It’s time as soon as once more for Ragan to uplift our annual class of excellent leaders whose contributions have redefined the best way communicators join, inform and innovate.
Ragan’s High Girls in Communications awards acknowledges the trailblazing achievements of the ladies who’ve raised the bar for the remainder of the comms world by their work creating high-performance, relentlessly inventive work throughout inner and exterior communications, HR, public relations and past.
The ladies in our 2023 class have been unflinching within the face of each international and inner trials and daring of their strikes to beat in the present day’s most pressing challenges. They’ve improved the apply of communications by their deft mastery of information, their cutting-edge dedication to leveling up tech stacks and their keen-eyed means to strategize and look forward. Geared up with an unmatched grasp of audiences and industries — to not point out the significance of empathy — these top-notch professionals come ready for any merger or restructure, any layoff or management change, any disaster or celebration.
From the ladies who champion DE&I each inside and out of doors of their organizations, to these with their boots on the bottom constructing techniques and insurance policies, to the executives main the cost into the long run, these dynamic people are altering the apply of communications for the higher each day.
Learn on for the total listing of 2023 inductees, and be taught how one can be part of us for a particular awards ceremony on Feb. 28, 2024.
Congratulations to Ragan’s 2024 High Girls in Communications.
Bridge Builders
Melissa Buscher
Vice President, Chief Communications and Advertising and marketing Officer
SPX FLOW
Laci Hasenour
Vice President of World Advertising and marketing and World Model Proprietor
Berry World, Inc.
Kimberly Leidgertwood
Vice President, Inside Communications
Cognia
Trish Nicolas
Govt Vice President, rf.interact
Ruder Finn
Yolanda Schufford
Chief Communications & Public Affairs Officer
Past Finance
Gina Spatafore
Vice President of Company Communications & Public Relations
Ancestry
Angela Sullivan
EGM/SVP of Communications
Xero
Racquel White
Vice President of Company Affairs for Royal Canin North America
Royal Canin North America
Disaster Navigators
Marisa Bluestone
Senior Director, Communications
Macmillan Studying
Kristy Campbell
Chief Communications Officer
OneTrust
Gina Czark
System Vice President Public Relations and Content material Technique
CommonSpirit Well being
Atalanta Rafferty
Co-Founder and Senior Govt Managing Director
RF|Binder
Sara Sendek
Managing Director
FTI Consulting
Information Dynamos
Jacqueline Boggess
Director of Communications
Corn Refiners Affiliation
Alex Christian
VP, Analysis & Analytics
EvolveMKD
Karen Cyphers
Associate and Director of Analysis
Sachs Media
Sally Slater
EVP, Head of Innovation
The Bliss Group
Variety, Fairness & Inclusion Champions
Ti’Ara Brown
Supervisor, Model Communications
McDonald’s
Eliza Chlebeck
Vice President, Communications & Group
Andersen Company
Jewelyn Cosgrove
Vice President of Authorities and Public Relations
Melwood
Gigi García Russo
Chief Innovation + Development Officer
HUNTER
Madeline Hiller
Senior Account Govt
French/West/Vaughan (FWV)
Priscila Martinez
Founder and CEO
The Model Company
Leah Reynolds
Principal, Engagement Apply
Buck, A Gallagher Firm
Jenny Wang
Senior Vice President
Clyde Group
Dynamic Do-ers
Holland Behn
Lead US PR Supervisor for Smartphones and Life-style – Cellular
Samsung Electronics America
Lenee Breckenridge
Senior Vice President of Communications
UFC
Cortney Collins
Director, US Communications and Worker Engagement at Haleon
Haleon
Kenzie Freeman
Senior Program Specialist, Communications
Institute of Nuclear Energy Operations (INPO)
Erin Frostad
Worker Communications and Involvement Supervisor
Mohegan Solar
Reed Handley
Govt Vice President, Head of Development, Monetary Companies Apply Co-Lead
The Bliss Group
Mayra Hernandez Bergman
Vice President, Communications & Advertising and marketing
Pepco Holdings
Megan Kessler
Chief of Built-in Advertising and marketing and Technique
PAN Communications
Christina Leeds
Senior Director Public Relations
Amtrak
Stephanie McCay
Director, U.S. Communications
PCL Building
Claire Nance
Head of World Communications & Trade Advertising and marketing
Activision Blizzard
Jasmine Palmer
Supervisor, Model Communications
McDonald’s
Krysta Pellegrino
Chief Consumer Officer
Well being+Commerce
Amy Individuals
Senior Supervisor, Earned Media
Aflac
Jordan Phillips
Senior Supervisor of Public Relations
Avocados From Mexico
Rania Rostom
Head of World Communications & Advertising and marketing for GE
GE
Stephanie Rufo
Senior Supervisor, Model PR & Affect
PATRÓN Tequila
Julie Sculley
Director, Company Communications
Virgin Pulse
Athena Snow
Senior Supervisor of Public Relations & Giving
Coldwell Banker Actual Property
Steph Spanos
Senior Director, Company Communications & Operations
Actual Sciences
Kristina Spychalski
Head of Communications
Spire World, Inc.
