Patricia Ann Nagy

Like many entrepreneurs, when I started Proxy PR 12 years ago, I had an idea of a better kind of PR agency. I’d worked at other PR agencies that didn’t seem to invest the time to understand their clients’ businesses and ultimately felt like transactional relationships. I didn’t want that kind of agency, nor did I think it was to the benefit of either party – the client or the agency. I believe there’s great business value in true partnership, and so that’s what I set out to do. It makes me very proud to know that our clients experience this — and I know that they do because they tell us, week after week.

I moved from Ohio to New York City 25 years ago with my two dogs, a pick-up truck, and all my belongings in the back. That truck got towed, and it was just the start of the joyous ride which has been living in NYC.

I love Proxy because every day I am working with people I truly enjoy, whether that’s our team internally or our clients. Yes, we work hard, but I also laugh a lot with my co-workers and colleagues, and I love that. Internally, we have a positive culture that is built on mutual respect. We take care of each other and grow together as a team.

Our clients, of course, are also amazing. Everyone says that, I know. But we definitely have the best clients. For one, I always learn from our clients, and I love that every day is a new adventure in that way. But also, many of our clients have become friends over the years we have been working together, and I love that as well.

I am very proud that Proxy’s first client is still a client today, and not only that, that we’ve grown that business over the years. I’m proud of this for a number of reasons – I think it demonstrates our ability to be continuously creative and effective. If we weren’t great at what we do, we wouldn’t be able to keep any relationship for 1 year, let alone 12. I think it also shows that we invest in our relationships. We wouldn’t be able to sustain a relationship if we didn’t truly care and invest in it year over year.

This is an impossible question and I am the one that included it! There’s really no way to decide on just one movie, but if I had to, I would probably take Sunset Boulevard. I just never get tired of Gloria Swanson’s performance and am mesmerized each time.

Outside. I’m a nature lover, so you’ll find me hiking in the Adirondacks, in one of our amazing National Parks, surfing at Rockaway Beach.