2011 Corporate Communications, Investor Relations and Public Relations Awards Final Judging Committee
Kristen Bihary, VP, Communications, Aleris International, Inc., Beachwood, OH
Robert DeFillippo, Chief Communications Officer-Global Communications, Prudential Financial, Inc., Newark, NJ
Mike Fernandez, Corporate VP, Corporate Affairs, Cargill, Inc., Wayzata, MN
William Hughes, Senior VP, Corporate Communications, CA, Inc., New York, NY
Richard L. Nelson, VP, Corporate Communications, ACCO Brands Corporation, Lincolnshire, IL
Carol Schumacher, VP, Investor Relations, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., Bentonville, AR
Richard Woods, Senior VP, Corporate Affairs, Capital One Services, Inc., McLean, VA
Chair of Corporate Communications, Investor Relations and Public Relations Awards Category Judging
Kenneth D. Makovsky, President, Makovsky + Company, New York, NY
 Kenneth D. Makovsky is president of Makovsky + Company, one of the largest global independent public and investor relations firms. The company, founded in 1979, is headquartered in New York, with divisions in health, financial and professional services, technology, investor relations, and branding and interactive.
In 2010, Makovsky + Company was named Midsize Agency of the Year (Bulldog Awards) and was a finalist for the same honor at the PRWeek Awards and the PR News Awards. The firm won the SABRE Award for the “Best Employee Program” and made the Inc. 5000 list of Fastest Growing Companies in America for the second straight year.
A major force in the public relations field, Makovsky was honored by the Public Relations Society of America-New York with its prestigious John W. Hill Award for distinguished lifetime achievement, and he was inducted into the PR News PR People Awards Hall of Fame. In 2010 Makovsky won the Stevie Award for PR Executive of the Year, as well as the Bulldog Award as PR Professional of the Year and PR Blogger of the Year.
Makovsky is a founder and past president of IPREX, the third largest global corporation of independent public relations firms in 53 cities and 24 countries. His articles on public relations have been published in professional journals, and he has lectured at universities and before associations and international corporations. His blog “My Three Cents” (also carried by Forbes.com) has appeared weekly since January 2006 and was cited as “among the best-read blogs in the industry” by The Holmes Report, and as the “most popular blog” on the Bulldog Reporter website.
Makovsky is a founding member and on the Board of the Council of Public Relations Firms, a Trustee and Treasurer of the Institute for Public Relations, a 13-year member of the Arthur W. Page Society (a public relations honorary society), on the Advisory Committee of the Newhouse School of Communications (Syracuse University), a former board member of the New York Chapter of PRSA, a member of the College of Fellows (the honorary organization of the PRSA}, and on the Advisory Board for Washington University’s (St. Louis) School of Arts & Sciences.
Makovsky holds a Juris Doctor degree from Washington University School of Law and a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University.
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