Michelle Trautman
Director, Advertising and marketing Communications
SPX FLOW
Nancy White
Senior Director, Communications
Healthcare Businesswomen’s Affiliation
Alison Zurcher
Director, Inside Communications
Seattle Youngsters’s Hospital
Leaders
Jodi Amendola
CEO
Amendola Communications
Daybreak Buzynski
Assistant Vice President, Communications
Hy-Vee, Inc.
Katie Clark
Vice President of Communications
Mattress Agency
Anne DeAngelis
Govt Vice President, Worker Engagement
Zeno Group
Vanessa DeGier
AVP, Communications
Windfall
Nina Devlin
Senior Vice President and Chief Communications Officer
Vertex Prescription drugs
Keally DeWitt
VP Advertising and marketing & Public Coverage
GAF Vitality
Megan Doern
Public Relations & Exterior Communications Chief
Deloitte Consulting, LLP
Theresa Dolge
EVP, Chief Media Relations Workplace
Evoke Kyne
Monique Fahlstedt
Senior Director, Inside Communications
ESPN
Melanie Fatouros-Richardson
Vice-President, Communications and Authorities Relations
SkipTheDishes
Brittany Geldmacher
SVP, Head of Company Model & Communications
Scopely
Erin Griffin
SVP of Advertising and marketing & Communications
Riddell
Mara Hedgecoth
Chief Communications & Advertising and marketing Officer
APCO Worldwide
Suzanne Hendery
Chief Advertising and marketing, Communications & Buyer Officer at Renown Well being
Renown Well being
Jennifer Hines
Chief Communications Officer
Tyler ISD
Jessica Hohn-Cabana
VP of World Communications
Rocket Software program
Katie Huang Shin
President
Massive Valley Advertising and marketing
Ashley Kline Shapiro
Vice President, Publicity ABC Leisure
The Walt Disney Firm
Melissa Lander
Vice President, Communications
Trinity Well being
Kate Laufer Gorenstein
Founder & President
KLG Public Relations
Lisa Lesniak
Senior Vice President and Chief Public Affairs Officer
Advocate Well being
Amanda Marotti
Director, Strategic Communications & OCM
AWL Methods, LLC
Johnna Muscente
Vice President of Communications & Public Relations
The Corcoran Group
Rebecca Nunez
Founder & CEO
The MRN Company
Lauren Pearson Riley
Director of Communications
American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
Joellen Perry
World Head of Public Relations
SAP
Dalya Qualls White
Senior Vice President, Chief Communications Officer
BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee
Melissa Sachs
Senior Vice President, Communications
Hyperlink Logistics
Lauren Triffler
Director of Company Communications
HARIBO of America
Hannah Vazzana
SVP, Chief Communications Officer
Hilton Grand Holidays
Heather Younger
Vice President, Communications
Okinawa Institute of Science and Know-how (OIST)
Mentors & Coaches
Samantha Anderson
Vice President
EvolveMKD
Cindy Auten
Senior Associate, Communications
ICF
Ellen Bremseth
Director, Strategic Communications
Milhouse
Elizabeth Erpelding
Head of Associate & Consumer Expertise, Advertising and marketing and Communication
Albertsons Media Collective
Jessie Monroe
Communications Marketing consultant
Alliant Insurance coverage Companies, Inc.
