Newberry Public Relations And Marketing President Betty Galligan Honored As A “Wild Woman” Of Bristol County

EAST PROVIDENCE, RI. – Newberry Public Relations and Marketing, Inc. Founder and President Betty Galligan has been named a “Wild Woman of Bristol County” by the Women’s Resource Center of Newport and Bristol Counties, a nonprofit domestic violence prevention organization.
This annual event honored the tremendous work of women in the local community. Ms. Galligan is one of 10 honorees recognized at a luncheon event held on June 18, 2015 at the DeWolf Tavern in Bristol R.I. Among her achievements as a business owner for nearly 20 years, she is an accomplished public relations professional who finds time to give back to a myriad of nonprofit, civic and performing arts organizations in leadership, board member, mentoring, teaching, and volunteer capacities.

Ms. Galligan founded Newberry Public Relations and Marketing, Inc. in 1997. Previously, she was vice president of a Providence-based agency and worked for several small and medium-sized PR and advertising agencies throughout Massachusetts and Rhode Island.

Ms. Galligan is accredited by the Public Relations Society of America, is a twice-past president of PRSA’s Southeastern New England chapter and current member of the prestigious Counselor’s Academy.  She is a past president and board member of the East Providence/Seekonk Rotary Club, corresponding secretary of the Daughters of the American Revolution Bristol Chapter, and vice president of the Board of Governors for the Hope Club in Providence. She is past chairman of the board of the East Providence Area Chamber of Commerce, a past president of the board for Literacy Volunteers-R.I., and a twice-past president of East Bay Toastmasters Club, having earned the Advanced Toastmaster-Bronze (ATM-B) and Competent Leader (CL) designations from Toastmasters International. Ms. Galligan was recognized by Providence Business News as an Achievement Honoree for the Women in Business Awards in 2011 and is a 2009 alumni Honor Roll award recipient for the Communications Department of Rhode Island College, her alma mater (1986 cum laude graduate, double major of communications and theatre).  She is a past instructor for Bryant University’s Executive Development Center, and a member of the Executive Women’s Golf Association.

“It gives us great pleasure to honor Betty for her many accomplishments and contributions to business, her profession, the arts and society,” states Lori DiPersio, executive director of the Women’s Resource Center. “She brings passion and energy to everything she gets involved with and raises the professionalism and profile of those causes to which she dedicates herself. Everyone who has worked for or with her can agree that she is truly unique and inspires people on many levels.  What some people don’t know is that she is also a singer in a local rock band and professional belly dancer in her ‘spare time,’ which truly makes her a Wild Woman.”

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