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# Carrie Fox named WWPR's Woman of the Year
- URL: https://capitolcommunicator.com/carrie-fox-named-wwprs-woman-of-the-year/
- Published: 2026-10-23T19:05:32.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T23:20:28.000Z
- Author: Capitol Communicator
- Tags: Agency, Awards, PR

[**Carrie Fox**](https://www.linkedin.com/in/carriefoxpr/?ref=capitolcommunicator.com)**, Founder and CEO, Mission Partners, has been named Woman of the Year by Washington Women in Public Relations.** 

The 2026 Woman of the Year Award Celebration, states WWPR, "honors exceptional women who have moved the communications industry forward through leadership, bold thinking, and lasting impact." The award celebration took place, October 23, at The Potomac Hotel, Autograph Collection, in Washington, D.C., with more ore than 250 professionals from the communications, public relations, and public affairs sectors in attendance. 

According to WWPR, an inaugural WWPR Emerging Leader of the Year, Fox built a Certified B Corp communications firm, authored a best-selling book "More Than Words" and has guided hundreds of purpose-driven leaders since 2004.

WWPR states that the other two Woman of the Year finalists are:

[**Dr. Sheila Brooks**](https://www.linkedin.com/in/sheila-brooks-phd/?ref=capitolcommunicator.com), Founder, President and CEO, SRB Communications. An Emmy Award-winning journalist turned entrepreneur, Dr. Brooks built one of Washington’s leading full-service marketing and PR agencies and was inducted into the PRSA National Capital Chapter Hall of Fame in 2025.

[](https://www.linkedin.com/in/shakirahadianna/?ref=capitolcommunicator.com)[**Shakirah A. Hill Taylor**](https://www.linkedin.com/in/shakirahadianna/?ref=capitolcommunicator.com), Head of Innovation, Fenton Communications  
With more than 20 years in digital strategy, She led Fenton’s digital practice to PR Daily’s Digital Team of the Year and has driven campaigns for the NAACP, Team USA, and Bloomberg Philanthropies.

Online information about Fox states that since launching her first company in 2004, "Carrie has guided hundreds of leaders and their teams to communicate with purpose, fueling organizations and their missions forward in new and more impactful ways.

Carrie's work focuses deeply on issues of community — from social justice to sustainability, children's health, higher education, and workforce development — and her signature "[More Than Words](https://www.amazon.com/More-Than-Words-Communications-Courageous/dp/1734618620?ref=capitolcommunicator.com)" approach to courageous communication has become the foundation of her best-selling book of the same name.

"Carrie served as the creative visionary behind a nationwide campaign to transform the foster care system for young people aging out of care and she was the lead communications strategist behind a $10 million global prize competition to advance more fuel-efficient vehicles. She is also a founding signatory of the [#WeTheChange](https://wethechange.net/?ref=capitolcommunicator.com) declaration to build business for good, and a founding member of the Purpose Collaborative, a national network of communications thought-leaders and industry experts that work together to provide impactful problem solving in touch with the current needs of today's purpose-driven businesses.

"Her signature conversation series and award-winning podcast, Mission Forward with Carrie Fox, has featured Pulitzer Prize-winning journalists, MacArthur Fellows, a National Geographic explorer, and some of the nation's most sought-after philanthropy leaders."

Fox has been profiled in Capitol Communicator and you can find her profile [here](https://capitol-communicator.ghost.io/ghost/?ref=capitolcommunicator.com#/editor/post/6ad38296d54cb90001cf65cd).

**The awards program also featured keynote remarks from Karen Finney,** CNN political commentator and strategic communications consultant, and a fireside conversation with Finney and **Ashley Allison**, publisher of The Root and founder and CEO of Watering Hole Media. The discussion explored leadership, influence and trust in a fragmented world. **Natalie Adler**, vice president and practice lead for public impact and resilience communications at Fors Marsh and the 2025 Woman of the Year, presented the award to Fox.