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Dawn Rowan has been named vice president, director of media relations at Rubenstein Public Relations.

In the new role, Rowan will head Rubenstein’s media relations division and facilitate the agency’s communications campaigns.

Rowan comes to Rubenstein from NBC 4 New York, where she served as communications director for five years. In that role she was responsible for overseeing the development and execution of communications, PR and media relations efforts for the TV station, as well as for digital properties COZI TV and LX.TV.

Prior to her work at NBC 4 New York, Rowan held a senior VP slot at DKC Public Relations, and was senior VP/group head at M. Silver Associates. She also ran her own company, Rowan Communications, for two years.

“For the past two decades, I’ve admired Dawn’s tenacity, tenure and organizational skills as a public relations professional,” said Rubenstein Public Relations President Richard Rubenstein. “Dawn has established a proven track record for effective media placement, and I am thrilled to build out our media department under her highly-regarded leadership.”