# Philip A. Nardone, Jr.

> Philip A. Nardone, Jr. is the Boston-based founder, president and CEO of PAN, an independent integrated marketing and public relations agency established in 1995. A Syracuse Newhouse graduate and longtime adjunct professor, he combines agency leadership with teaching, mentoring and efforts to broaden access to communications careers. He has overseen acquisitions including Vantage PR, Capella PR and BLASTmedia, which became PANBlast.

- **Role:** Founder, President and Chief Executive Officer at PAN
- **Organizations:** PAN, Syracuse University, S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, PR Council
- **Education:** Syracuse University, S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications
- **Known for:** Founded PAN in 1995 and led its expansion through three acquisitions., John J. Molloy Crystal Bell Lifetime Achievement Award, 2016., Ragan and PR Daily Communicators of the Year Hall of Fame, 2019.

## Career timeline

- **Early career** — Started as a receptionist in the agency business; rose to vice president and general manager at Hill & Knowlton.
- **Before 1995** — Held positions as COO of Victor Costa, vice president for public relations at Neiman Marcus, and vice president at Rourke & Company.
- **1995** — Founded PAN in Andover, Massachusetts.
- **2001** — Began teaching at Syracuse University, according to PAN’s account of his teaching career.
- **2011** — PAN moved its headquarters to downtown Boston.
- **2014** — Introduced PANoptic analytics.
- **2015** — PAN acquired Vantage PR, expanding its national presence.
- **2016** — Received the John J. Molloy Crystal Bell Lifetime Achievement Award.
- **2019** — PAN acquired London-based Capella PR; Nardone was inducted into the Ragan and PR Daily Communicators of the Year Hall of Fame.
- **2020** — Started guest lecturing at HBCUs.
- **2023** — Received Boston Business Journal LGBT Trailblazer recognition.
- **2024** — PAN acquired BLASTmedia in June, establishing PANBlast; Nardone was named to PRovoke Media’s Innovator 25 Americas.
- **2025** — Recognized with the Pioneer Award in the PRNEWS Impact Communications Awards.
- **2026** — Continued leading PAN and discussing agency accountability, flexible work and AI adoption publicly.

## Achievements

- Founded PAN in 1995 and led its expansion through three acquisitions.
- John J. Molloy Crystal Bell Lifetime Achievement Award, 2016.
- Ragan and PR Daily Communicators of the Year Hall of Fame, 2019.
- Boston Business Journal LGBT Trailblazer, 2023.
- PRovoke Media Innovator 25 Americas, 2024.
- PRNEWS Impact Communications Awards Pioneer Award, 2025.
- Longstanding Syracuse teaching and development of the PAN Portal student portfolio initiative.

## Latest updates

- **2026-10** — In an October 19 interview with CommPRO, discussed 2027 planning, pressure to demonstrate business value and preparations to launch PANda, an in-house AI platform.
- **2026-09** — Published the LinkedIn article We Haven’t Cracked the Code on Flexible Work on September 2.

## Links

- Website: https://www.pancommunications.com/phil/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/philip-a-nardone-jr

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