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Board Spotlight: Julie McDowell, WWPR Operations Chair

Mar 18, 2026 | News & Updates
Stepping into the spotlight this month is WWPR Operations Chair Julie McDowell, a strategic marketing and communications executive with 20+ years of experience leading mission-driven work at the intersection of healthcare, science, and public affairs. Currently, she serves as Director of Strategic Communications and Digital Content at the College of American Pathologists, where she’s spent […]
2021 Emerging Leaders Awards
Apr 22, 2022 | Uncategorized
Embrace. Embolden. Empower. On May 20, WWPR named the 2021 Emerging Leaders Awards winners at an all-virtual awards ceremony where Dr. LeMia Jenkins Thompson, Global Head of Communications for Pinterest, gave the keynote address. A pre-event networking hour preceded the event where attendees were able to network with industry colleagues while learning to build a […]
Member Spotlight: Meet Elizabeth Held, Senior Director of Content at Subject Matter
Mar 30, 2022 | Membership
Tell me about your background and what drew you to Subject Matter. After graduating college, I worked at USA TODAY’s editorial page, fact-checking op-eds and reviewing and soliciting After graduating college, I worked at USA TODAY’s editorial page, fact-checking op-eds and reviewing and soliciting submissions. It was a crash course in all things opinion media. […]
Do you have a money mindset?
Mar 30, 2022 | Events
Back by popular demand, Chintimini Keith (aka: Moxie Savage), rejoined the WWPR events virtual stage to share her advice on how to have a money mindset, build wealth, and how to lift other women up simply through talking about money. What is a money mindset?It’s more than just how you think about money – you […]
WWPR Announces New Endeavors by Women as 2022-2023 Pro Bono Client
[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ theme_builder_area=”post_content” _builder_version=”4.14.6″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.14.6″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.14.6″ _module_preset=”default” type=”4_4″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.14.6″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″] WASHINGTON (February 3, 2022) — Washington Women in Public Relations (WWPR) has announced that New Endeavors by Women (NEW), a DC-area non-profit organization that provides supportive services and housing to local women and children, will be its Pro […]
WWPR ANNOUNCES FINALISTS FOR 2021 WASHINGTON PR WOMAN OF THE YEAR AWARD
Nov 5, 2021 | Awards, Events, News & Updates
WASHINGTON, D.C.  — Today, Washington Women in Public Relations (WWPR) is thrilled to announce the three finalists for its 32nd annual Washington PR Woman of the Year Award ceremony. The organization received a phenomenal and competitive slate of nominations for exceptional women leading the communications industry in the Washington, D.C. Metro area. Nominees were judged […]