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When Katie Test Davis moved from Washington, D.C. to Raleigh in 2019, she thought she might take another traditional in-house communications role. Instead, her phone started ringing a lot. Former colleagues and new contacts across North Carolina were calling with projects, seeking the expertise of someone who had spent
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For nearly two decades, Anastasia Wright has been rewriting the rules of music marketing—not by climbing corporate ladders, but by building her own. As the founder and principal owner of Imperial Marketing Group, a cultural programming, creative, and marketing company centered around supporting underrepresented creative voices globally, she'
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When Anna Michaels-Boffy and Abby Leeper Gibson met in 2013 on the campaign trail, they were young idealists united by a shared passion for public service. Then they went their separate ways. Abby spent years honing her public relations expertise in the private sector as well as serving as the
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Ruby Veridiano's path has never been linear, but somehow, all the dots connect. She started as a spoken word poet, arts activist, and journalist working with young women in vulnerable communities. She studied Sociology of World Development, earned a Master's in Global Communications from The American
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Andrea Olmsted launched Sustainable Fashion PR shortly after her youngest child turned two. During postpartum, the majority of her time was given to her children, although she spent several nights a month freelance writing. It wasn't until her husband at the time had been laid off from the
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Amiee Watts spent nearly 20 years in senior-level positions at top PR agencies, managing major financial services clients like Federated Investors, Aegon Asset Management, and Thornburg, and overseeing more than $1.8 million annually in monthly retainers. She knew the agency world inside and out, and she also knew what
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Dr. Adia Gooden knows what it feels like to tie your worth to achievement. She earned her bachelor's degree in psychology from Stanford University and her Ph.D. in Clinical Community Psychology from DePaul University. She spent four years as a staff psychologist at the University of Chicago
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Caroline Goyder studied English Literature at Oxford and assumed her love of words would make her a good communicator. Then at drama school they told her, "You're in your head, you have no presence." It hurt. But it made her determined to find it. She'
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When Victoria Reese Brathwaite was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis in 2012, she felt invisible. Her questions went unanswered. Her symptoms were dismissed. And she couldn't see herself reflected anywhere in the healthcare system or the MS community. As a Black woman navigating a chronic illness, she was searching
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Most consultants follow a predictable path: MBA, big firm, corner office. Nish Amarnath's journey looks nothing like that. She's written for for the Wall Street Journal and Reuters, covering private markets, AI, and energy finance. Her work as a bestselling novelist was recognized by the U.
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Most PR agencies claim they can handle any industry. Katelyn Davis built her entire business on the opposite bet: that in a sector as complex and rapidly evolving as mobility tech, startups need a partner who truly understands the space, not a jack of all trades. After spending over a
Before Beth Close was teaching women to turn "Broken to Bright," she was building global operations at Fulfillment.com—implementing quality control systems, streamlining processes, and reducing warehouse errors by 87%. She knew how to create order from chaos in the corporate world. But her own experience with