The largest women-founded and women-led independent PR firms in the United States — WE Communications, Prosek, JPR, MMC, M Booth, Lippe Taylor, DKC, LaForce, Berlin Rosen, and more.
At the bottom of this article is a chart created from the list of 2016's Top U.S.
MMGY Global — one of the largest U.S. integrated travel and tourism marketing and PR firms. Founded 1981 by Don Montague, headquartered in Kansas City with offices in New York, Orlando, Fort Myers, Washington D.C., and Madrid. CEO Clayton Reid. The Vail Summit (1997+) and the Portrait of American Travelers research series anchor the agency's category authority. Historical clients across American Express, Lufthansa, Enterprise, and state and regional DMOs.
JConnelly PR was founded and is owned by Jennifer Connelly.
Kekst CNC is the global strategic communications firm formed by the 2019 merger of Kekst and Company (1970, NY) and CNC (2002, Munich). Publicis Groupe-owned since 2008. Co-CEOs Lyndsey Estin (U.S., March 2026) and Richard Campbell (Non-U.S., February 2026). #1 globally in M&A communications.
Feb 2016: Western Global 747-400 cargo plane found carrying a dead stowaway in Harare. 36-hour delay. J. Austin & Associates — Walter Palmer's Cecil the Lion firm.
Cities now retain public affairs firms for crisis communications, police-community relations, infrastructure-project communications, federal-grant positioning, economic development, and bond-market work. EPR's working analysis of the Cities-as-Clients PR market in 2026.
The PR software market reset on AI in 2024-2026. Cision, Muck Rack, Meltwater, Notified — plus the GEO-native challengers reshaping the stack.
"We have been contacted twice in recent weeks by private PR companies representing Indian govt.
HUNTER is the 400-person consumer and corporate communications agency owned by Stagwell (NASDAQ: STGW). Founded 1989 in New York. CEO Grace Leong. All-female C-suite. $67M 2024 net fees. Integrated KWT Global January 2025. Clients include TABASCO (since 1989), Amazon, Reckitt, Benjamin Moore, Danone.