About Communications Week

Communications Week brings thousands of communicators together each fall to shine a spotlight on the profession and solve for the challenges facing both internal and external communicators worldwide. CommsWeek 2025 will be held Nov. 10-14, 2025 and will include the signature conference, Future of Communications, taking place in Austin, Texas (November 12-14) as well as virtual, regional and university events around the nation and and the world.

Ragan Communications is the owner and organizer of Communications Week. The most influential industry organizations and media outlets have been supporters of the week with educational and networking events, from conferences to webinars to meetups and mentoring sessions.

CommsWeek has been a part of Ragan Communications since 2021, and was founded in 2014 by Tiffany Guarnaccia, CEO of Kite Hill PR. Diane Schwartz, CEO of Ragan Communications, is the chair of Comms Week.

50+

Speakers

100+

Educational
Hours

50+

Networking
Events

Live
Events

20+

Virtual Events

5K+

Attendees

Meet the team behind Communications Week

DIANE SCHWARTZ
CEO
dianes@ragan.com

AMY URBAN
CMO
amyu@ragan.com

BRIAN GILBERT
CFO
briang@ragan.com

MARY BUHAY
Chief Growth Officer and Head of Council
maryb@ragan.com

MATTHEW KINSMAN
Chief Content Officer
alyssas@ragan.com

ALYSSA SMITH
Director of Event Programming
alyssas@ragan.com

CARRIE BROWN ALBANESE
Director of Marketing
carriea@ragan.com

HANNAH LAVELLE
Director, Sponsorships & Sales
hannahl@ragan.com

JUSTIN JOFFE
Editor-in-Chief Ragan.com & CLC
justinj@ragan.com

ALLISON CARTER
Executive Editor, PR Daily & PRLN
allisonc@ragan.com

SHALLON BLACKBURN
Head of Customer Service & Sales
shallonb@ragan.com

KIM EGAN
Senior Marketing Manager
kimberlye@ragan.com

CAROLYN EYLER
Senior Director of Design
kimberlye@ragan.com

CLAUDIA SOZIO
Assistant Marketing Manager
claudias@ragan.com

MORGAN EINSPANIER
Business Development Advisor
morgane@ragan.com

JON MINNICK
Special Projects Manager
jonm@ragan.com

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HOST COMMUNICATIONS WEEK IN YOUR COUNTRY!

Ragan offers a limited number of licenses for organizations based outside of the United States that would like to license Communications Week. This is a unique opportunity to be the host of Communications Week in your region, bringing to your stakeholders the same level of content, networking and connections that Ragan’s Communications Week offers in the U.S.

Ragan will provide you with a starter toolkit and counsel on making Communications Week in your country a heralded success. Contact Kim Egan at KimberlyE@ragan.com to find out more.