FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
May 8, 2013
Elianne Ramos (@ergeekgoddess) Named Baltimore SmartCEO 2013 Brava! Award Winner
Ms. Ramos will be honored along with 25 Powerhouse Women Leaders at the highly anticipated, high-energy Brava! Awards Ceremony, July 10, 2013
Baltimore, MD (May 8, 2013) — Speak Hispanic Communications, a woman-owned and run, socially conscious communications company, is proud to announce that its Principal, Elianne Ramos, has just been named the recipient of a Baltimore SmartCEO 2013 Brava! Award. This year’s Brava! Awards Ceremony will take place on Wednesday, July 10 at 6:00 p.m. at the American Visionary Art Museum in Baltimore, MD, and the 2013 Brava! winners will be profiled in the July 2013 issue of Baltimore SmartCEO magazine.
The Brava! Awards celebrate the distinguished achievements of 25 of Greater Baltimore’s women business leaders. Now in its seventh year of celebration, the Baltimore Brava! Awards kicked off with a nomination process ending in March 2013. Across the Mid-Atlantic, over 200 nominations were collected for the program. Brava! Awards winners were selected based on annual revenue and growth as well as for their involvement in philanthropy and mentorship at the local and national level. A group of Greater Baltimore business leaders came together to form the Brava! committee and to choose this year’s winners.
For more information on the 2013 Brava! Awards and to view SmartCEO’s press release, visit their website.
About SmartCEO
SmartCEO is an exclusive community of CEOs and business executives, highly regarded mentors and well-respected thought leaders whose experiences benefit their organizations and the communities in which they serve. SmartCEO’s mission is to educate and inspire the business community through the pages of its award-winning magazine, connections at C-level events and access to valuable online resources. For more than a decade, SmartCEO has been a leader in helping CEOs tell their stories in print, in person and most recently in-video. SmartCEO’s Mid-Atlantic focus began in Baltimore and has grown to include Philadelphia, Washington DC and New York City.
About the Brava! Awards
SmartCEO’s Brava! Awards program celebrates top female CEOs who combine their irrepressible entrepreneurial spirit with a passion for giving back to the community. Brava! award winners are exemplary leaders of their companies and in the community who encourage local philanthropy, mentor fellow CEOs and set their companies on the path to tremendous growth. Each year, an independent panel of business leaders selects 25 Brava! winners based on applications submitted. SmartCEO shares their inspiring stories in SmartCEO magazine and celebrates their success at an awards celebration.
About Elianne Ramos
Elianne Ramos is Principal and CEO of Speak Hispanic, a Marketing and PR consultancy focused on non-profits. She’s also Vice-Chair of Marketing and PR for LATISM. A Hispanic Communications Specialist with 17 years of experience in Creative Direction, Copywriting, Public Speaking, Public Relations and TV Commercial Production, Elianne has developed broadcast, multimedia and social media campaigns for clients such as Procter & Gamble, Panasonic, SlimFast, Chivas Regal, and HSBC Bank, among other top brands. Awards and recognition for her contributions to the Latino Community include the 2012 Game Changer Award from Politic365, and the 2012 Best Microblogger Award from LATISM. She’s also a columnist at several publications including the Huffington Post, and is considered one of the most influential Latinas in social media. Visit her website and follow her on Twitter @ergeekgoddess.