About Us

FORGE PR will take your company or brand in a direction beyond what you can imagine. Thinking outside of the box, leveraging our strong relationships, integrating our various capabilities and working together to develop a customized strategy that can also be socially responsible and give back to the community, is at the root of everything we do.

By utilizing our diverse backgrounds, wealth of knowledge and passion for storytelling, FORGE PR will bring out the best of your brand to create successful and impactful results.

We are FORGING new paths. We are FORGING ahead. We are FORGE PR.

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What We Do

FORGE PR is a full-service communications agency offering meaningful and effective solutions to get the results you are looking for. Our vast knowledge and combined expertise allows for multi-faceted campaigns that fit your specific needs while creating impactful, innovative and successful outcomes.

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  • Talent + Partner Relations circle
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Testimonials

  • “ Based on FORGE’s very strong & professional reputation, I reached out to the team to help launch a new program during the restaurant industry’s worst crisis and most vulnerable time. They quickly got up to speed on Wow Bao's work and developed a customized strategic approach for securing media that proved to be very successful and resulted in an incredible amount of earned media coverage that was well beyond our expectations. As their reputation precedes them, FORGE is nimble, creative, smart and great partners to work with. I highly recommend their services in any industry. ”

    Geoff Alexander

    President/CEO, Wow Bao

  • “ We engaged FORGE PR’s services for our annual awards fundraising event, held virtually this year due to the pandemic. Their scope included securing a high-profile speaker and emcee, as well as developing a coordinated media strategy and outreach to help promote the event. Their team worked seamlessly under pressure and executed flawless communication against a very tight deadline. Thanks in part to the support from FORGE, our event was a huge success and we look forward to working with them again in the future. ”

    Jennifer Steffus

    Chief Development Officer, National Safety Council

  • “ We worked with FORGE PR to introduce Ori to the Chicago market and announce our largest residential real estate partnership to date. Even before their contract officially began, FORGE was already strategically soft-sounding key press contacts to seed stories, resulting in a groundswell of press coverage the moment we were ready to launch. The team was creative in their ideas and approach, swift and detail oriented throughout implementation and flexible when the time called for it. ”

    Kyoko Minegishi

    VP of Marketing, ORI

  • “ After vetting multiple candidates, we chose to work with FORGE PR on the opening of Chef Rick Bayless' newest Tortazo, at the Old Orchard Mall in Skokie, IL. We were struck initially by the way Leslie and her team were great listeners, and thus believed that they could really meet our goals of activating the local North Shore community, as well as the larger Chicago-based press and influencer set. I can honestly say FORGE exceeded our (admittedly lofty) expectations by not only landing great placements with print and live media, but really going deep and seeking out key influencers and tastemakers in the local market who were keen to partner with us in meaningful ways, well beyond just covering our opening. ”

    Sam Lipp

    President, Tortazo

  • “ The FORGE team went above and beyond to get to know our brands. They really became a part of our team and took our goals seriously. The level of organization was a stand-out. They brought visibility to our brands and amplified our voice. They exceeded our expectations in so many ways and were a pleasure to work with. I highly recommend this team of seasoned PR professionals. They are an asset to any marketing team. ”

    Morgan Neff

    VP of Business Development and Marketing, CARR Workplaces