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WASHINGTON WOMEN IN PUBLIC RELATIONS ANNOUNCE 2025 EMERGING LEADERS AWARDS WINNERS

Jun 16, 2025 | Awards, Press Release
Seven D.C.-area women named Emerging Leaders at 15th Anniversary Event WASHINGTON, D.C. (June 12, 2025)— The Washington Women in Public Relations (WWPR), a professional society for female communicators in the greater capital area, named its 2025 class of Emerging Leaders Awards (ELAs). The seven winners were selected from a well-rounded and remarkable slate of rising […]
An Update on 2020 Emerging Leaders Awards
Jun 25, 2020 | Awards, Events, News & Updates
Every year, we look forward to connecting with our WWPR community to highlight and celebrate the rising stars among us. With the ongoing concerns for health and safety posed by COVID-19, we’ve made the difficult decision to cancel the 2020 Emerging Leaders Awards. This was a tough, but necessary, decision to make. We remain committed to […]
Coffee & Conversation with Lisa M. Borders ☕
Lisa M. Borders, a spirited storyteller and accomplished executive, joined senior-level women of WWPR for a virtual conversation on the ever-changing landscape and intersection of crisis communications with diversity, equity and inclusion.  Lisa’s professional history is rich in a diversity of its own. From pursuing public office in Atlanta, to leading the early days of the TIME’S UP […]
WWPR Members In Action: Raising Funds for the Homeless During COVID-19
Jun 18, 2020 | Membership
In February, I made a plan with my neighbors, Katherine and Scott, who live directly across the street. We started planning a fundraiser for Christ House, a 24-hour medical facility for the homeless in Adams Morgan. We envisioned hosting it outside in Meridian Hill Park or the Adams Morgan Community Center, but then COVID-19 happened. […]
As D.C. Wrestles with Pandemic & Unrest, Academy of Hope Pushes Forward
Jun 15, 2020 | Pro Bono Client
Marja Hilfiker founded Academy of Hope Adult Public Charter School (AoH) on the principles of literacy and justice for all. Thirty-five years later, as the country grapples with the killings of George Floyd in Minneapolis, Breonna Taylor in Kentucky and Ahmaud Arbery in Georgia, those principles continue to anchor AoH’s work and are as critical […]
WWPR’s Community Commitment
Jun 5, 2020 | News & Updates
To our WWPR Community: As communicators, we use our voice every day to enact change, inspire a community, persuade audiences and storytell with purpose. Great communicators know when to speak and when to listen. For many of us, now is the time to listen. For others, especially our Black female communicators, it’s a time to […]
President’s Note: May 2020
May 28, 2020 | President's Note
I have been truly inspired by the power of connection this past month – from the overly used neighborhood listserv seeking lawn care and babysitting recommendations to the steady stream of email introductions between job seekers and employers. I love it when a successful connection sparks and a long-term relationship unfolds. This is just one […]
Member Spotlight: Sheila Brooks, Founder, President and CEO of SRB Communications
May 27, 2020 | Membership
Meet Sheila Brooks, Ph.D., Founder, President and CEO of SRB Communications Sheila is the founder, president and CEO of SRB Communications, an advertising, marketing and PR agency based in Washington, DC. SRB Communications will be celebrating 30 years in business in June 2020. Prior to becoming an entrepreneur, Sheila spent nearly 13 years in television newsrooms […]
“The Resiliency of Women” Panel Recap
May 27, 2020 | Professional Development
Women have been known to thrive during times of hardship. That was the subject of the recent WWPR virtual panel, “The Resiliency of Women: How We Can Learn, Share & Grow Together – While Apart”, held in partnership with News Generation. It highlighted the ways that we, as women, can look to the future while […]
Coffee & Conversation with Margery Kraus ☕
Margery Kraus, the Founder and Executive Chair of APCO Worldwide participated in a virtual senior-level discussion for WWPR’s Coffee & Conversation event on May 5. Kraus, a true visionary and leader in the PR world, discussed the story behind the title of her newly-published memoir, Roots and Wings: Ten Lessons of Motherhood That Helped Me […]