Photos: 2018 Bell Ringer Awards

Check out scenes from the June 13, 2018, event The Warehouse at The State Room.


On June 13, 2018, 300 of New England’s top PR professionals gathered to honor industry leaders and most impressive campaigns. The Publicity Club of New England’s Bell Ringer Awards have been a symbol of outstanding achievement for New England public relations and communications professionals for half of a century. This year marked the 50th annual awards, and the milestone celebration took place at The State Room. Josh Brogadir, anchor and reporter for WCVB, Boston’s ABC affiliate, hosted the awards show. For this year’s charity recipient, Brogadir selected ALS Association, Massachusetts Chapter. The Publicity Club collected donations at the Bell Ringer Awards ceremony for ALS and matched the donation in honor of Brogadir. Winning work from more than 40 leading organizations and agencies was showcased during the Bell Ringer ceremony.

Photography by Pretty Instant Photography

Publicity Club of New England President Cheryl Gale of March Communications with Bell Ringer host and WCVB anchor Josh Brogadir

Erin Nordloh, Harper Schmidt, Emily Featherston and Ashley Waters, all of PAN Communications

Lauren Palazola of Salem State University, Nikki Vergakes of Trevi Communications, Inc., Roberta Lantigua of Partners HealthCare and Professor Robert Brown of Salem State University and this year’s recipient of the John J. Molloy Crystal Bell Lifetime Achievement Award

Jeff Dillow of Hollywood Agency and Peter Buhler of Shift Communications

Amy Lyons and Matthew Raven of Shift Communication

Caitlin Kahle, Jennifer Reynolds, Emily Hollenbeck and Tori Cordeiro of Duffy & Shanley