Susan Stipa
Govt Vice President
CG Life
Tech Leaders
Donetta Allen
Chief Social + Digital Officer
HUNTER
Rachel Pipan
Founder
Maneuvre
Kelly Waltrich
Co-Founder and CEO
Intention.ly
Stephanie Wilson
Director, World Advertising and marketing and Communications
ZS
Trailblazers
Diana Castellanos
Head of Advertising and marketing & Communications
Atlas Renewable Vitality
Adrienne Likelihood
Senior Vice President of Communications and Govt Director of the SpartanNash Basis
SpartanNash
Karlin Keller
Senior Director, Worker Communications and Employer Model
Intel
Erin Lickliter
VP, Affiliate & Scientific Communications
Bon Secours Mercy Well being
Stephanie Lowenthal
World Head of Communications
Builder.AI
Tess Mattingly
Director, Model Communications
McDonald’s
Kelly Miller
Managing Director
FTI Consulting
Justine Sacco
Chief Communications Officer
Match Group
Christina Stejskal
VP of World PR & Communications
Fender Musical Devices Company
Jody Sunna
Vice President Company Communications
Philip Morris Worldwide
Nichole Tillman
EVP-Communications
Philadelphia Housing Authority
Cheryl Waide
Chief Communications Officer
Vote Run Lead
Sharlene Wells
Senior Vice President of Public Relations and Organizational Communications
Mountain America Credit score Union
Visionaries
Sara Aiello
VP, Company Advertising and marketing
Trellix
Rhiannon D’Angelo-Parsons
Director of Exterior Communications & Media Engagement
Reynolds American Inc.
Gina Faridniya
Vice President, Areas
Antenna Group
Tori Fernandes
VP, Company Communications
The Walt Disney Firm
Sara Garibaldi
President
BODEN Company
Jenna McMullin
Vice President of Communications
Lockheed Martin, House
Marisol Mendez Peron
Senior Vice President, Communications & Company Affairs
Genmab
Jennifer Moreau
Vice President, Public Relations
Greenback Normal
Kristina Peterson-Lohman
Vice President, World Communications
Weber
Amanda Schoch
Chief Communication Officer
Pacific Northwest Nationwide Laboratory
Tracy St. Pierre
Govt Vice President, World Communications & Advertising and marketing
Common Studio Group
Emily Williams
Senior Vice President
World Technique Group
Courtney Younger
Director Hulu Originals Publicity
Hulu
Jill Zuckman
Associate
SKDK
Rising Stars (Age 30 and Underneath)
Kristen Blomstrom
Director
The Levinson Group
Julia Brown
Director of Technique
Kaplow Communications
Jessica Bryant
Account Supervisor
SourceCode Communications
Samantha Casamento
Senior Account Govt
EvolveMKD
Allison Chavez
Affiliate State Director of Communications
AARP-Florida
Amy Climenhage
Account Supervisor
Sachs Media
Sawyer Coffey Noel
Director of Communications and Advertising and marketing
Kentucky Chamber of Commerce
Kelsey Dalton
Senior Media Relations Specialist
Metropolis of Hope Orange County
Jane Ha
Supervisor, Communications
The Walt Disney Firm
Sunjay Lee
Account Supervisor
Ruder Finn
Vianca Lopez
Account Supervisor
The MRN Company
Samantha Miller
Senior Supervisor, Inside Communications
Xperi Inc.
Sabrina Negron
Director
FTI Consulting
Annah Otis
Account Supervisor
The Bliss Group
Michele Owen
Communications Director
Metropolis of Muncie
Maredie Palmer
Digital Communications and Worker Expertise Supervisor
Dominos
Bailey Williams
Supervisor, Disaster Communications
McDonald’s
Michaela Zukowski
Senior Supervisor, Publicity ABC Leisure
Walt Disney Firm
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