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Barbara Wellnitz Wins Lifetime Achievement Award
From Public Relations Society of America (PRSA), Boston Chapter
BARRINGTON, R.I., Jan 21 — Barbara W. Wellnitz, APR, principal at Ryan Wellnitz and Associates, a business-to-business (B2B) public relations firm here, has been honored with a lifetime achievement award by the Public Relations Society of America’s (PRSA) Boston chapter. PRSA is the professional association of public relations practitioners.
The annual Diane Davis Beacon Award for Lifetime Achievement recognizes one member in good standing after a careful nomination process by a peer group of PRSA Boston members who are also accredited public relations professionals. An active member in the chapter’s leadership and former PRSA Boston president, Ms. Wellnitz was also awarded the national society’s highest honor by election into the College of Fellows, an honorary society representing the top two percent of public relations professionals who are members of PRSA.
Her background includes journalism, business management, agency management, solo practice as a public relations counselor, agency co-founder with Hugh Ryan of Ryan Wellnitz & Associates, and 12 years of active service on the PRSA board of directors.
Before starting her own practice, which she merged with Mr. Ryan’s into their firm in 2002, Ms. Wellnitz was president of the public relations division of Potter Hazelhurst, an advertising and PR agency in East Greenwich, Rhode Island. She and Mr. Ryan met in 1984 at Creamer Dickson Basford/New England, which she entered as an account executive and was promoted to account supervisor and then vice president/group manager.
While serving PRSA, running a business, writing articles and leading workshops, Ms. Wellnitz served as a trustee at her alma mater, Green Mountain College, for 12 years and as chair of the Board of Trustees 2003-2009. She also provided leadership for two national searches for presidents of the College and a successful capital campaign.
She earned a bachelor’s degree in English, and, from Harvard University, the CSS graduate certificate with a concentration in marketing management.
“Barbara Wellnitz is an outstanding individual professionally, ethically and personally,” said Ann Getman, APR, one of her co-nominators and a PRSA Boston former president. “She is an inspiration to her colleagues, clients, peers and the community with her qualities of strategic and practical skills, intelligence, integrity, and humility.”
Ryan Wellnitz & Associates is a business-to-business marketing communications firm and investor relations firm based in Barrington, Rhode Island. For more information about PRSA Boston, visit http://www.prsaboston.org. For more information on Ryan Wellnitz & Associates, visit www.ryanwellnitz.com.
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