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# People in the news: Brynne Krispin, Amanda Santiago and Larry O’Connor
- URL: https://capitolcommunicator.com/people-in-the-news-brynne-krispin-amanda-santiago-and-larry-oconnor/
- Published: 2024-09-28T12:01:03.000Z
- Updated: 2024-09-28T12:03:10.000Z
- Author: Capitol Communicator
- Tags: People, #wp-top-right-sponsored, #Import 2026-10-08 18:54

[**Cause Fokus,**](https://causefokus.com/?ref=capitolcommunicator.com) **a social media agency in Frederick, MD, announced that its founder and CEO, Brynne Krispin,** pictured above, has been recognized by [The Daily Record](https://thedailyrecord.com/?ref=capitolcommunicator.com) as one of this year’s [Leading Women Under 40](http://email.prnewswire.com/ls/click?upn=u001.v9xoTZaCB3KDvUFxTt6K9ITfJcLtx-2FOvmuVizoBK57BavuHlJtWdXh9eCpa0xBcjZcs4c4zSJTMC9sP-2BKA4uKG53YN11zNQ3OL-2BEI9cl7cPj6hJmErN9lGGpM1UzQiKFm39smrdnLatl0hrFOR6oxydPcmTYi3THIUVm1ySYaCl3uNdQQZTMj5Xi4TgzpdO-2B-2B-2Bz4so0gHQwtn5ISV-2F74GQ-3D-3DXk-O%5Fd26Eb7EIAowZIc2fLDWWgyuKsMrWvPyHMJuM-2FMjXPMP8j4d-2BCmqs-2BtgnwZZAEgFjKzPWVRQaeWA7jnN322AwaaXeYrSyA6Pt4N2x6p5RtUwEd59FEzYSVbkmclHY1pOA-2BUVYgNcdaPKO0fCxYMYo6wLDn4-2FLE-2BAp-2BuplrEYXIBIglJ-2FmF1JOe3OgN3cf4fsLYeNy-2FyaJHxZcxBXBA2H41dIAWj38DVU3tiY0XpMMc0be5lzq1hqdMVfHTfJPuZ74ASWumEJ9cB5QLraAjV1iBt4Giyo3bgIssnET-2B1BcCAXPVUsxe09EvAKFrrOfQEC8dN3DbdQgA6-2FqNpVd1K1j0K1JmBQuojpziQycuizpkPBJ1AkErNoa9KqXDhada51e&ref=capitolcommunicator.com). This award highlights, states a release, dynamic young women who are making significant contributions to their communities and industries, excelling in their professions, and setting an example for the next generation of leaders. Previously, she was Director of Marketing and Business Development at Paragonn Web Development in D.C.

[**Pendry Washington DC – The Wharf**](https://www.pendry.com/washington-dc/?ref=capitolcommunicator.com) **adds**[ **Amanda Santiago**](https://www.linkedin.com/in/amanda-santiago-5a28bb17/?ref=capitolcommunicator.com) **as Director of Sales and Marketing.** In her role, states a release, Santiago will be responsible for “implementing innovative strategies to garner business from meetings, events and leisure clientele, while driving growth and greater awareness to the hotel situated in the vibrant waterfront neighborhood The Wharf, along the Potomac River.” With over a decade of experience in group sales and hospitality, Santiago will direct the team to deliver top-line revenue while preparing and executing innovative and refreshed sales and marketing strategies for Pendry Washington DC – The Wharf.

[**Larry O’Connor,**](https://www.linkedin.com/in/larry-o-connor-18b35b10/?ref=capitolcommunicator.com) **the host of “O’Connor & Company” on “Newstalk 105.9” WMAL Washington, D.C.**, will spend two weeks in October at Hillsdale College in Michigan to teach as a Eugene C. Pulliam Distinguished Fellow in Journalism, reports [Inside Radio](https://www.insideradio.com/free/wmal-host-larry-o-connor-heads-to-college-to-lead-the-class/article%5Fa4165c1c-7c91-11ef-89f7-7b63cfc87198.html?ref=capitolcommunicator.com). The [Hillsdale Collegian](https://hillsdalecollegian.com/2024/09/dc-radio-host-named-pulliam-fellow/?ref=capitolcommunicator.com) says the class will cover podcasting. “By the end of the classes that I’m delivering, I’m hoping that anyone who attends it should have the tools to just plug in a microphone to their computer and start their own podcast,” O’Connor says in the Collegian report. “I never went to college,” O’Connor told the newspaper. “It’s pretty wild for me to find myself in this position as an instructor for college students.”