Thomas Public Relations, a leading PR agency for high-tech, B2B, and consumer electronics brands, announced today that Thomas PR President & CEO, Karen Thomas, has been named Chair of the PR Committee and Judge for the 2020 Stevie Awards American Business Awards. Thomas’ key Chair responsibilities include selecting new judges for the Stevie Awards, coordinating with other PR Awards judges, and judging public relations, social media, and marketing campaigns.
Created in 2002, The Stevie® Awards are the world’s premier business awards honoring the achievements and positive contributions of organizations and working professionals worldwide. Stevie Award judges include many of the world’s most respected executives, entrepreneurs, innovators, and business educators.
“I am honored to be selected as the PR Committee Chair to judge the Stevie Awards – American Business Awards, one of the most coveted prizes honoring American innovation,” said Thomas.
In addition to serving as the Stevie Awards Chair and Judge, Thomas has also judged the CES Innovation Awards, CES Asia Innovation Awards, Edison Awards, IT World Awards, and CEO World Awards, among others; and has won numerous industry awards for Thomas PR’s public relations and social media influencer campaigns, including Best PR Campaign in Long Island Business News “Excellence in Communication Award 2017,” Top Influencers in PR News Social Shake-up Movers & Shakers Award 2017, Onalytica’s “Top 100 Influencers and Brands,” PRSourceCode’s Top Tech Communicators Award, and many other awards.
Thomas is also the creator of the innovative longest running Party List Guides for networking events at technology trade shows, “The Official KarenNet Party List,” covering international tech events for 20 years, including CES, NAB, Mobile World Congress, SXSW, Comic-Con, COMDEX, Macworld, E3 Expo, PMA, Cebit, PC Expo, Photokina, PhotoPlus, CTIA, and many more. Get more info on the Stevie Awards here.