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MWW, East Rutherford, NJ

Gold Stevie Award Winner 2012, Click to Enter The 2014 American Business Awards

Company: MWW, East Rutherford, NJ
Company Description: MWW is one of the top ten global independent public relations firms and is known for its results-driven approach to public relations and "Aim High. Deliver" commitment to client service. MWW is a different kind of agency. Passionate, driven, highly experienced professionals with an entrepreneurial attitude, strategic thinking and flawless execution.
Nomination Category: Management Awards Categories
Nomination Sub Category: Executive of the Year - Advertising, Marketing, & Public Relations

Nomination Title: Michael W. Kempner, President, Founder & CEO

Tell the story about what this nominee achieved since January 1 2012 (up to 525 words). Focus on specific accomplishments, and relate these accomplishments to past performance or industry norms. Be sure to mention obstacles overcome, innovations or discoveries made, and outcomes:

Matter more. Those two words have always reflected what drives Michael Kempner, as an entrepreneur, a citizen and, as a public relations executive.

MWW President and CEO Kempner founded the strategic public relations firm in 1986 with the same entrepreneurial spirit and focus on client service that he practices still today. In the last year Kempner has focused on strategic investments in moving the firm and the industry forward, including top level hires from politics, policy, finance and journalism; NetRelevence, a breakthrough analytics methodology and insights; and big bets to expand into consumer technology and West Coast-centered markets.

Under Kempner’s leadership and counsel, MWW also launched its new brand identity and logo; introduced MWW Ventures, which focuses on incubating startups that advance the media, marketing and public relations industries; and partnered with Kevin Liles, founder and CEO of KWL Management and EVP of Warner Music Group, to launch MWW Entertainment, which leverages both teams’ combined expertise in strategic communications to create a top-shelf entertainment team.
Kempner also leveraged his own social media platforms and leadership to advance the conversation on the science and drivers behind “relevance” as a contributor to bottom line success and shareholder value. He has become a go-to resource for reporters and panels to discuss the intersection of marketing, social media and government.

Beyond his full-time focus on MWW, Kempner is Founder and CEO of StoneAmerica Licensing, a premier licensing company, and a Founding Board Member of North Jersey Community Bank, one of the nation’s preeminent community banks.

Commitment to social responsibility has always been a personal priority for Kempner. He was appointed as a member of the White House Council for Community Solutions by President Barack Obama to find solutions to America’s disenfranchised youth, and is an active Board Member for the Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship, an international organization that creates classroom based entrepreneurship training for disadvantaged youth. 

On the Board of Directors for the Center for Food Action, Kempner helps in the oversight of one of Northern New Jersey’s most critical food banks. He is a member of the Deans Advisory Committee of the American University School of Communications.

Kempner’s measured MWW’s success in the clients who come to us, the professionals who stay with us, and our peers who look to us for our example. MWW has partnered with over 50 in 2012, one of the best retention rates in the industry, and accolades from our industry, including Midsize Agency of the Year by the Holmes Report, PR News, and the Bulldog Stars of PR Awards, and PR Agency of the Year by the International Business Awards, all in the last year.

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Michael is the Founder, President and CEO of MWW. Nationally recognized in the public relations industry, Michael has been honored with several of the industry’s top recognitions including, International Business Awards 2012 PR Executive of the Year; Bulldog Stars of PR 2012 Agency Professional of the Year; PR News CSR Awards 2012 PR Professional of the Year. Michael was also inducted into the PR News Hall of Fame in 2009. Michael serves as a member of the White House Council for Community Solutions, appointed by President Barack Obama, and as a Founding Board Member of North Jersey Community Bank and a board member of Goodwill Industries International, Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship and the Center for Food Action.