Leadership & Staff

A 30+ year veteran of Golin, Ellen has built a career and a reputation as a strategist and brand builder with the keys to unlock the power of earned-first creative. Well-versed in a variety of sectors, Ellen is particularly passionate about building relevance for iconic yet innovative brands, such as Walmart, Allstate, Nestlé and Humana. She is Golin’s executive lead on those relationships today.

An architect of trusted partnerships, Ellen leads Golin’s client management efforts. She supports the agency’s leading Catalysts as they leverage smart insights and breakthrough creative to earn attention and engagement.

Ellen is a sought-after speaker at PR and marketing conferences around the world, particularly around the topics of leadership and opportunities for women. Most recently, she twice chaired the Women in Leadership Economic Forum in Dubai, an event that draws more than 1000 participants and speakers from the Middle East, Europe and the U.S. Ellen is a member of The Arthur Page Society, the premier industry group for senior communications professionals, and PRSA. She serves on the Boards of Directors of the Marriott Foundation for People with Disabilities and Bright Pink, a women’s health not-for-profit. She also serves as vice chair of the Ad/PR Advisory Council at the University of Georgia’s Grady School, one of the premier collegiate programs in the US. One of Ellen’s great passions is fueling the creative talent of young PR people, which she was proud to do as a jurist for the Young Lions Competition at Cannes.

Ellen graduated from Georgetown University and also studied at the University of London.

As the CEO of MSL U.S., Diana Littman is at the helm of Publicis Groupe’s premier PR agency and its more than 250 team members who have ranked it one of the “Best Places to Work” in the industry. With a mission to make every company, brand, and leader more influential, MSL’s client partners are among the most impactful in the world – Procter & Gamble, GM, Lilly, Inspire Brands, J.M. Smucker, Gilead and KitchenAid to name a few.

Under Diana’s leadership, her teams have pushed category boundaries and changed cultural norms, and the agency’s work across corporate reputation, consumer and health is consistently recognized for innovation in communications and impact on business. Recent accolades include Titanium and Grand Prix Cannes Lions, Best Consumer Products and Marketing to Youth SABREs, PRWeek Awards for Best in Corporate Social Responsibility and Best Proof of Authenticity, Effies and MM&Ms.

Diana’s entrepreneurial spirit, obsession with accelerating transformation and commitment to values-based leadership runs through the agency’s DNA. She has invested in critical research to advance the industry, from MSL’s renowned “Time to Face the Influencer Pay Gap” study (December 2021), which delved into DEI realities in the influencer marketing space and ongoing work to address key inequities, to an exploration around how to reach and engage deskless and frontline workers with “Where’s Your Watercooler?” (March 2022). MSL’s Fluency is one of the most sophisticated influencer management platforms in the world and the firm’s focus on advanced comms tech has set it apart.

Diana herself has been named to PRWeek’s Women of Distinction, the PRWeek Power List twice, the MM+M and PRWeek’s Health Influencer 50 and PRWeek 40 Under 40 in 2010, as well as PRovoke Media’s 15 to Watch. She is on the Boards of the PR Council, Institute for Public Relations, ColorComm and Women’s Forum USA and is an active member of Page and Chief. She also dedicates a significant portion of her time to mentoring rising talent.

Prior to joining MSL in December 2018, Diana spent a decade each at Marina Maher Communications/Omnicom and BCW (formerly Cohn & Wolfe)/WPP and the past 20+ years dedicated to reimagining what public relations can accomplish and how expansive it can be, especially when culture, creativity and data are at its core.

Brandon Wilson, APR, is the President and CEO of Wilbron Inc., a communications agency whose work is literally helping to improve the world. He is an award-winning executive and communications consultant and the author of Sabotage, a book that helps leaders overcome the forces that seek to limit their impact (learn more at brandonwilson.co). Brandon‘s work has influenced projects that have won both an Emmy and an Oscar; and his executive consultancy has impacted leaders at some of the world’s most influential companies. Brandon is a New York Times Scholar, and speaks fluent Portuguese, and is learning to speak Arabic.

Julie Colehour is a Partner at C+C, a 100+ person social marketing and PR agency. She is a leading social marketer who has spent her 33-year career working to motivate people to alter their behaviors for social good working on causes ranging from energy efficiency to COVID, wildfires, waste prevention, opioids, and distracted driving.

Most recently, Julie supported the Washington State Department of Health with their COVID-19 response which has included a rapid-turn approach to increase adoption of COVID preventative behaviors and vaccine adoption. She also helped support the EPA’s ENERGY STAR® program for the past twenty-five years including co-leading the original national launch plan that led to a 41 percent national awareness of the ENERGY STAR® label in just three years. She is frequently called upon to speak and train on social marketing across the country. She has co-authored three books: The 7^th edition of the Social Marketing: Behavior Change for Good textbook with Philip Kotler and Nancy Lee, Chapter 13 of the Be the Change: Putting Health Advocacy, Policy, and Community Organization into Practice in Public Health Education textbook and The Environmental Marketing Imperative.

