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New York Women in Communications will present its Trailblazer Awards Tuesday, Sept. 16 at Forbes on Fifth in New York City. The Trailblazer Awards are given to emerging leaders who have been nominated by industry veterans, including past NYWICI Award Honorees, past NYWICI Matrix Honorees, and NYWICI notables. The judges selected four honorees, who will be celebrated alongside their nominators as the second class of NYWICI Trailblazers. The 2025 Trailblazers and their nominators are: The Female Quotient president Talia Bender Small (nominated by Shelley Zalis, founder and CEO, The Female Quotient); American Express VP, global advertising Jessica Ling (nominated by Elizabeth Rutledge, CMO, American Express); Open AI consumer communications lead Leah Seay Anise (nominated by Eleanor Reece, VP, global communications and corporate relations at Whirlpool Corporation); and JPMorganChase CMO, connected commerce & head of card marketing Danielle Wallis (nominated by Tracy-Ann Lim, Global Chief Media Officer, JPMorganChase).
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Montieth & Company is named a finalist in the 2025 Nonprofit Communications Awards of PR Daily. The awards, given by PR Daily, recognize campaigns, initiatives, teams and communicators who are advancing nonprofit causes. Montieth & Company was cited in the Nonprofit Website category for its work with The Pink Bows Foundation.The foundation, established in memory of Madison Alexis Dubiski, who tragically lost her life during the 2021 Astroworld Festival crowd crush, advocates for crowd safety education, mental health at events, and training and certification for event organizers, ensuring such tragedies never happen again. "This recognition speaks to the core of our work—helping mission-driven organizations tell their stories with purpose and impact,” said Montieth Illingworth, CEO and global managing partner of Montieth & Company. “We’re proud to support The Pink Bows Foundation, and this honor reflects the tremendous efforts of our team across nonprofit PR, branding and website development.”
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The University of Alabama’s Plank Center for Leadership in Commnunications, will honor Edelman global chief people and culture officer Lisa Sepulveda with its Legacy Award for her commitment to mentoring and the impact she has had on others at the center’s annual Milestones in Mentoring Gala on Nov. 13 at the Union League Club, Chicago. Also being honored at the event are Southwest Airlines executive advisor Linda Rutherford, who will receive the Betsy Plank Award; Procter & Gamble chief communications officer Damon Jones, who will take home the John “Jack” Koten Corporate Award; University of Georgia professor emerita Dr. Karen Miller Russell, recipient of the Bruce K. Berger Educator Award; and Marina Maher Communications VP, inclusion & engagement, winner of the Emerging Leader Award.
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.
