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Landis Communications president and CEO Sean Dowdall is selected by the San Francisco Business Times as a 2025 Outstanding Voices and Business of Pride Honoree. The recognition highlights LGBTQ+ business leaders who are making a significant difference in their communities and companies. "Being recognized as a Business of Pride Honoree is deeply meaningful, especially during Pride month when we celebrate the progress our community has made while acknowledging the work still ahead," said Dowdall. " Landis also recently received the "Standout Tactic of the Year" award from the PRSA San Francisco chapter for its General Sherman campaign for Save the Redwoods League.
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Violet PR, which works with clients in the economic development and real estate sectors, is named to Inc.’s 2025 Best Workplaces list. The award process involves a detailed employee survey, covering critical elements such as management effectiveness, perks, professional development, and overall company culture. Each company’s benefits are also audited to determine overall score and ranking. “Our goal has always been to create the kind of workplace where talented people feel seen, supported and inspired to do their best work,” said Violet founder and president April Mason.
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Amendola, a PR and marketing firm that is part of Supreme Group, has been recognized with three awards. The agency took home the Gold Award in the Hermes Creative Awards for a thought leadership program focused on raising the profile of the Linus Health brand. Amendola also received a Platinum Award for its efforts to strengthen the positioning of Carta Healthcare, whose Hybrid Intelligence platform combines AI with clinical expertise. The Swaay Health Awards recognized Amendola's campaign to highlight its December 2024 acquisition by Supreme Group as Press Event of the Year.
French/West/Vaughan was honored as one of the Top Agencies of the Year in the Midsize Agencies category during Ragan’s 2025 PR Daily Awards and Top Agencies Awards program... Mason SVP, public relations Derek Beere is named the 2025 Practitioner of the Year by the PRSA’s Greater Connecticut Chapter... The Communications Group’s Women In Industry Podcast (WIN) won Best Business Podcast at the 2025 ARKAST Awards, the biggest podcasting event in Arkansas.
TrizCom Public Relations receives the 2025 PRSA Dallas Pegasus Award Best of Show and the Pegasus Award for Events and Observances for its work on the Peppa Pig Theme Park Dallas/Fort Worth Grand Opening... Violet PR is recognized with two Pyramid Awards from PRSA's New Jersey Chapter... LDWW founding partner and president Ken Luce is named PR Professional of the Year by PRSA/Dallas.
Ruder Finn CEO Kathy Bloomgarden is inducted into the International Communications Consultancy Organization’s Hall of Fame... The New York Financial Writers’ Association presents Bloomberg News editor-at-large Marty Schenker with its 49th Elliott V. Bell Award... 5WPR racks up five wins at the 2025 MarCom Awards.
The New York Financial Writers’ Association awards its 2025 Impact Award for Distinguished Financial Journalism to STAT News for "Denied by AI," a four-part series reported by Casey Ross and Bob Herman... (W)right On Communications president and founder Julie Wright receives the 2025 Andy Mace Award for Outstanding Contribution in Public Relations by the San Diego Press Club... Ghidotti, a Little Rock-based public relations and content marketing agency, earned five international honors at the 2025 Public Relations Global Network Best Practice Awards.
In accepting the top honor at PRSA's ICON conference in Washington, D.C. this week, HUNTER CEO Grace Leong stressed that the greatest threat to truth isn't the lies we can spot, but the comforting myths we choose to believe.
