Congratulations to CooperVision and the B. Thomas Golisano Foundation on our combined sweep of the PR category at the 2026 Pinnacle Awards.

Two McDougall programs are finalists in the 2026 AMA Rochester Pinnacle Awards for corporate and non-profit public relations.

We’re honored to receive 15 Rochester PRSA 2026 PRism finalist nods as McDougall Communications celebrates its 15th year of business.

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Wendy Boyce, associate director at McDougall Communications, has joined the joint Board of Directors for The Community Place of Greater Rochester and Charles Settlement House.

Multiple programs developed by McDougall Communications have been awarded top honors from two professional associations this month.It All Begins Here

The Public Relations Society of America has named the Contact Lens Institute’s See Tomorrow initiative as the year’s best business-to-business content marketing program, presenting it with a 2025 Silver Anvil Award. An earlier iteration of the campaign, which uses custom consumer behaviors and beliefs research to help grow the contact lens market, received the same nod in 2024.

Laura DiCaprio, associate director at McDougall Communications, has earned her Accreditation in Public Relations (APR) from the Public Relations Society of America. The credential, awarded following a peer review and comprehensive examination, demonstrates knowledge and application of advanced communications skills.

Heather Kowalczyk, APR, vice president at McDougall Communications, has been named to Vision Monday magazine’s 2024 Most Influential Women in Optical list. For the past 22 years, the publication has recognized 40 women annually from across the global eye care industry for the honor.

The Worldcom Public Relations Group (Worldcom), the leading global partnership of independent public relations firms, announced today that it has welcomed two new partners to the organization. Abel Communications in Baltimore and McDougall Communications in Rochester, N.Y., were recently voted into the partnership.