Announcing Ragan and PR Daily's ACE Awards winners

The 2017 Ace Awards honor individuals, in-house teams and agencies in communications and marketing. We searched for the most talented and innovative thinkers across a variety of industries. Check out this year’s winners below.

Individual Division

Digital or Video Producer

WINNER
Monica Elias
Elias World Media

Government Communications Professional

WINNER
Julie Rogers
City of Fort St. John

Honorable Mention

  • Peyton Woodson Cooper, internal communications manager at LBJ Hospital

Health Care Communications Professional

WINNER
Ishtar Schneider
Palin Communications

Honorable Mentions

  • Peyton Woodson Cooper, internal communications manager at LBJ Hospital
  • Leslie Cozatt, senior campaign director at Optum
  • Christopher Boyle, director of public relations at Bristol Hospital and Health Care Group Inc

Industry Newcomer

WINNER
Ishtar Schneider
Palin Communications

Honorable Mentions

  • Casie Shimansky, social media manager, Talent Brand at Cisco
  • Hanna Johnson, communications representative at C.H. Robinson

Industry Veteran

WINNER
Ethan Rasiel
Lightspeed PR

Internal Communications Professional

WINNER
Peyton Woodson Cooper
Lyndon B. Johnson Hospital

Intranet Manager

WINNER
Ronald Gilliam
S&P Global

Nonprofit Communications Professional

WINNER
Dustin Cranor
Oceana

Public Relations Professional

WINNER
Elizabeth Edwards
Volume PR

Honorable Mentions

  • Kristin Settle, director of communications at VISIT Milwaukee
  • Brian Cain, director of public affairs at Extraction Oil & Gas
  • Evan Goldberg, vice president of client service at ARPR
  • Shauna Wilson, director of communications at Rock & Roll Hall of Fame

Social Media Professional

WINNER
Carmen Shirkey Collins
Cisco

Honorable Mentions

  • Roo Yeshpaul Johnson, social media lead at The Summit Group
  • Chelsea de la Cruz, strategic communications supervisor at UPS

In House Communications Team Division

Editorial Team

WINNER
Microsoft News Center
Redmond, Washington

Honorable Mentions

  • Conduit Publishing/Fujifilm
  • Raytheon

Internal Communications Team

WINNER
Juniper Networks
Sunnyvale, California

Honorable Mention

  • UPS Information Technology

Marketing Team

WINNER
Optum
Eden Prairie, Minnesota

Public Relations Team

WINNER
XPRIZE
Culver City, California

Honorable Mentions

  • Beaumont Health
  • Lidl Romania
  • Fender Musical Instruments Corporation

Small Communications Team

WINNER
National University of Ireland Galway
Galway, Ireland

Honorable Mentions

  • EFFA (European Flavour Association)
  • Dynamic Signal
  • Lincoln Financial Group
  • New York Power Authority

Social Media Team

WINNER
Cisco Systems
San Jose, California

Agency Division

Events Agency

WINNER
The Narrative Group
Los Angeles/Chicago/New York

Health Care Agency

WINNER
Bellmont Partners
Minneapolis, Minnesota

Honorable Mention

  • Amendola Communications

Large Agency

WINNER
Ruder Finn
New York City

Mid-sized Agency

WINNER
The Narrative Group
Los Angeles/Chicago/New York City

PR Agency

WINNER
The Narrative Group
Los Angeles/Chicago/New York City

Small Agency

WINNER
lotus823
Eatontown, New Jersey

Honorable Mentions

  • Lola Red
  • BIGfish Communications
  • Heron Agency
  • Bospar

Specialty Agency

WINNER
Pulp PR
Los Angeles/San Jose