LIMELIGHT | Awards, achievements

January 9, 2011 at 12:00a.m.

Julie Russo, a former Valley resident, was selected as one of the top 40 under 40 young business professionals making a difference in central Ohio. Russo is vice president and managing director for Fahlgren Mortine public-relations firm in Columbus.

The winners were selected by a panel of six judges.

Russo has led programs that include the internal launch of OhioHealth’s new wireless hospital, Emerson Network Power’s Energy Logic campaign and Ohio State University Medical Center’s Silver Anvil-winning Conversation: Heart campaign. At PR 21 in Chicago, a division of Edelman Worldwide, she worked with Deloitte Consulting’s senior executives to strengthen the company’s local presence and worked with Mayor Richard Daley’s office to help position Chicago as a technology leader.