc.
- Linda Wharton Boyd, PhD, DC Health Benefit Exchange Authority
- Anita Brikman, Consumer Healthcare Products Association (CHPA)
- Amanda Brinkman, Deluxe Corporation
- Darcy Brito, Aflac
- Becky Brooks, Animoto
- Laura Burke, Prudential Financial
- Alexandra Canale, GCI Health
- Lorri Christou, Choice Hotels International
- Shirine Coburn DiSanto, Coburn Communication
- Catherine Cole, R&R Partners
- Andrea Coville, Brodeur Partners
- Lisa Cruz, Red Shoes Inc
- Judy Davies, Advantest America, Inc.
- Lauren de la Fuente, Boingo Wireless
- Liz Hogue Densmore, LEC, Incorporated
- Elissa Dodge, Qorvis Communications
- Darlene Doyle, PAN Communications
- Nicole Draznik, Procter & Gamble
- Nicole Dye-Anderson, Barclays
- Dale Emanuel, Goodwill Industries of the Columbia Willamette
- Sarah Engel, DynamicAction
- Liza Burnett Fefferman, MTV, VH1 and LOGO
- Brenda Foster, Vanguard Communications
- Johanna Fuentes, Showtime Networks Inc.
- Erin Gallagher, Golin
- Laurie Goldberg, Discovery and Science Channel
- Carmen Gonzales, Live! Casino & Hotel
- Rita Gorenberg, The Clorox Company
- Caroline Guscott, The Cleveland Museum of Art
- Megan Hakes, Reputation Partners, LLC
- Lisa Hannum, Beehive Strategic Communication
- Cheryl Heinonen, Macy's
- Kari Hernandez, INK Communications Co.
- Emily Horn, HP Inc.
- Erin Hutchinson, Merkle
- Gabrielle Jasinski, Bospar
- Carrie Jones, JPA Health Communications
- Katrina Jones, Hilton
- Dawn Kahle, Children's Health
- Ashton Kang, Delta Air Lines
- Janice V. Kapner, T-Mobile
- Monique Kelley, Weber Shandwick
- Carrie Kurlander, Chick-fil-A
- Debra Lund, FranklinCovey
- Janice Maiman, Association of International Certified Professional Accountants
- Anitra Marsh, Procter & Gamble
- Jennifer Mayfield, Nextdoor
- Stephanie McCarty, Taylor Morrison
- Lori McFarling, Discovery Education
- Stephanie Moritz, American Dental Association
- Faith Morris, National Civil Rights Museum
- Amanda Munroe, SHIFT Communications
- Teri Murphy, Ceridian
- Kirby Nardo, MillerCoors
- Juliet Niczewicz, PayPal
- Jessica O’Callaghan, DeVries Global
- Bettina Papirio, Hotwire
- Hannah Peters, Hill+Knowlton Strategies
- Stephanie Peterson, IHOP
- Kali Pickens, Allison+Partners
- Dina Silver Pokedoff, APR, Saint-Gobain
- Kathleen Prause, USG Corporation
- Staci Rawls, KFC U.S.
- Cindy Riccio, CRC Agency
- Jennifer Risi, Ogilvy
- Julia Roberson, Ocean Conservancy
- Tania Cantrell Rosas-Moreno, Loyola University Maryland
- Kerstin Sachl, Marriott International, Caribbean & Latin America
- Sukhi Sahni, Capital One
- Izzy Santa, Consumer Technology Association
- Annie Scranton, Pace Public Relations
- Merrie Spaeth, Spaeth Communications, Inc.
- Jessica Stacey, SEPHORA
- Cortney Stapleton, Bliss Integrated Communication
- Kim Stockham, Expedia Group
- Erin Streeter, National Association of Manufacturers
- Michelle Strier, Spectrum
- Christine Szustaczek, Sheridan College
- Esther-Mireya Tejeda, Entercom Communications
- Laura Tomasetti, 360PR+
- Duyen Truong, Sage Communications
- Tuesday Uhland, Visa
- Therese Van Ryne, Zebra Technologies
- Christine Vaughan, Blue Shield of California Foundation
- Jill Vitiello, Vitiello Communications Group
- Julie Walsh, Finn Partners
- Heather Wilson, SKDKnickerbocker
- Cheryl Wipper, Association of International Certified Professional Accountants
- Dawn Wotapka, UPS
- Eileen Ziesemer, MSL