Gina Rubel to be Honored at Central Bucks Chamber of Commerce Women in Business Awards Dinner

Furia Rubel Communications, Inc., a Bucks County public relations and marketing agency, is pleased to announce that President and CEO Gina F. Rubel, Esq. has been named the 2010 recipient of the Central Bucks Chamber of Commerce 21st Annual Patricia Clatch Outstanding Woman in Business Award. Rubel will receive the award at the Chamber’s Women in Business Annual Awards Dinner on June 3, 2010, at the Spring Mill Manor in Ivyland, Pa. Robin L. Weissman, former Pennsylvania State Treasurer, national media correspondent, and a commissioner for the Delaware River Port Authority will deliver the keynote address.

The Outstanding Woman in Business Award was established in honor of the late Patricia Clatch, a successful businesswoman and public relations professional who served the Chamber for a decade and supported the endeavors of women to gain acceptance and recognition in the business world. The award is presented each year to a businesswoman who excels in her field and exhibits qualities such as persistence, presence, integrity, professionalism and the ability to overcome obstacles. Recipients are also noted role models who demonstrate compassion and commitment to the Bucks County community. “I am deeply honored to be selected as this year’s Outstanding Woman in Business,” said Rubel. “I am fortunate to work in the industry I love, with amazingly talented colleagues, exceptional clients and in a community of thought leaders which includes the Central Bucks Chamber.” Rubel said, “On top of all that, I am surrounded by supportive family and good friends who understand the critical need for women and men to sustain and encourage one another as we strive to succeed both personally and professionally.”

Also a 2010 recipient of The Legal Intelligencer’s Women Lawyers of Distinction Award, Rubel is known for being passionate about her home, heritage, community and business. In 2008, she was named one of Pennsylvania’s Best 50 Women in Business and a Philadelphia Business Journal Woman of Distinction. Since founding Furia Rubel Communications in 2002, Rubel has enjoyed developing the firm into a full-service, women-owned certified public relations and marketing agency. In 2008, Furia Rubel was recognized as one of the top 25 PR agencies in the Philadelphia region according to the Philadelphia Business Journal Book of Lists, and Women’s Enterprise Magazine named the agency one of the Top 300 Woman Business Enterprises (WBEs) in the United States.

In addition to providing expert strategic planning, public relations, marketing, crisis communications, media relations programs and related services to a wide range of clients, Rubel and the Furia Rubel team find time to give back to the community through volunteer positions and pro bono efforts. The Philadelphia Business Journal has recognized the agency as a Top Corporate Giver for the past three years (2008, 2009, and 2010). Rubel currently serves as the chancellor of The Justinian Society (Italian-American Lawyers) of Philadelphia, is a past president of the Women’s Business Forum of Bucks County and has served on the Drexel University Alumni Association Board of Directors. She chairs the Philadelphia Bar Association’s Bar-News Media Committee and sits on the board of the Bucks County Women’s Fund. A nationally sought-after speaker and author, Rubel has published Everyday Public Relations for Lawyers and a collaborative book, 6 Essentials for Success in Business and Life.