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# WWPR Names Finalists for 2018 Emerging Leaders Awards
- URL: https://capitolcommunicator.com/in-the-spotlight-wwpr-announces-finalists-for-the-2018-emerging-leaders-awards/
- Published: 2018-04-30T14:16:36.000Z
- Updated: 2018-05-01T20:55:46.000Z
- Author: Capitol Communicator
- Tags: People, PR, Awards, #wp-top-center-sponsored, #Import 2026-10-08 18:49

**On May 15, Washington Women in Public Relations** will be honoring an Emerging Leader in each of the following six categories: Large Agency, Nonprofit, Corporate, Association, Government/Public Affairs and Boutique-sized agency/Independent. According to WWPR, this year they received “the most nominations this year in the history of the Emerging Leaders Awards, and are extremely encouraged by the tremendous amount of talent we saw from each of the nominees. Our finalists represent the top three candidates in each of the six categories, as determined by our impressive panel of judges.” The finalists are:

**Association:** 
**Elise Casteilli** – Society of Interventional Radiology  
**Sarah Grano** – American Banker’s Association  
**Natifia Mullings** – University of Maryland

**Boutique/mid-sized agency/Independent:** 
**Kate Fink** – Vanguard Communications  
**Shelby Giles** – Vanguard Communications  
**Sarah Lippincott** – Tigercomm**Corporate:** 
**Alexis Gallagher** – Pepco Holdings  
**Alicia Jones** – Fannie Mae  
**Tiph Turpin** – Mars, Incorporated

**Government Affairs:** 
**Tania Donovan** – U.S. Army  
**Jessica Larson** – U.S. Department of Agriculture  
**Tara Goodin Rabin** – U.S. Food and Drug Administration

**Large Agency:** 
**Kristen Chapdelaine** – GolinDC  
**Shakira Hill** – Metropolitan Group  
**Elizabeth Osborn** – Hager Sharp

**Nonprofit:** 
**Mercy Chikowore** – Washington Area Women’s Foundation  
**Maggie Dewane** – Marine Stewardship Council  
**Danielle Heiny** – American Institutes for Research

In addition,   **Cameron Hardesty,** Head of Merchandising at UrbanStems, as our keynote speaker. The event will take place at WeWork, located at 80 M Street, S.E., Washington, D.C.

More[ here](https://wwpr.org/events/?ref=capitolcommunicator.com#!event/2018/5/15/emerging-leaders-awards).