Duree and Company Company Profile
President Durée Mellion Ross fell in love with public relations at the age of 19 during a fated college internship. Originally a double major in journalism and sociology, she found her place in the world of PR, publicizing and organizing events and fitting the right ideas with the right clients at Zynyx Marketing Communications in Miami Beach.
She has since become an award-winning PR entrepreneur with a broad spectrum of experience spanning the corporate, agency and non-profit arenas for local, national and international clients.
Durée’s industry awards include:
2013 American Business Awards, also known as The Stevie® Awards, Silver winner for Communications or PR Campaign/Program of the Year – Reputation/Brand Management for her work with Boys & Girls Clubs of Miami-Dade
Named as one of South Florida Business Journal’s 2013 40 Under 40, honoring the best and brightest young professionals in South Florida
2013 Gold Coast PR Council Bernays Award for PR Campaign by a Small Company or Firm for her work with Boys & Girls Clubs of Miami-Dade
2013 BizBash South Florida Readers’ Choice Awards PR Professional of the Year Finalist
2012 American Business Awards, also known as The Stevie® Awards, Bronze winner for Women in Business for Female Entrepreneur of the Year in the category of firms with fewer than 10 employees
2012 South Florida Women Extraordinaire Business Leader by Business Leader magazine for being a community leader and major contributor to her firm’s success
News from Duree and Company:
Award-winning PR, Marketing & Special Events Firm Duree & Company Expands Chic Fort Lauderdale Offices to Accommodate Continued Growth
Expansion coincides with firm's inclusion in exclusive PR Boutiques International FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., Sept. 24, 2015 /PRNewswire/ — Only two years after it opened the doors of its posh offices, which it purchased in Fort Lauderdale, 15-year-old Durée & Company, Inc., an award-winning PR, marketing & special events firm, has expanded to nearly double the size […]
BRAVO! Cucina Italiana & BRIO Tuscan Grille Raise Funds Nationwide to Help Connect Children in Need to 1.5 Million Meals*
COLUMBUS, Ohio, Oct. 24, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — BRAVO! Cucina Italiana and BRIO Tuscan Grille locations across the nation thank their guests and employees for rallying around Share Our Strength's No Kid Hungry campaign in September 2014. BRAVO! and BRIO restaurants, owned and operated by BRAVO I BRIO Restaurant Group (BBRG), collected enough donations to help […]
Lubell Rosen Wins Complete Defense Verdict on Sept. 30 for Client Jorge Jose Sowers, M.D. in $26 Million Failure to Detect Breast Cancer Medical Malpractice Case
MIAMI, Oct. 3, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — Steven L. Lubell, Esq., and Mark L. Rosen, Esq., partners at Lubell Rosen – A Law Firm for Medical Professionals and the Healthcare Industry – are pleased to announce that on Sept. 30, 2014, the firm achieved a complete defense verdict for its client, defendant Jorge Jose Sowers, M.D., in a failure […]
South Florida Firm Duree & Company, Inc. Honored as Silver and Bronze Stevie® Award Winner in 2014 American Business Awards(SM)
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., June 20, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — Duree & Company, Inc., a South Florida full-service public relations, marketing and special events firm, was presented with two Stevie® Awards at The 12th Annual American Business Awards in Chicago, Ill. on Friday, June 13. The first was a Silver Stevie in the Communications or PR Campaign of […]
Gladstone & Weissman, P.A. Partner Jeffrey A. Weissman Named 2014 Family Law Lawyer of the Year by Best Lawyers in America®
BOCA RATON, Fla., Sept. 4, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — The law firm of Gladstone & Weissman, P.A. is proud to announce that partner Jeffrey A. Weissman has been named a 2014 Family Law Lawyer of the Year by Best Lawyers in America®. With offices in Boca Raton, Fla. and Fort Lauderdale, Fla., Gladstone & Weissman, P.A. […]
South Florida PR Firm Duree & Company, Inc. Honored with Nationally-Renowned Silver Stevie® Award in 2013 American Business Awards(SM)
Award Presented During Event at the Fairmont Chicago Millennium Park Hotel in Chicago FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., July 19, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — Duree & Company, Inc., a South Florida full-service public relations, marketing and special events firm, was presented with a Silver Stevie® Award, also known as the American Business Award, at The 11th Annual American Business […]
