Impact PR celebrates 10 years by fostering future publicists

From left, Amanda Damiano, Ph.D., faculty adviser of Marist College’s Public Relations Student Society of America (PRSSA) and Filomena Fanelli, founder and CEO of Impact PR & Communications and PRSSA’s professional adviser, with a check from the agency at its recent 10th-anniversary celebration at Millbrook Vineyards &Winery.

Impact PR & Communications – named the Women-Owned Small Business for 2024 by the Metro New York District Office of the U.S. Small Business Administration – recently celebrated 10 years in business, with clients in banking, finance, real estate and hospitality. To commemorate its 10th anniversary and acknowledge up-and-coming public relations professionals, the agency donated $550 – the price of 10 student memberships for the 2024 – 2025 academic year – to Marist College’s Public Relations Student Society of America (PRSSA), an organization dedicated to preparing and uplifting the next generation of PR experts.