Category: Membership

This month’s Member Spotlight interview features WWPR Member and Woman of the Year honoree Lauren Lawson-Zilai, Director of Public Relations and National Spokesperson, Goodwill Industries International. Q: How did you get started in communications? A: I started off as a publicity assistant at Penguin Putnam after an internship at Simon & Schuster. I had just graduated from the […]

This month’s Member Spotlight interview features WWPR Member and Emerging Leaders Awards honoree Danielle Hagen, VP of Communications at Nahigian Strategies. Q: How did you get started in communications? A: Like many communications professionals, I was interested in pursuing a career in journalism because I loved how the media could capture a great story and educate […]

This month’s Member Spotlight interview features WWPR member Tahira L. Christmon of Goodwill Industries International/WWPR Emerging Leaders Awards Committee member. How did you get started in communications? My elementary school had a morning telecast that aired all of our school announcements from a makeshift television studio.  In the fourth grade I began volunteering as a camerawoman […]

This month’s member spotlight features WWPR member Sarah Woessner, Communications and Administrative Assistant, Membership & Marketing, for Financial Services Institute. Q: How did you get started in communications?   A: I enrolled as a student at Miami University of Ohio with an interest in communications, but didn’t know specifically what I wanted to focus on. […]