Under Julie’s leadership, C+C has won hundreds of national and local awards (Silver Anvils, SABRES, PRWeek, Content Marketing Awards, Addys, Emmys) and is proud to have been named one of Washington’s 100 Best Workplaces in 2016. Julie was named one of The Puget Sound Business Journal’s 40 under 40 young outstanding executives (2001), NW Marketing Awards Person of the Year (2017), a PRovoke’s Top 25 Innovators (2019) and the Puget Sound Chapter of PRSA PR Professional of the Year (2021). In 2018 C+C was named PRWeek’s Small Agency of the Year and the Holmes Reports Boutique Agency of the Year. In 2021, C+C was named PRovoke’s North American Creative Agency, one of five Global Creative PR Agencies and a Best Workplace. C+C also recognized in 2021 for its COVID-19 work for the Washington State Department of Health by winning the Best of Silver Anvils award from PRSA and a Global SABRE award. In 2022, C+C was named the Social Marketing Association of North America’s Outstanding Agency for its commitment to the elimination of social disparities in recognition of Julie’s team’s work on the Vacúnate Mijo/Mija campaign for WA DOH that helped increase COVID-19 vaccination rates among the Hispanic/Latino community. Julie serves on the boards of the PR Council and the Pacific Northwest Social Marketing Association and is an incoming regional co-chair for the PROI board.

Kim’s role is to help the PR Council’s 140 member agencies grow talent, revenue and profits and elevate the PR profession overall. Prior to joining the PRC in August 2018, Kim was the founder/CEO of Emanate, a $35 million, 100+ person international marketing communications agency. During her tenure Emanate was named PR WEEK Agency of the Year and CRAIN’S Best Places to Work in NYC, and the team’s work for clients was recognized with numerous industry awards. Kim also worked at Ketchum, Marina Maher Communications and Golin earlier in her career, and has served Fortune 500 clients across a range of industries, including financial services, travel and hospitality, CPG and consumer electronics.

Kim’s role is to help the PR Council’s 140 member agencies grow talent, revenue and profits and elevate the PR profession overall. Prior to joining the PRC in August 2018, Kim was the founder/CEO of Emanate, a $35 million, 100+ person international marketing communications agency. During her tenure Emanate was named PR WEEK Agency of the Year and CRAIN’S Best Places to Work in NYC, and the team’s work for clients was recognized with numerous industry awards. Kim also worked at Ketchum, Marina Maher Communications and Golin earlier in her career, and has served Fortune 500 clients across a range of industries, including financial services, travel and hospitality, CPG and consumer electronics.

Andi joined the PRC in October 2018 as Vice President. She brings 15 years of PR experience in public relations, having worked for global PR agencies Ketchum and Fleishman Hillard, and most recently at Westchester County-based Co-Communications.  She has deep experience creating and implementing strategic and creative communications strategies and marketing programs for B2B and B2C clients.

Andi’s past clients have included Fortune 100 companies to local, small businesses in the CPG, entertainment, healthcare, employee benefits, legal, education, and not-for-profit sectors. She has coordinated media relations campaigns to support product introductions, CEO thought-leadership, and high-level brand awareness efforts. Andi brings a passion for building lasting, productive relationships – and prides herself on her success with journalists, clients, colleagues, and vendors.

Andi has a B.A. in English from Denison University. On the side, she’s a barre instructor for a local studio in Westchester where she resides with her husband (a PR agency exec), their kids and Havanese, Charlie.

Kristin D’Urso joined the PR Council in 2016 as the Administrative Manager before expanding her role to Quality Assurance Lead in 2022. She addresses the PRC’s needs in terms of Financials, Copy Editing, Office and Member Services, and HR and Benefits.

Kristin came to the PRC with an extensive administrative background. Most recently she was the Executive Assistant and Board Liaison for New York Restoration Project, an urban greening non-profit founded by Bette Midler. Prior to that she was the Project Coordinator/Office Manager at Eric Sheffield Architect for nearly eight and a half years.

Kristin was raised just outside New York City in Rockland County. She has a passion for running, nature, animals, and travel. She graduated from New York University with a B.S. in Sociology.

Jelani Sparrow joined the PR Council in May, 2021, as a Manager. He is assisting with member relations, learning & development, and the Agency-Ready Certificate Program.

Prior to joining the PR Council, Jelani led a team of researchers, content creators, and faculty advisors as a Project Manager for Syracuse University’s Newhouse School of Public Communications’ inaugural 44 New Voices project, which sought to identify and amplify new and diverse voices in media, public affairs, and civic commentary.

Jelani was born and raised in Norfolk, Virginia and received his B.A. in Strategic, Legal, and Management Communications from Howard University’s Cathy Hughes School of Communications. He also has a joint degree M.S. in New Media Management from Syracuse University’s Newhouse School of Public Communications & Whitman School of Management.

Elena Dypiangco joined the PR Council in March 2023 as Content Strategist. In this newly created role, she develops original content for PRC Members and prospects. 

Elena came to the PR Council with years of experience teaching, working in development and programming at nonprofits, and in content at the start-up Dadventures. A writer, editor, dancer, and educator, Elena received her B.A. in English Literature and Media Studies from Scripps College and her M.A. in Comparative & International Education from Teachers College at Columbia University. 

Originally from the Los Angeles area, Elena currently resides on the Upper West Side, where she enjoys spending time in Central Park and exploring the city.