PR News - PR People Awards 2017 | Access Intelligence, LLC | 15 September 2017 | Washington, D.C.

News' PR People Awards competition is your opportunity to showcase the top talent, the innovators and passionate professionals who day in and day out are making communications matter in the marketplace. The winners of this annual program set the benchmark for PR and underscore the outstanding PR achievements made in the past year. Nominate your colleagues, or self-nominate; either way, we want to meet the best in PR and introduce them to the thousands of readers of PR News and their key stakeholders. Multiple entries from an agency, corporation or association are accepted.

The winners of the PR People Awards will be profiled in the PR News Special Issue, online and at an awards luncheon on December 5 in Washington, D.C.

Alongside these outstanding PR professionals, we'll celebrate the honorees for the Rising PR Stars, Top Places to Work in PR and Diversity & Inclusion Awards.

• PR People Hall of Fame

Anne Cowan
CTAM

Raymond Kerins
Bayer

Robert Mathias
Ogilvy Washington

Debra Silimeo
Hager Sharp

Rob Stoddard
National Cable & Telecommunications Association

• PR People Awards Finalists
Account Director or Supervisor of the Year

Zinie Chen Sampson
Baretz Brunelle

Jessica Griffith
Pascale Communications

Pouneh Lechner
Sterling Communications

• Brand Marketer of the Year

Edward Harris
Valley Forge Tourism & Convention Board

Janice Kapner
T-Mobile

Simon Hodgkins
Vistatec

• Community Relations Professional of the Year

Lubomir Alamanov
SiteMedia Ltd.

Jon Sullivan
Aflac

Jenna Thomas
Nebo Agency

• Crisis Manager of the Year

John Guilfoil
John Guilfoil Public Relations

Jeff Hallock
Orange County Sheriff's Department

• Digital Communications Leader of the Year

Dickie Davis
Miami International AirportAmy Franco

Amy Franco
Princeton Healthcare SystemRyan Green

Ryan Green
Illinois Policy InstituteChristian Rodgers

Christian Rodgers
Pascale CommunicationsMollie Surratt

Mollie Surratt
Mohawk Flooring

• Financial Communications Professional of the Year

Jazmin Beltran
Cognito

Nicole Falk
Havas PR

Thomas Scearce
Iowa State Fair

Rebecca Schaming
Family Promise of Summit County

• Internal Communicator of the Year

Briana Cody
SAPLisa Hannum

Lisa Hannum
Beehive Strategic CommunicationSean Jamieson

Sean Jamieson
Bank of AmericaAaron Sherinian

Aaron Sherinian
United Nations Foundation

• Measurement Expert of the Year

Tiffany Jackson
Beehive Strategic Communication

Jessica Onick
Citrix

Angela Sinickas
Sinickas Communications Inc.

Alan Wallace
Afilias

• Media Relations Professional of the Year

Nicole Dye Anderson
Barclaycard US

Alexandra Gambale
PeppercommJaime Hall

Jaime Hall
Pascale Communications

Erica Hawksworth
Live Wire Media Relations, LLC

Nati Katz
Burson-Marsteller

Diana Rickert
Illinois Policy Institute

Burson-MarstellerJohnny Smith
Johnny Smith
Ascension

• Professional of the Year/Agency

Christophe Ginisty
FTI ConsultingJason Morris

Jason Morris
InkHouse

Lesley Sillaman
Havas PR

• PR Professional of the Year/Corporate

Christina Bennett
Elizabeth Arden

Ann Tyler Connell
Bank of America

Laureen Ellison
Pepperjam

Roger Frizzell
Carnival Corporation 3

Catherine Hernandez-Blades
Aflac

Janice Kapner
T-Mobile

Amanda Plecas
WACKER

• PR Trainer/Educator of the Year

Dr. Robert S. Fleming
Rowan University

Philip A. Nardone Jr.
PAN Communications

• Public Affairs Professional of the Year

Joshua Boisvert
Davies

John Guilfoil
John Guilfoil Public Relations

• Social Media Professional of the Year

Alicia Camden
Pascale Communications

Anastassia Mitchell
Central Texas BBB

Carmen Collins
Cisco

• Spokesperson of the Year

Ted Dabrowski
Illinois Policy Institute

John Drengenberg
Underwrites Laboratories

Jeff Hallock
Orange County Sheriff's Department

• Student of the Year

Caitlin Bohrer
Arizona State University Cronkite PR Lab

Madison McConnell
Drake University School of Journalism and Mass Communication

• Volunteer of the Year

Laurie Archibold
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