Joel Rubin
Joel Rubin (Col ’75 CM)
Joel Rubin (Col ’75 CM) has been named the Public Relations Practitioner of the Year for 2013 by the Hampton Roads chapter of the Public Relations Society of America. Mr. Rubin is president of Rubin Communications Group, a public relations, marketing and video production firm based in Virginia Beach. He lives in Hampton Roads, Va., with his wife, Sara Jo. Their two children, Daniel Rubin (Col ’06 L/M) and Molly Rubin Nizhnikov (Col ’09 L/M), are also Wahoos.
Joel Rubin (Col ’75 CM)
Joel Rubin (Col ’75 L/M) was inducted into the Virginia Communications Hall of Fame on April 2 in Richmond, Va. The Hall of Fame is a program of the Virginia Commonwealth University School of Mass Communications that recognizes individuals, principally Virginians, who have made significant contributions in the field of communications. Mr. Rubin worked for WNOR Radio in Norfolk, Va., and as political and features reporter for WAVY TV (NBC) in Hampton Roads for 15 years before starting his own public relations firm, Rubin Communications Group, which is headquartered in Virginia Beach. From 1992-2008, in a part-time role, he was executive producer and host of “On the Record with Joel Rubin”, a weekly news interview program on WVEC TV (ABC) in Hampton Roads. Mr. Rubin’s son, Danny Rubin (Col ’06 L/M), is a TV news reporter for WTKR TV (CBS) in Hampton Roads. His daughter is Molly Rubin (Col ’09).