The 2016 Ace Awards is a competition that honors excellence at the individual, team and agency-wide level. 

We search for rising stars in communications and marketing. We’re excited to say that we found them—and they impressed us more than we could have imagined.

We’re ready to unveil our Aces and recognize these truly outstanding communications teams, agencies and individual practitioners for their tireless efforts in media relations, health care communications, specialty clientele and more. Please join us in congratulating our winners!

Check out the full list of winners below and read what made them members of our A-list.

Individual Division

Honorable Mentions

  • Mindy Mizell, Purposeful PR
  • Melissa Harris, M Harris LLC
  • Lauren Sarno, Elizabeth Arden
  • Jen Ribble, Return Path

Industry Veteran

WINNER

Honorable Mention

  • Georgette Pascale, Pascale Communications

Media Relations Pro

WINNER

Honorable Mention

  • Kara Stephens, Pascale Communications

Nonprofit Communicator

WINNER

Honorable Mentions

  • Heather Morgan, Children's Home Society of Florida
  • Meghan Gerardo, American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists
  • Noreen Braman, New Jersey Lawyers Assistance Program

PR Professional of the Year

WINNER

Honorable Mentions

  • Megan Driscoll, EvolveMKD
  • Catherine Hernandez-Blades, Aflac
  • Jim Schwartz, Takeda
  • Patrick Flook, Diageo

Social Media Strategist

WINNER

Honorable Mentions

  • Laura Wyant, Pascale Communications
  • Megan Bogus, Susan Davis International
  • Bia Bernum, Mansfield University Dept. of Communication

In-House Team Division

Internal Communications Team

WINNER

Honorable Mentions

  • FirstPerson
  • Yahoo

Honorable Mention

  • NetApp

Honorable Mentions

  • Synapse Group, Inc.
  • Nexus
  • Brinkman Partners
  • Scandinave Spa Whistler
  • Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association
  • 24K Creative

Agency Division

B2B/Business Services Agency

WINNER

Honorable Mentions

  • Greentarget Global Group LLC
  • Stanton

Honorable Mention

  • EvolveMKD

Honorable Mentions

  • Bellmont Partners
  • Young & Associates
  • Fineman PR
  • EvolveMKD
  • Castillo & Ruig Communications
  • The Narrative Group
  • En Route

Honorable Mentions

  • Lithiumpr
  • Grey Matter Marketing