PRNEWS announced its 2023 People of the Year honorees.  The honorees are recognized in a range of categories, including agency CEOs, agency innovators, brand reputation mavens, chief communicators, crisis managers, CSR trailblazers, data and measurement gamechangers, DEI champions, digital PR disruptors, educators, media relations titans, mentors, new entrepreneurs, nonprofit PR innovators, ones to watch, and public affairs leaders.  Included in the list are a number from our area:
Robert Conner, Scott Circle;
Lilia Dashevsky,  CLYDE
Lauren Hovey, CLYDE;
Laura Beth Telep, CLYDE;
Jenny Wang, CLYDE;
Rachel Winer, ROKK Solutions.

Seven Letter, with offices in D.C. and Boston, announced the addition of Robin Calleja and Kelcey McClung to its D.C. office. Calleja comes to Seven Letter after earning her Master of Arts in Communication, Culture, and Technology from Georgetown University, where she conducted and published research on new and traditional media, popular culture, and political discourse. McClung began her career in journalism, working as a reporter for the Denver Business Journal after studying journalism, political science, and history at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Prior to joining Seven Letter, she worked for the United States Global Leadership Coalition, a nonprofit advocating for a strong International Affairs Budget, where she planned and executed events with Members of Congress, Cabinet Officials, high-level agency staff, and other influential stakeholders in the DC foreign policy community.

Montage Marketing Group, a marketing outreach, engagement, events, and communications agency with offices in Bethesda, MD, Rockville, MD and McLean, VA, launched a new website. The site, states the agency, reflects the firm’s growth since its founding in 2015 and “provides a vibrant, user-friendly interface for current and prospective clients, employees, and other site visitors.”