John Deveney, founder of Deveney Communication, has nearly 20 years of professional public relations experience. He topped PRWeek’s list of the profession’s “brightest stars” and “ambassadors that are heroes” and was selected by PR News as “Agency Executive of the Year” less than a decade after making its first list of “15 to Watch.” He has earned the highest national and international honors and awards in the communication profession.
Deveney’s firm, named one of the top five boutique public relations firms in the United States by PRWeek, garners an average $15 million to $400 million of targeted coverage annually for clients such as Starbucks Coffee Company, Ruth’s Chris Steak House, the Louisiana Office of Tourism, March of Dimes and the New Orleans Museum of Art. Deveney Communication specializes in strategic planning, crisis management, media training, community relations, Internet marketing and media relations for a host of nonprofit, public, corporate and dot.com organizations.