Ragan Communications
Diane Schwartz has a diverse work experience in the communications and media industry. Since 2019, they have been the CEO of Ragan Communications and PR Daily, where they manage a team focused on helping professionals in reputation management, employee engagement, and brand building.
From 1996 to 2019, Diane held various leadership roles at Access Intelligence, starting as an Assistant Vice President and later becoming the Senior Vice President & Group Publisher of the Media/Communications Division. In this role, they had significant profit and loss responsibility, overseeing content, marketing, sales, and digital strategies. Under their leadership, brands such as PR News, Social Shake-Up, AdExchanger, and Cablefax achieved unprecedented success. Diane also served on the boards of the Alliance for Women in Media and the Institute for Public Relations.
Prior to their time at Access Intelligence, Diane held positions at PR News and Media Industry Newsletter, Phillips Business Information, Phillips Publishing, ASAE/CustomNews, Lynchburg News & Advance, and Electronic Data Systems, where they gained experience in managing editors and reporting.
Overall, Diane Schwartz's work experience demonstrates their expertise in leading high-performing teams, driving revenue growth, building brand communities, and fostering transparency in the communications and media industry.
Diane Schwartz holds a B.A. degree in Journalism from American University. Additionally, they have attended the Kellogg/Medill Northwestern University ABM Advanced Leadership Forum, although the specific degree or field of study is not mentioned.
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Ragan Communications
Ragan Communications is a media and training company educating and supporting more than 200,000 communicators and marketers worldwide. Ragan Communications, based in Chicago, has been delivering trusted news, training, and intelligence for internal and external communicators, HR professionals, and business executives via its conferences, webinars,training, awards, subscriptions, and membership divisions. Its daily news sites—PRDaily.com and Ragan.com—are read by more than 600,000 internal and external communicators monthly. Its Communications Leadership Council is one of the fastest-growing membership groups for communications executives. Ragan's Workplace Wellness Insider, launched in October 2020, serves HR, wellness, and comms professionals.