STEPHEN CHAVEZ
President
ChavezPR
As President of ChavezPR based in Los Angeles, Stephen is a leading voice in the marketplace on effectively reaching multicultural communities.
A highly skilled strategist, writer, and team builder, Stephen has a proven track record developing successful multi-channel campaigns working with some of the world’s leading brands and national nonprofits such as Verizon, Anheuser-Busch Companies, Big Brothers Big Sisters of America, and the National Institutes of Health.
While working at one of the country’s largest PR agencies, Ketchum, Stephen led the National Latino Network and was appointed to Ketchum’s prestigious Global Media Network, offering media relations counsel to the agency’s diverse roster of clients.
He is a former print journalist who worked at the Los Angeles Times and The Morning Call daily newspapers. Stephen’s communications programs have received top industry honors including the Silver Anvil, multiple PRISM Awards from the Public Relations Society of America, and Food and Beverage Campaign of the Year award from the Hispanic Public Relations Association.
On top of running a successful PR consultancy, Stephen teaches public relations courses as a Senior Adjunct Professor at the University of La Verne. He served over 25 years on the board of directors for the Hispanic Public Relations Association and is currently Vice Chair of the Latino Equality Alliance, an LGBTQ+ nonprofit.