Otis Wragg
Otis Wragg, a founding principal of Wragg & Casas Public Relations, has broad experience in corporate public relations and issues management. He specializes in executive counseling, strategic planning and reputation management. Prior to the formation of Wragg & Casas in 1991, he was a journalist, newspaper editor and the chief public and investor relations officer of one of Florida’s largest public companies.
Wragg has directed public relations, marketing and government relations programs in the United States, Canada and Europe. He has executed initial public offerings, managed financial relations programs and created large-scale media relations campaigns for complex issues.
He was a founding member of the Association of Florida Community Developers and is active in the Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce. He is a member of the board of directors of The Council of Public Relations Firms. He was in the Charter Class of Leadership Miami, is a member of Leadership Florida, the Florida Association of Voluntary Agencies for Caribbean Action, Inc., and the Counselors Academy of the Public Relations Society of America.
His career in journalism included posts as managing editor of The Miami News and The Ledger in Lakeland, Fla., as well as reporter and editor positions at the St. Petersburg Times and Tallahassee Democrat. He was a director of The Florida Society of Newspaper Editors and a member of the Associated Press Managing Editors Association. Wragg is a past president of the Council for a Sustainable Florida, and former member of the board of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas Biscayne Nature Center.
A native of Gadsden, Ala., he grew up in Clearwater, Fla. and has lived on Key Biscayne since 1972.
