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PSC’s Judy Lubin Receives WWPR ‘Emerging Leader’ Award

Washington Women in Public Relations (WWPR) named Judy Lubin, Jennifer Mastin Giglio, and Tara Silver winners of the 2011 Emerging Leaders Awards (ELA). The Awards honors rising stars, ages 21-35, in the public relations and communications industry.

A distinguished panel of judges made the selection based on the nominees’ demonstration of excellence and accomplishments in the communications field as well as leadership qualities and high ethical standards.

“It’s an absolute pleasure to honor these three talented professionals who are leaving a significant mark on the public relations industry so early in their careers,” said Kendra Kojcsich, WWPR President. “The most exciting part will be keeping an eye out for what they accomplish next.”

ELA honorees were announced at a cocktail reception on Tuesday, July 26 at The Darlington House in Washington, D.C. Debra Silimeo, Senior Vice President at Hager Sharp Inc. and 2010 Washington PR Woman of the Year served as emcee. ABC7/WJLA-TV reporter Jennifer Donelan was a featured speaker.

2011 WWPR Emerging Leader Awards Winners:

Jennifer Mastin Giglio

Giglio is a Vice President for the Specialized Communications group at Ogilvy Public Relations Worldwide. In her career, she has gained significant experience in strategic communications, crisis management and grassroots mobilization. Most recently, Giglio served as Deputy Press Secretary and Director of Operations for the Rudy Giuliani Presidential Committee, where she was a spokesperson for the campaign and oversaw day to day logistical operations. Previously, she handled media relations and strategic relationship building for several national and international non-profits as well as the Republican National Committee.

Judy Lubin, President, Public Square Communications

Lubin is president of Public Square Communications advising government agencies, foundations, national nonprofits, and public policy organizations. She has managed strategy and messaging for several local and national public health campaigns and has built an impressive track record for raising money, awareness, and support for women’s health and social issues. Her fundraising and best loans partnership development efforts have garnered more than $5 million for nonprofit, public policy, and political organizations. Currently, Lubin is working on her PHD in sociology researching the intersection of media and technology, politics, and public opinion.

Tara Chantal Silver, Managing Director, SilverStrategy

Silver is the founder and managing director of SilverStrategy. With more than 10 years of public relations and public affairs expertise Silver delivers strategic communications, media consulting, event planning, fundraising, image branding, partnership building, creative marketing campaigns, and business development. She works to find innovative approaches to elevate clients in the media and marketplace and successfully represents a diverse group of local businesses, hospitality groups, nonprofits, government agencies, public figures, and the arts. Previously, Silver was vice president of Westin Rinehart and has worked on a number of local, national, and international political campaigns.

The complete list of 2011 WWPR Emerging Leaders Awards finalists included: Veronica Brown, Vice President, Gibraltar Associates, Jennifer Mastin Giglio, Vice President, Specialized Communications, Ogilvy Washington, Katie Lilley, Partner, Hillenby, Amanda Miller Littlejohn, CEO, MopWater PR, Judy Lubin, President, Public Square Communications and Tara Silver, Managing Director, SilverStrategy.

Created in celebration of WWPR’s 30th anniversary, the Emerging Leaders Awards debuted in 2010 to great success, honoring Carrie Fox, C. Fox Communications; Lauren Musiol, GYMR; and the U.S. Army’s Stefanie Pidgeon.

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About Washington Women in Public Relations

Washington Women in Public Relations (WWPR) is the first and only D.C. based professional organization advancing women in the communications industry. WWPR is committed to delivering outstanding professional development, networking, marketplace positioning, and leadership opportunities to area communicators. For more information, visit us at wwpr.org.

(source: WASHINGTON, July 27, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/)

Judy Lubin

Dr. Judy is an applied sociologist, racial equity changemaker, yoga and mindfulness practitioner, author, auntie, bestie and beach lover. Judy’s elemental nature is water, and with her she brings calming, reflective energy to hold space for deep listening, inner work and transformative dialogue. 

The curator of the Embodied Justice program, she hosts the accompanying podcast and co-facilitates events and dialogues focused on the collective healing and sustainability of Black changemakers.

At CURE, Dr. Judy has built transformative racial equity frameworks and change management processes that have impacted thousands of lives. She began her career focused on health disparities, recognizing that stress from societal racism can become embodied and manifested through “weathering” that prematurely ages the body and shortens the lifespan of racially marginalized communities. 

She is unapologetically committed to centering Black people and the communities that have inspired her life’s work. The daughter of Haitian immigrants, she grew up in South Florida surrounded by music, her grandmother’s herbal garden, and the struggle to make it in a country that saw her family as outsiders. 

In 2022, after experiencing multiple health emergencies coupled with burnout from the intensity of the “racial reckoning” that increased demand for CURE’s racial equity services, Judy began a process of listening to the wisdom of her body, healing old trauma wounds, and reclaiming rest and her love of mind-body healing. During this time she explored somatics, indigenous and and ancestral healing practices and earned certifications in multiple healing modalities including yoga and energy medicine.

Emerging from a place of rest and listening to what her soul wanted to share, she now weaves mindfulness, body-awareness and spiritual activism to support changemakers and organizations to regenerate their leadership and give to the world from a place of ease and wholeness. 

Long committed to promoting women’s health and wellness, she is the author of The Heart of Living Well: Six Principles for a Life of Health, Beauty and Balance.

Find Judy on instagram or linkedin at @drjudylubin, where she (occasionally) shares posts celebrating Black joy, healing and well-being.

Shawn J. Moore

Residing at the intersection of leadership and mindfulness, Shawn creates sacred spaces for stillness and self-inquiry to help social impact leaders align their strengths, intention, and impact. Through his integrative approach, he holds transformative containers for self-renewal, personal discovery, and capacity-building that ease clients on their journey towards peace, clarity, and freedom.

Shawn is committed to empower changemakers to become embodied leaders – unified in mind, body, and heart – with the tools to mindfully pause, reconnect to their inner knowing, make strengths-driven decisions, and lead the change they believe the world needs.  

Reckoning with his own contemplation of burnout, purpose, and alignment, Shawn transitioned out of his role as Associate Dean of Student Life & Leadership at Morehouse College in the fall of 2021 to focus more on mindfulness and stillness-based training programs and workshops. 

While leadership resonates with him deeply, it is his personal and spiritual practices that allows him to continue to show up for himself and others. He is a yoga teacher (E-RYT® 200, RYT® 500, YACEP®), sound and reiki practitioner, meditation teacher, Yoga Nidra facilitator, and Gallup-Certified Strengths Coach, all focused through a Buddhist lens and 17 years of personal practice. He has contributed workshops, practices, and educational opportunities for celebrities like Questlove and Dyllón Burnside, and various yoga studios and colleges, Yoga International, Omstars, Melanin Moves Project, the Human Rights Campaign, Spotify and Lululemon. He currently serves as the Facilitation and Community Manager for BEAM (Black Emotional & Mental Health Collective).

Shawn hosts a podcast called The Mindful Rebel® Podcast that creates a platform to continually explore this unique intersection of leadership and mindfulness. Find him on instagram @shawnj_moore 

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