About Communications Week - Communications Week

ONE WEEK. ONE COMMUNITY.

ONE GLOBAL INDUSTRY MOMENT FOR COMMUNICATORS.

Communications Week brings thousands of communicators together each fall to shine a spotlight on the profession and solve for the challenges facing both internal and external communicators worldwide. CommsWeek 2026 will be held Nov. 9-13, 2026 and will include the signature conference, Future of Communications, taking place in Austin, Texas (November 11-13) as well as virtual, regional and university events around the nation and the world.

Ragan Communications is the owner and organizer of Communications Week. The most influential industries organizations and media outlets have been supporters of the week with educational and networking events, from conferences to webinars to meetups and mentoring sessions.

CommsWeek has been a part of Ragan Communications since 2021, and was founded in 2014 by Tiffany Guarnaccia, CEO of Kite Hill. Diane Schwartz, CEO of Ragan Communications, is the chair of CommsWeek.

World map showing CommsWeek's global experience

#COMMSWEEK2026
4000+ professionals participating
Future of Communications Conference
Global + Virtual Events

MEET THE TEAM BEHIND COMMUNICATIONS WEEK

DIANE SCHWARTZ
CEO
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AMY URBAN
CMO
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BRIAN GILBERT
CFO
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MARY BUHAY
Chief Growth Officer and Head of Council
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RACHEL SALIS-SILVERMAN
Chief Communications Officer
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ROB PACIOREK
COO
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ALYSSA SMITH
Director of Event Programming
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KIM EGAN
Director of Marketing
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HANNAH LAVELLE
Sr. Director of Strategic Sales & Partnerships
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JUSTIN JOFFE
Senior Director, Learning & Development
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ALLISON CARTER
Editor-in-Chief Ragan.com & PR Daily
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SHALLON BLACKBURN
Head of Customer Service & Sales
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JON MINNICK
Special Projects Manager
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CAROLYN EYLER
Senior Director of Design
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MORGAN EINSPANIER
Business Development Manager
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HOST COMMUNICATIONS WEEK IN YOUR COUNTRY!

Ragan offers a limited number of licenses for organizations based outside of the United States that would like to license Communications Week. This is a unique opportunity to be the host of Communications Week in your region, bringing to your stakeholders the same level of content, networking and connections that Ragan’s Communications Week offers in the U.S.

Ragan will provide you with a starter toolkit and counsel on making Communications Week in your country a heralded success. Contact Kim Egan at [email protected] to find out more.