Beth LaBreche, Principal, LaBreche

Beth LaBreche co-founded LaBreche in 1990. She currently serves as the agency's president and provides strategic communication counsel and management to clients in various industries throughout the U.S.

Before founding LaBreche, Beth was with a top public relations agency in the Twin Cities. Her career in communications began at Minnesota Suburban Newspapers, where she was a weekly columnist and advertising editor.

Beth has been a member of the Public Relations Society of America, International Association of Business Communications (IABC), National Association of Women Business Owners and Sales and Marketing Executives. She has served on the board of directors for IABC and as president of the board of directors for the University of Minnesota School of Journalism and Mass Communication Alumni Society. She has served on the PRSA Classics Committee, the International Special Olympics Media Committee and is a past vice president of the University of Minnesota's Public Relations Student Society of America.

Beth is currently a director on the board for the Minneapolis Regional Chamber of Commerce and dba Women magazine.

Beth earned her degree in journalism, with a specialization in public relations and English, from the University of Minnesota. She has been recognized as one of the most influential women in business and a "40 Under 40" award winner by The Business Journal of the Twin Cities and is a recipient of the Emerging Business Owner of the Year award from the National Association of Women Business Owners.

Beth has been a contributing writer for local and national magazines, and her public relations work has earned several industry and professional awards. LaBreche's success was recognized in 2000 with the prestigious U.S. Chamber of Commerce Blue Chip Enterprise Initiative Award, and the company's community relations efforts were recognized with the 2001 Quality of Life Award by the Minneapolis Regional Chamber of Commerce.