Six PPRA members were recently recognized by Web site Billy Penn in its July 2017 list of “Who’s Next” -- a look at those who, as the site said, “are the “19 young people who are the next great communicators in Philadelphia.” 

PPRA President-Elect, Nina Scimenes, and PPRA Board Member Sarah Maiellano were included on this list. 

Scimenes is Communications & Marketing Manager at Brulee Catering by Chef Jean-Marie Lacroix. Maiellano is Assistant Director of Communications at the Philly POPS.

Other PPRA members distinguished on this list include: 

• Alethia Calbeck, director of communications at the Philadelphia Convention and Visitors Bureau.
• Alex McKechnie, PR Manager of the Museum of the American Revolution
• Jenea Robinson, Senior Media Relations Manager at VISIT Philadelphia.
• Lauren Tilghman, Principal at PhilanthroPRy 

Billy Penn’s Who’s Next series is presented by the Knight Foundation, focusing on a different industry or field each month. Honorees were recognized with plaques at a special happy hour on August 15 at LeMeridien.