Joel Rubin, APR

Joel's savvy and insight into the political, business and journalistic communities is the driving force behind Rubin Communications Group's strong standing in the Hampton Roads region and beyond.

His experience in the local media, including 16 award-winning years as a news and features reporter with WAVY TV (NBC) and nearly 17 as host of a weekly Sunday morning political talk show on WVEC TV (ABC), is unmatched among peers in his second profession, public and media relations.

What Joel took from his days as a journalist, and transferred to the agency he founded in 1991, was an adherence to strict deadlines, an inquisitive nature, solid interviewing, production and writing skills and a wide network of personal and professional relationships that continues to grow.

The employees of Rubin Communications Group are proud to have Joel as both their mentor and sounding board, ready to provide the original thought or the institutional knowledge that makes a good idea better or a bad one from being pursued.

A native of Richmond, Joel has devoted years of volunteer service to organizations and causes including Beth Sholom Home of Eastern Virginia in Virginia Beach, where he is a past President, and Temple Israel Synagogue in Norfolk, where he served as President from 2003 - 2005. Today Joel is a member of the boards of the Central Business District Association, the United Jewish Federation of Tidewater, the Virginia Sports Hall of Fame and the Virginia Beach Forum. He is a graduate of Leadership Hampton Roads Class of 2000, a recipient of citations from the Virginia Beach Human Rights Commission and the Virginia Center for Community and Justice as well as an honorary resolution from the 2005 session of the Virginia State Senate. In 2009, Joel was elected to the Virginia Communications Hall of Fame.

After more than three decades in the workforce, Joel, who has earned his professional accreditation in public relations, loves to pitch news stories, brainstorm community service programs, craft messages and encourage executives and political figures to address regional challenges. Joel is considered one of the area's top emcees and facilitators. In June 2008, he completed an intensive course in focus group moderation taught by RIVA, a Rockville, Maryland based leader in that discipline.

Joel is eager to put his energy to work for clients from any industry who want a partner, and a company, that displays keen intuition and boasts a hard-earned reputation for honesty, integrity and trust.