LaWanda White

Founder and president of IndependentlyPR, LaWanda is no stranger to the hustle and bustle of grassroots marketing. At her own agency, she restores and repositions brands by reaching beyond simple and overdone communications plans. At IPR, LaWanda and her team represent the people, places and products that matter the most to them. They also arrange strategic campaigns and create special events that POP! On top of that, she gains her clients more exposure by pitching their stories to hundreds of radio stations, news outlets, blogs and magazines. Moving to the District, shortly after graduating from Old Dominion University in 2010, LaWanda landed DC's WKYS Top 30 Under 30 in 2012 has since been invited to speak twice at her alma mater. With a cachet of clients from pop culture to politics and overseeing presidential events, LaWanda is a leading practitioner on the cutting edge of communications. To date she has received placements in The Baltimore Sun, Hip Hop Weekly, Soultrain.com, NBC12, MyTVz, Hampton Roads M