NEW YORK – May 28, 2015 – PR Boutiques International™ (PRBI), the worldwide collaborative network of boutique PR firms, welcomes its newest member, Durée & Company, based in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. With the new addition, PRBI now has 35 member agencies across 12 countries.
“PRBI is focused on building a true network where boutique agencies can seamlessly collaborate across clients, practices and cultures, drawing ideas and inspiration from senior executive colleagues around the world. We’re thrilled to be adding another experienced and versatile PR practitioner to our group,” said Paul Furiga, PRBI President and founder and CEO of Wordwrite Communications located in Pittsburgh.
Durée & Company is a PR, marketing and special events firm that serves the corporate, agency and non-profit arenas for local, national and international clients in various industries. Clients include Procter and Gamble, Make a Wish Foundation, Johnson & Johnson, Elizabeth Arden, Jose Cuervo, DVF and others. The firm is headed by Durée Mellion Ross, an award-winning PR entrepreneur with a broad spectrum of experience in a variety of fields.
Additionally, the June 2015-June 2016 PRBI officers and board members have been announced.
Executive Committee (Officers):
• President: Paul Furiga, Wordwrite Communications, Pittsburgh
• Vice President: Lee Weinstein, Weinstein PR, Portland, Ore.
• Secretary: Judith Huss, Huss-PR-Consult, Munich
• Treasurer: Joy Scott, Scott Public Relations, Los Angeles
• Member-at-Large: Jeanette Darnauer, Darnauer Group Communications, Aspen, Colo.
Board of Directors:
• Ann Gallery, High View Communications, Vancouver, BC, Canada
• Rasila Hamzah, RUSS Consulting, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
• Julia Labaton, RED PR, New York
• Dan Leinweber, Leinweber Associates, Boston
• Jessica Nuñez, Nuñez PR Group, Dallas
• Pawel Osowski, Warsaw Consultants, Warsaw, Poland
• Lucy Siegel, Bridge Global Strategies, New York
PRBI will host its annual meeting June 3-6 in London, England. The eighth annual gathering is a valued event for members, as founders and executives from each firm gather in person to share best practices and industry insights, while learning from world-class speakers.
Through collaboration in PRBI, member agencies offer the personalized, senior-level expertise of a boutique firm combined with the broad, international reach and market specialization of much larger agencies. For more information about PRBI and where members are located globally, visit prboutiques.com. Read the PRBI Blog to stay up to date on agency happenings and the latest industry trends.
About PR Boutiques International:
PR Boutiques International™ (PRBI) is an international network of boutique public relations firms. The principals of member firms are experienced practitioners who have held senior positions in large PR agencies and/or corporations but now put service first and work directly with clients. PRBI members excel in meeting a huge range of client needs in a large number of industries, including corporate public relations, consumer PR, health care PR, investor relations, crisis management, business‐to‐ business PR, economic development PR, not‐for‐profit, academia, government, financial, technology, legal, multicultural and international PR and investor relations. Member practitioners have won the highest levels of professional awards, with qualifications ranging from PhDs to former top journalists. They also represent memberships in the most noteworthy international public relations and business associations.