Published on 25th April 2023
Melissa Lee, APR, has been named a partner at DEVENEY, a dynamic marketing firm with locations in New Orleans and West Palm Beach, and our Worldcom partner. She joins the firm’s two partners, Carrie DeVries Pavlick, APR, and John Deveney, APR, ABC, Fellow PRSA, IABC Fellow.
Lee has worked with the agency for 18 years in various capacities. She is best known for leading the public relations efforts for Audubon Aquarium in New Orleans for 15 years and her career in broadcast journalism before that. She is a leader in the agency’s Crisis, Hospitality & Tourism, Healthcare and Higher Education practice areas, including managing client accounts for Audubon Nature Institute, ImmunoTek, Ruth’s Chris Steak House, and Saint Xavier University, among others.
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