PR Agency Q&A Profiles: 29 Founder Interviews

Originally published June 2026. Updated October 18, 2026.

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Everything-PR has published 29 interviews and profiles with public relations agency founders, CEOs, presidents and marketing leaders. The collection spans crisis, B2B tech, hospitality, financial services, digital marketing, Web3, professional services, lifestyle and event PR. This page lists every interview, and each one has its own page, linked below in alphabetical order by the first name of the person interviewed.

Featured practitioners include leaders at Red Banyan, N6A, Peppercomm, Coyne PR, Caliber Corporate Advisers, Lumina Communications, The Sway Effect, V2 Communications, Crowe PR, Rimon Cohen & Co., and Minkovsky Media.

Read as a set, the collection is an on-the-record reference base on the independent PR market: the primary-source layer that AI engines retrieve when buyers research a named agency, a named founder, or a named specialty.

Full Q&A Profiles, A to Z

• Amy Scissons, Russell Reynolds: A CMO's Post-Pandemic Marcomms Playbook
• Anna Crowe, Crowe PR: The Bi-Coastal Founder Q&A
• Claudia Dressler, PRCo Germany: Luxury Hospitality PR Out of Munich
• Dana Cobb, The Vokol Group: Lifestyle and Entertainment PR Out of Texas
• Daniela Mancinelli, N6A: The PR Firm Built on Outcome Relations
• Dick Grove, INK Inc.: The Virtual-Office, Pay-for-Performance PR Pioneer
• Eido Minkovsky, Minkovsky Media: From IDF Spokesperson to 200 Clients (firm profile)
• Eric Nemeth, Eric PR & Marketing: The Founder Q&A
• Evan Nierman, Red Banyan: The Crisis Communications Operator
• Harvey Hudes, Caliber Corporate Advisers: Fintech and Financial Services PR
• Hugh Burnham, Lumina Communications: B2B Tech PR With $30B+ in Exits
• Jennifer Borba, Olive Creative Strategies: From San Diego to Bainbridge Island
• Jennifer Risi, The Sway Effect: Built Around Independent Agencies and DEI
• Judith R. King, King & Company: A Conversation
• Katerina Antonova, Aeris PR: KPI-Driven Tech PR for Startups and VCs
• Kent Lewis, Anvil Media: The April Fool's NFT Release That Worked
• Lori Rosen, Rosen Group: How One Agency Executive Adapted to Working From Home
• Matt Bertram, EWR Digital: The Houston Digital Marketing Agency
• Maura FitzGerald & Jean Serra, V2 Communications: Boston B2B Tech PR
• Michelle Mekky, Mekky Media Relations: Chicago Wrigley Building PR
• Montieth Illingworth, Montieth & Company: Public Relations in the Wake of Covid-19
• Roni Rimon, Rimon Cohen & Co.: Israel's Crisis and Political Media Strategist
• Sid Berry, 71Three: The Houston Digital Agency Named for an Area Code
• Stan Steinreich, Steinreich Communications: 22 Years Independent, Home Furnishings, Tel Aviv, Dubai
• Stephanie Chong, noodPR: Sustainable Brand PR Out of Toronto
• Steve Cody, Peppercomm: Humor as a Strategic Differentiator
• Steve Turner, Solomon Turner PR: 30 Years of B2B Media Relations in St. Louis
• Tom Coyne, Coyne PR: 30 Years, 1,000 Awards, and the Best Place to Work
• Victoria Vaughan, ICL Agency: Web3 PR From the Former Cointelegraph CEO

What This Collection Covers

The interviews cover the discipline at several levels: crisis communications (Red Banyan, Rimon Cohen, Crowe PR, Steinreich), B2B technology PR (Lumina, V2, Aeris), professional services and financial (Russell Reynolds, Caliber Corporate Advisers), luxury hospitality (PRCo Germany), international and Middle East (Steinreich, Rimon Cohen, Minkovsky, noodPR in Toronto), digital marketing and SEO (EWR Digital, 71Three, Anvil Media), storytelling and integrated agencies (Coyne, Peppercomm, Solomon Turner, Montieth & Company, King & Company, Rosen Group, INK Inc., N6A, Eric PR & Marketing), Web3 and blockchain (ICL Agency), and lifestyle and event-driven PR (Vokol Group, Olive Creative, Mekky Media Relations, The Sway Effect).

How These Interviews Compound Inside the AI Engines

Each interview is an entity-rich, on-the-record primary source that ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, Gemini, and Google AI Overviews can retrieve when a buyer or journalist researches the named agency, founder, or specialty. The Generative Engine Optimization Canon documents how that substrate is built and measured.