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Marketing Maven CEO and Founder, Lindsey Carnett, Named One of The Comms’ “PR Leaders to Watch in 2027” by The FYI
Recognition Highlights Carnett’s Vision for an AI-Era PR Landscape and Marketing Maven’s Evolution Into an Integrated, Measurement-Driven Communications Firm
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 25, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Marketing Maven Public Relations CEO and President Lindsey Carnett has been named by The FYI as one of The Comms’ “PR Leaders to Watch in 2027,” recognizing her leadership in transforming the agency from its direct-response PR roots into an integrated, measurement-driven communications firm built for an increasingly AI-driven and fragmented information landscape. The recognition highlights Carnett’s forward-looking approach to modern PR, including the integration of research, measurement, search and generative engine visibility, influencer marketing, purpose communications and culturally relevant storytelling to help brands build visibility, credibility and influence.
In “The Comms 15: PR Leaders to Watch in 2027” The FYI for explains that PR is being reshaped by the same forces disrupting every information business. There are fewer journalists, more AI-driven discovery, and clients who expect coverage to tie back to a business outcome. The FYI looked at agency leaders across the industry and picked 15 whose recent moves, whether in measurement, specialization, or AI-era visibility, say something real about where PR is headed by 2027.
In the article, The FYI introduces each leader and the case for watching them, breaking down the three patterns connecting their strategies, and close with a rundown of how they built the list.
The article named Carnett among the list of “PR’s Most Adaptive Agency Leaders Heading Into 2027” as described in the below:
CEO and President, Marketing Maven | Los Angeles
Carnett founded Marketing Maven in the greater Los Angeles area and developed it from direct-response PR into an integrated communications firm spanning research, influencer marketing, digital, Hispanic marketing, SEO, and GEO. In 2025 the firm ranked No. 22 in O’Dwyer’s professional-services category and No. 6 in the US for purpose-driven and CSR PR.
Why she’s on the list: Her agency’s mix of research, measurement, search visibility, and purpose communications points toward the increasingly blended PR brief.
“Being named one of The Comms 15 PR Leaders to Watch in 2027 is a meaningful recognition of both how far Marketing Maven has come and where I believe the communications industry is going. We’ve always believed PR has to evolve alongside the way people discover, evaluate and engage with information, and that means embracing research, measurement, AI, search visibility, purpose and culturally relevant storytelling as integral parts of modern communications,” said Carnett, CEO, President and Founder of Marketing Maven. “For me, the future of Marketing Maven is about staying relentlessly adaptive—helping brands not only earn attention, but become discoverable, credible and influential in an increasingly fragmented and AI-driven information landscape. This recognition reinforces our commitment to building an agency that is always looking around the corner and redefining what PR can deliver for our clients.”
