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 […]

By Melinda Price The finalists for WWPR’s 27th annual Washington PR Woman of the Year Award have been announced and the celebratory luncheon is just around the corner! To ramp up for the event, we reconnected with last year’s award winner about her experience as the honoree and advice for young women in public relations for […]

By Lisa Matthews, Vice President, Hager Sharp As I moderated this year’s annual media roundtable for Washington Women in Public Relations (WWPR), I heard a number of familiar themes – keep pitches short, keep pitches relevant, know who you’re pitching. Some things will likely never change as public relations professionals look for better ways to […]

Elise Perkins is the Founder and Owner of ep communications where she works with clients to help build their brands by using a savvy mix of content and influencer strategies. Elise is also a WWPR Board Member and a Woman of the Year Co-Chair (shameless plug: you can still buy tickets for the November 18th […]