Davia is the reputation strategist CEOs call before the press does.
Founder & CEO of Temin and Company — a firm built on reputation, crisis, and leadership communications for people and organizations under real pressure. Her work sits at the intersection of reputation, crisis, and brand strategy for executives and organizations who need to protect what they've built — and explain what they're doing next.
She works with the people who can't afford a reputation misstep, and the firm is built around the idea that reputation management is a discipline, not a panic response.
Debra is the founder who built Cope Financial PR into a name for financial and crisis communications with real discipline.
Founder & President of Cope Financial PR — a firm focused on financial services, crisis, and the moments when a company's story has to land cleanly and fast. Her work sits in the part of PR where a misstep costs real money and the pressure never really lets up.
She's built a practice around the kind of communications work that doesn't get a second chance.
Dorothy is one of the most grounded, strategic voices in tech PR today.
Founder & CEO of Crenshaw Communications - a Mod Op company trusted by top brands for strategic reputation, media, and health promotion campaigns across tech, travel, consumer health, and the arts.
She has 27+ years building earned-media and owned-content programs from the ground up, and recently joined an AMA New York panel on blending AI innovation with experiential marketing.
Drew founded Battenhall - and built one of the most awarded social agencies in the world.
Founder and CEO of Battenhall - PRCA Digital Agency of the Year 2026, Campaign CEO of the Year, and PR Week Specialist Consultancy of the Year 2025.
He also founded Raise, a social media safety non-profit. He wrote the Wikipedia page on social media in 2006, and has been at the center of social media’s evolution since.
Evan is the crisis and reputation guy agencies call when the story is already moving against them.
Founder and CEO of Red Banyan, an international public relations and crisis management firm built to “press the truth and deliver results.” Author of a top-rated newsletter on communications best practices.
He’s known across the industry as “The Reputationist” - the person you want in the room when a crisis is breaking.
Jamie is the founder who turned Infinite into a go-to for professional services and financial communications across two continents.
Founder & CEO of Infinite — a global communications firm built for professional services, financial, and corporate clients who need coverage that survives contact with reality. The firm operates at the intersection of financial storytelling and earned media, and it works across markets without losing its point of view.
He's built a practice around the idea that financial and professional services communications have to be built for the moment, not just for the press release.
Jason is a builder who has been telling stories of innovation for over 25 years.
Co-founder and Principal of LaunchSquad - now a 100+ person firm focused on emerging technologies and innovation. Clients have included Cohere, Climeworks, One Medical, and the City of San Francisco.
He was on the very first PR team at eBay, back when “buying people’s old stuff on the internet” was still a new idea.
Jennifer built Prosek into a firm known for financial and corporate communications that hold up under scrutiny.
Founder & CEO of Prosek Partners — a firm handling financial, corporate, and crisis communications for brands, executives, and institutions. She's one of the people in the financial communications space who built a firm around the idea that money, leadership, and reputation are inseparable.
Her work sits at the intersection of financial storytelling and earned media — the part of PR where the story is tied to the market, and the stakes are always real.
Joelle is the managing partner who helped build Joele Frank, Wilkinson Brimmer Katcher into a name in financial, M&A, and crisis communications.
Founder & Managing Partner at Joele Frank, Wilkinson Brimmer Katcher — a firm built for the pitches, transactions, and crises that define high-stakes corporate work. She's spent her career in the room where financial reputation is made or broken.
Her career has been built around the idea that the hardest communications work is also the most carefully done.
Keith leads Airfoil Group - and treats his own agency culture as the highest standard.
Helps marketing and communications leaders identify, develop, and elevate internal experts to strengthen thought leadership, build trust, and create stories that resonate.
His agency was recently recognized among the Top 100 organizations in the 2026 North American Inspiring Workplaces Awards, and a top contender in the small business category. For 11 years, IW has honored organizations that turn values into meaningful impact.
Ken built Makovsky into a firm that can move between financial, health, and technology communications without losing its footing in any of them.
Founder & CEO of Makovsky — an integrated communications firm known for work that spans investor relations, corporate reputation, and consumer-facing storytelling. The firm has built a reputation around the idea that serious companies need communications that can hold up under scrutiny and still read like a story.
He built a firm that understands how to talk to the people who actually decide what a company is worth.
Marian is the operator who helped build Tier One Partners into a firm that understands B2B and health-tech communications without flattening the complexity.
Co-founder and Managing Partner at Tier One Partners — a B2B and health-tech communications shop known for precision, not noise. The firm builds earned-media programs for deeply technical companies that have to earn trust in regulated or crowded markets, which means the work has to hold up under scrutiny.
Her background brings a discipline to B2B and health communications that most agencies have to learn the hard way.
Matthew has 27 years deep in enterprise tech and cybersecurity PR - and still places stories in the national outlets that matter.
CEO of Zintel Public Relations. Leads a team that places articles in top national and industry-specific publications. Board member, PRSA Houston Chapter. Member of IABC and AMA. Recipient of numerous industry accolades across his career.
