Episode 8: Breaking Into Sports Public Relations with Revolver PR Founder and VU Alumna Amanda Samaan ('10)

Student host Audrey Norton gets the scoop on how Vanguard University alumna and founder of Revolver PR, Amanda Samaan ('10), got her start into Sports Public Relations. Amanda has an impressive background working with high profile clientele such as MLB “super-agent” Scott Boras and singer Carrie Underwood while earning multiple awards including the PR Net Next Gen Awards 2024 Sports and Entertainment Agency of the Year Award, 7 Hermes Awards, 5 American Advertising Federation Awards, a Clio, a PROTOS Award, and Orange County’s 2023 Woman of Influence Innovator Award. She continues to serve on the board of the OCPRSA and served five years for PRSA National’s Sports & Entertainment Executive Committee – two of which as Chair. Listen as she shares her journey as a female PR practitioner in a predominately male-dominated industry and how she once cleaned Matthew McConaughey's teeth when she first started out.