Samantha Kruse (who goes by Sam) is an Account Supervisor at LEVICK where she is an integral member of the crisis and corporate communications teams. Although originally from Maryland, Sam had an interesting path to starting her DC public relations career; after graduating from Wake Forest, she moved to Spain to teach English as a […]

By day Neveah Bradshaw is a Digital Marketing Manager at bluemercury, a luxury beauty retail brand where she creates and manages their paid search campaign strategy. After hours this social media maven makes time to serve on WWPR’s Board as Social Chair. Molly Mitchell spoke with Neveah for the January edition of Power Points about […]

Get to know WWPR President Kelly Mack’s passions, goals and successes! WWPR caught up with Kelly for a discussion on her new role as president, her passion within DC’s public relations community, and her morning routine. Vision for WWPR Kelly believes WWPR has a unique role in DC’s PR community because of the abundant professional […]

By Sophie Bethune Faced with one of the most adversarial elections in recent history and daily coverage of the presidential election dominating every form of mass media, last summer the American Psychological Association’s Stress in America team heard anecdotally from many people feeling stressed about the election and its anticipated aftermath.  For 10 years, APA […]

That’s a wrap, 2016! As we head into a new year, we are excited to introduce you to our 2017 Board of Directors. We have enlisted some of the most talented women PR professionals to lead WWPR in inspiring female communicators to reach their full potential in the DC market and beyond! As our industry […]

Our Holiday on M Street celebration earlier this month was so much fun!  Thank you to Kit & Ace in Georgetown for hosting us in your beautiful space and thank you to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce for sponsoring the photo booth! I am not sure WWPR can have a party without one from now […]

November 2016 will surely be a month most of us never forget.  After a tough election cycle, I was so thrilled to be able to celebrate three amazing women at our 27th Annual PR Woman of the Year Awards luncheon on November 18th.  Deirdre Latour, CCO of GE and our keynote, shared words of wisdom […]

27th annual event recognized leadership among women in communications; three Washington D.C. Metro area women selected as nominees; Deirdre Latour CCO for GE was keynote speaker. WASHINGTON, Nov. 22, 2016 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Martha Boudreau, chief communications and marketing officer at AARP, was named Washington Women in Public Relations’ (WWPR) 2016 PR Woman of the Year on […]

Julie Weber is the Chief Marketing Officer and Principal at Brllnt, a creative and digital strategy marketing agency. Originally from Kentucky, Julie previously led the marketing and communications efforts at Scoop News Group and at the Washington, DC Economic Partnership – including launching the development of the #WeDC campaign at SXSW. WWPR’s Molly Mitchell spoke […]