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Milestones in Mentoring Gala<\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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ABOUT<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
2026 HONOREES<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
GALLERY<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
PRICING<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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2026 Honorees<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
2026 Milestones Honorees New Release<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Agency Award<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Chris Foster<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

CEO, Omnicom Public Relations Group<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\"Elderly<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Legacy Award<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Dr. Don W. Stacks<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Professor Emeritus of Strategic Communication, University of Miami<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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John “Jack” Koten Corporate Award<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Joe Cohen<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chief Marketing & Communications Officer, AXIS<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Bruce K. Berger Educator Award<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Dr. Matthew W. Ragas<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Professor and Director of Graduate Studies, DePaul University, College of Communication<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\"Young<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Emerging Leader Award<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Sonny Franks Miller<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sr. Manager, Global Corporate Communications, Clarios<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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2026 Honorees Agency Award Chris Foster CEO, Omnicom Public Relations Group Legacy Award Dr. Don W. Stacks Professor Emeritus of Strategic Communication, University of Miami John “Jack” Koten Corporate Award Joe Cohen Chief Marketing & Communications Officer, AXIS Bruce K. Berger Educator Award Dr. Matthew W. Ragas Professor and Director of Graduate Studies, DePaul University, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"ocean_post_layout":"","ocean_both_sidebars_style":"","ocean_both_sidebars_content_width":0,"ocean_both_sidebars_sidebars_width":0,"ocean_sidebar":"","ocean_second_sidebar":"","ocean_disable_margins":"enable","ocean_add_body_class":"","ocean_shortcode_before_top_bar":"","ocean_shortcode_after_top_bar":"","ocean_shortcode_before_header":"","ocean_shortcode_after_header":"","ocean_has_shortcode":"","ocean_shortcode_after_title":"","ocean_shortcode_before_footer_widgets":"","ocean_shortcode_after_footer_widgets":"","ocean_shortcode_before_footer_bottom":"","ocean_shortcode_after_footer_bottom":"","ocean_display_top_bar":"default","ocean_display_header":"default","ocean_header_style":"","ocean_center_header_left_menu":"","ocean_custom_header_template":"","ocean_custom_logo":0,"ocean_custom_retina_logo":0,"ocean_custom_logo_max_width":0,"ocean_custom_logo_tablet_max_width":0,"ocean_custom_logo_mobile_max_width":0,"ocean_custom_logo_max_height":0,"ocean_custom_logo_tablet_max_height":0,"ocean_custom_logo_mobile_max_height":0,"ocean_header_custom_menu":"","ocean_menu_typo_font_family":"","ocean_menu_typo_font_subset":"","ocean_menu_typo_font_size":0,"ocean_menu_typo_font_size_tablet":0,"ocean_menu_typo_font_size_mobile":0,"ocean_menu_typo_font_size_unit":"px","ocean_menu_typo_font_weight":"","ocean_menu_typo_font_weight_tablet":"","ocean_menu_typo_font_weight_mobile":"","ocean_menu_typo_transform":"","ocean_menu_typo_transform_tablet":"","ocean_menu_typo_transform_mobile":"","ocean_menu_typo_line_height":0,"ocean_menu_typo_line_height_tablet":0,"ocean_menu_typo_line_height_mobile":0,"ocean_menu_typo_line_height_unit":"","ocean_menu_typo_spacing":0,"ocean_menu_typo_spacing_tablet":0,"ocean_menu_typo_spacing_mobile":0,"ocean_menu_typo_spacing_unit":"","ocean_menu_link_color":"","ocean_menu_link_color_hover":"","ocean_menu_link_color_active":"","ocean_menu_link_background":"","ocean_menu_link_hover_background":"","ocean_menu_link_active_background":"","ocean_menu_social_links_bg":"","ocean_menu_social_hover_links_bg":"","ocean_menu_social_links_color":"","ocean_menu_social_hover_links_color":"","ocean_disable_title":"default","ocean_disable_heading":"default","ocean_post_title":"","ocean_post_subheading":"","ocean_post_title_style":"","ocean_post_title_background_color":"","ocean_post_title_background":0,"ocean_post_title_bg_image_position":"","ocean_post_title_bg_image_attachment":"","ocean_post_title_bg_image_repeat":"","ocean_post_title_bg_image_size":"","ocean_post_title_height":0,"ocean_post_title_bg_overlay":0.5,"ocean_post_title_bg_overlay_color":"","ocean_disable_breadcrumbs":"default","ocean_breadcrumbs_color":"","ocean_breadcrumbs_separator_color":"","ocean_breadcrumbs_links_color":"","ocean_breadcrumbs_links_hover_color":"","ocean_display_footer_widgets":"default","ocean_display_footer_bottom":"default","ocean_custom_footer_template":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1078","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/plankcenter.ua.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1078","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/plankcenter.ua.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/plankcenter.ua.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/plankcenter.ua.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/plankcenter.ua.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1078"}],"version-history":[{"count":35,"href":"https:\/\/plankcenter.ua.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1078\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2378,"href":"https:\/\/plankcenter.ua.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1078\/revisions\/2378"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/plankcenter.ua.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1078"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}