Carolyn Russell founded her company 12 years ago following a corporate communication career primarily with Fortune 100 companies. Russell Public Relations serves clients nationwide and specializes in technology, franchise operations, higher education and distance learning, homeland security, emergency and disaster management, and hospitality and travel. At RPR, we build a solid foundation of integrated communication programs and services that include creating good relationships. Each is individually designed to best move a product, service or cause forward. We are experts in  media relations, crisis communication, strategic planning and consulting and more. We start by helping to analyze your strengths and challenges. We identify existing audiences — and may uncover new ones. Then we help develop important messages for everyone in the company to own and communicate. Strategies and tools may include research, social networks, speaking opportunities, media relations, community outreach and much more.

Marketing tactics can be incorporated or the PR program blended into existing marketing programs. The key is to integrate communications for the Big Payoff — short-term success, long-term  growth, protecting and enhancing the company's reputation all along the way. RPR is a service-disabled, veteran-owned, woman-owned small business. With top-notch creative and technical partners on the RPR team, we build websites that do more than look pretty. We create marketing and reputation management platforms — making your site a very powerful tool for growing your business. Carolyn Russell's public relations experience includes service with the Boeing Company, Hawker Beechcraft, and a worldwide provider of telecommunications services. She was accredited by the Public Relations Society of America in 1994. She is a member of PRSA's Counselors Academy, was named Executive of the Year by Kansas PRSA in 2008 and is president-elect for 2010. She is a member of the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., and the National Press Photographers Association.