Durée Mellion Ross

President

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Durée Mellion Ross inspires, innovates and elevates the practice of public relations and marketing at the helm of her agency, Durée & Company, which she founded in 1999. A natural leader at the vanguard of the PR and marketing realm, she brings success to clients through creative, tactical and benchmark setting programs. Her guiding belief is that mutually beneficial and long-standing relationships are the key to businesses that thrive in today’s capricious economy.

Ross generously shares her passion for pioneering incomparable future-centric public relations and marketing strategies with her diverse client base of local, national and international consumer brands, landmark industries, business leaders and philanthropists.

She leads a team of communication professionals from varied backgrounds and hand-selects each member based on experience, skill set and the ability to work together seamlessly. Ross’ clear agenda and cultural leadership energize a supportive environment for individual growth while catalyzing the desire to achieve a stellar ROI for clients.

An award-winning entrepreneur, Ross has been nationally recognized for her ability to manage crises and develop winning strategies that protect and build brand reputations. In 2024, she was named a “Badass Woman of the Year” by the Miami Beach Chamber of Commerce, honoring her leadership and influence in the Arts, Culture, and Media category. That same year, Durée & Company was recognized in the highest gold category as Fort Lauderdale Magazine’s Best PR Agency for two consecutive years, 2023 and 2024. Additionally, the firm earned an Honorable Mention at the 2024 PRNEWS Experiential & Event PR Awards for their PR campaign for a reputable client in the marine industry, highlighting their excellence in the marine and yacht industries.

In 2023, Ross was named PRNEWS’ “PR Person of the Year.” Durée & Company was also named the Best of Fort Lauderdale 2023 “Top PR Agency,” as voted by Fort Lauderdale Magazine’s readers. Ross’ additional achievements in 2023 include being awarded the Cannabis Marketing Summit’s “Best Use of PR” award, Bulldog Reporter’s bronze “Best Crisis Management” award, a “Who’s Who of Local Influence” by Venice Magazine, and being named an “Apogee Award Honoree” by South Florida Business & Wealth.

In 2022, Durée & Company’s effective crisis management earned an honorable mention at the Marine Marketers of America’s “Neptune Awards.” In 2020, she was an honoree of South Florida Business & Wealth’s “Prestigious Women Awards,” Ragan’s “Top Women in Communications Visionary” award, and PRNEWS’ “Agency Elite Top 100” award, among many others.

Durée & Company is a longtime member of PR Boutiques International™ (PRBI), an international network of influential boutique PR firms. Ross not only contributes significantly to this respected network, but also serves as the vice president of its executive board, highlighting her leadership and influence in the global PR community.

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