Dana Hughens Wins Triangle Business Journal Leadership Award

RALEIGH, NC – Rockett Burkhead & Winslow (RBW), one of the largest integrated communications agencies in the Southeast, today announced that Dana Hughens, president of public relations, has been awarded a Triangle Business Journal 40 Under 40 Leadership Award.

The Triangle Business Journal presents the awards annually to honor the brightest, most promising young business people in the Triangle area. The recipients, all under the age of 40, are selected based on business accomplishments and community involvement.

Hughens left a corporate marketing role at Nortel in the fall of 2005 to lead the public relations practice at RBW. Additionally, she started her own company in 2005, Girls Night Art, to sell original jewelry and artwork that she creates.

As an involved community member, Hughens has recently been named to the board of directors for a non-profit organization, Computer Training Partnership, which empowers economically disadvantaged adults to be self-sufficient by providing computer and office skills as well as job preparation and placement assistance. She has served as a recent volunteer with 4-H and a community clean-up group, and regularly gives her time to the Montessori School of Raleigh. Hughens is also a member of the Public Relations Society of America.

“To be recognized by a credible business publication such as Triangle Business Journal is a huge honor to me,” said Hughens, president of public relations, RBW. “I am absolutely thrilled to be named to this year’s list and to be in the company of strong leaders throughout the Triangle.”

Headquartered in Raleigh, N.C., Rockett Burkhead & Winslow is one of the largest independent full-service communications agencies in the Southeast. Offering advertising, public relations, branding and strategic positioning, marketing & marketing communications, direct marketing, employee communications, creative, media planning and interactive services the agency specializes in implementing integrated strategies to propel clients to the forefront of their respective fields.