Alice Waagen, PhD, president, Workforce Learning

Hope Katz Gibbs is an invaluable asset for my business. Before I started working with Hope, my marketing and PR efforts were a lot of disjoint activities without any real plan. Hope helps me to see my marketing and public image as a strategic series of well-planned events designed to increase my brand as a credible, reliable source. Hope has boundless energy and enthusiasm for her work which has kept me on track with my marketing efforts. With Hope’s guidance and expertise, I’ve accomplished in 6 months what I could not get done in the past 5 years!

Angela C. Sontheimer, Managing Director, The Lincoln Leadership Institute at Gettysburg

Hope was just what the doctor ordered for our company. It is refreshing to work with someone who is honestly as excited as we are about our business. We were very impressed with her ability to not only take creativity to a new level but also to truly understand the nature of our business. She really embodies both the personal and professional skills to be able to passionately promote us. She was one of the better business decisions we’ve made since the inception of our company.

Ann Monday, Superintendent, City of Fairfax Schools

Hope Katz Gibbs is a highly responsive and exceptionally intelligent communications specialist. In this capacity for the City of Fairfax Schools, she has produced the award-winning newsletter, Close Up. The Close Up newsletters have covered a broad range of topics. Through them, Ms Katz Gibbs has increased public awareness and understanding of various issues by presenting educational topics in clear language with interesting and authentic examples. The Close Up newsletter has helped inform our diverse community about our schools and has promoted public support for them.

Barbara Mitchell, co-author, The Essential HR Handbook

Hope is a delight to work with. She is extremely creative and is always challenging us to consider new ideas and to move beyond where we would have gone on our own! She is responsive, deadline-oriented and constantly exceeds my expectations of the role of a publicist. I highly recommend Hope to anyone thinking of moving their business beyond where they are today — she has the ideas to help you get there!

Courtney Scott, manager, La Strada Restaurant

Hope is wonderful to work with. She is always coming up with new and refreshing ideas, and she is extremely well connected in this big town. If you need to get the word out, she’s your woman!

Gio Van Remortel, futurist, Social Technologies

Hope is one of the most talented people I have worked with. She has a great ability to translate technical material and make it clear and compelling to the outside world. She also a natural people person who can build relationships almost seamlessly. Hope is very good at what she does and her output and successes are a testament of her capabilities.

Perry Pidgeon Hooks, president, Hooks Book Events

Hope Katz Gibbs was an answer to this entrepreneur’s prayers! She fell out of the sky at a book event in early December and within one week we had a partnership. By January 3, the day before a big article came out about us in The Washington Post Magazine, she and her team helped us launch a brand new website that gave us the corporate identity we were looking for. Soon after, we sold an event off of our new site that paid for our initial investment. Hope is full of new ideas and energy for our company. She is a defender fierce for her clients and works tirelessly on our behalf. I look forward to a long and successful partnership.

Peter Noonan, assistant superintendent of instructional services, Fairfax County Public Schools

I have had the opportunity of knowing and working with Hope Gibbs since 2002 when I first became principal of Lanier Middle School, when she was writing a newsletter about the City of Fairfax schools. She is a top-notch professional in her field of freelance writing and public relations. This past year, she implemented a quarterly publication for my Instructional Services Department called INSIDE. It has been well received by principals and teachers and serves as an integral tool to communicate the programs, goals, and objectives that our organization is created. Hope has a tremendous ability to interpret and understand what others are trying to communicate and brights thoughts and ideas together in a comprehensive form. He has creative and imaginative talent that goes beyond the customary standards in developing and promoting information. In addition to her strong work ethic, she brings conviction and passion to her commitments. I highly recommend her.

Scott Cohen, CFO, Golden & Cohen

Our PR consultant Hope Katz Gibbs has done great things for us getting us in publications, getting us quoted and re-vamping our website. Being that my insurance firm is part of a larger corporation, National Financial Partners, I am hoping all of my partners will hire Inkandescent Public Relations and have Hope help us individually and collectively get the word out. She is truly excellent at what she does. In fact, Hope coordinated the DC Health Summit for us in October 2008 and made that an event that exceeded our expectations. She is worth every penny to us.

Sharon Armstrong, co-author, The Essential HR Handbook

The best business decision I made this year was to call Hope Katz Gibbs. She listened, asked relevant questions, then offered expert guidance that reflects her wealth of knowledge about PR. She offered invaluable recommendations to help my co-author and I get the word out about our new book and my consulting practice. Her work for us has resulted in increased book sales and more referrals for my business. Hope is creative, practical, and a delight to work with. She has terrific writing skills and incredible insights into an industry I knew nothing about. We couldn’t have done it without her.

Stephanie Cohen, CEO, Golden & Cohen

Hope is reliable, creative and innovative. She makes ideas become reality. It has been a pleasure to work with Hope, as she understands her business and helps make my business flourish. We are fortunate to have met her.