Losing a popular employee is a communications event before it's an HR one. How leadership handles the message decides whether the team stays steady — or starts updating résumés.
Jennifer Borba von Stauffenberg, founder of Olive Creative Strategies, on a Cyndi Lauper concert that started it all, studying under PR's "Godfather," and the move to Bainbridge Island.
Amy Scissons, CMO of Russell Reynolds Associates, on budget accountability, brand trust, digital-first channels, and the B2B marketing trends shaping enterprise sales.
Jennifer Risi, former Worldwide CCO at Ogilvy, founded The Sway Effect in 2019 as a network of independent agencies with DEI at the center of the operating model.
Katerina Antonova, founder of Aeris PR, on the KPI-driven boutique tech PR model serving startups and VC funds across the US, Europe, and Russia.
Evan Nierman, founder and CEO of Florida-based crisis PR firm Red Banyan, on how a crisis-focused agency ran its own operations through the pandemic.
Hugh Burnham, CEO of Silicon Valley and Manhattan-based Lumina Communications, on B2B tech PR with $30B+ in client exit value and 22 pandemic-year client wins.
Sid Berry founded 71Three — a Houston digital agency named for the 713 area code. Started coding at 14. Paid health insurance for all 11 staff and families during pandemic.
Dick Grove founded INK Inc. PR in 1997 in Kansas City — one of the earliest practitioners of the virtual PR office and pay-for-performance billing.
Paul Holmes founded The Holmes Group in 2000 and built PRovoke Media and the SABRE Awards. See his career timeline from PR Week to the ICCO Hall of Fame.