He shares daily on the cybersecurity stories moving the market - from Iran-linked power plant attacks to Philips and GE Clop ransomware claims.
Matt leads Padilla - a global agency that builds, grows, and protects brands and reputations.
President of Padilla - connecting companies with the people most important to their success through fresh insights, compelling content, and integrated advertising, PR, and public affairs.
He posts consistently on the changing communications landscape - from AI search to the fragmentation of trust and visibility.
Mike is the name on the other side of the alphabet from "PR crisis" — the person organizations call when the headline is threatening to write itself.
Founder & Chairman of Sitrick And Company — a firm built for crisis, litigation, and high-stakes corporate communications. His clients have included some of the most scrutinized companies and public figures in the country.
When the story is hostile, Mike is the person who steps in. That's the kind of work that doesn't come with a second chance.
Paul is the co-founder who helped build Reevemark into a name in financial and special situations communications.
Co-Founder of Reevemark — a firm built for the moments when a company needs a communications strategy that can survive a transaction, a crisis, or a market that's already moving. His work sits in the part of PR where the story is tied to money, and mistakes are expensive.
He's spent his career in the part of the industry where the communications strategy is only as good as the judgment behind it.
Phil is the founder who turned PAN Communications into a name B2B and healthcare brands trust with their hardest stories.
Founder & CEO of PAN Communications — a firm known for B2B technology, healthcare, and life sciences work that needs more than a news release to land. The firm has built a reputation around the idea that technical and regulated industries need communications that are as rigorous as the work they describe.
He's built a firm around the idea that healthcare and high-stakes tech actually get understood — not just pitched.
Richard is the founder who shaped Dukas Linden PR into a firm that knows financial media the way some firms know consumer media.
Founder & CEO of Dukas Linden PR — a financial communications firm built for IPOs, M&A, and the moments when a company's reputation is on the line. He's spent decades in the financial press room, and that's reflected in a firm that understands how reporters cover money.
He's one of the people who built a firm around the idea that financial communications is a craft with its own rules.
Scott is the go-to voice on how B2B brands actually get found and trusted.
Spent two decades asking one question on behalf of B2B companies: why aren’t more people finding you? Built Idea Grove’s Total Visibility System - PR, SEO, content, and AI optimization working as one coordinated engine.
He’s the author of Trust Signals: Brand Building in a Post-Truth World, and writes and speaks regularly on how ChatGPT, Gemini, and other AI platforms are reshaping the way buyers discover and evaluate vendors.
Scott founded Matter in 2003 - and turned his startup into a $45M brand elevation agency.
Matter unifies PR, marketing, and creative under one roof. Named PRSA “PR Agency of the Year” and a “Best Place to Work” 14 times - six from the Boston Globe alone.
He just celebrated Matter’s 20th anniversary - rare longevity in this business, and a sign of the team he’s built.
Steve is the founder who built Peppercomm into a firm that knows corporate, consumer, and crisis communications from the inside out.
Senior Executive Advisor & Founder of Peppercomm — a firm known for sharp, smart, often unconventional work in corporate and consumer communications. The firm has built its reputation around the idea that PR can be both serious and genuinely creative.
He's one of the people in the industry who built a firm around the idea that serious work doesn't have to be solemn.
Steven is the founder who built Gladstone Place Partners into a firm known for financial, M&A, and corporate storytelling with real reach.
Founder & CEO of Gladstone Place Partners — a firm that handles the kind of corporate work where the story has to land with investors, press, and the market at the same time. The firm's work sits at the intersection of financial storytelling and earned media.
He's one of the people who built a firm around the idea that financial communications is a craft, not a commodity.
Susan is a B2B technology marketing leader recognized across the industry for driving real transformational outcomes.
CEO of 10Fold Communications. 10Fold has been honored with over 60 national awards for service excellence. Susan has received dozens of accolades for her leadership, including the prestigious Vistage Lifetime Achievement award.
Under her leadership, 10Fold has helped 500+ IPO-bound and public companies strategically position themselves and out-market the competition using a platform-based integrated communications approach.
Tom is the founder who built Coyne PR into a consumer and brand communications firm with serious staying power.
Founder & CEO of Coyne PR — a firm that has built its reputation on consumer brands, lifestyle work, and the kind of storytelling that helps a product become a household word. The firm's work sits in the part of PR where a brand's face is the story — and where getting it right matters more than getting it out fast.
He's spent decades in the part of the industry where the best consumer work feels personal instead of positioned.
Whit is the CEO who built Sloane & Company into a firm known for financial and corporate communications with real depth.
CEO of Sloane & Company — a firm that handles financial services, corporate, and brand work for clients who can't afford to be misunderstood. The firm's work sits in the part of PR where credibility has to be earned, not decorated.
She's built a practice around the kind of corporate communications that has to be right before it goes out.
