Ray Casas
During his public relations career, Ray Casas has concentrated efforts in the areas of strategic planning and issues management, crisis counseling and communications for professional associations, public companies and business interests.
Ray Casas is a principal of Wragg & Casas Public Relations, one of the leading independent public relations firms in Florida. He is a member of the Counselors Academy of the national Public Relations Society of America. Recently, Wragg & Casas was named the largest Florida-based public relations firm in 2004 by the national industry publication, O’Dwyers Directory.
During his public relations career, Ray Casas has managed communications services for multi-national companies, attorneys and other professional firms, large real estate developers, banks, food companies and hospitals. He headed the public relations program for the visit of Pope John Paul II to Miami and for the inaugural Carnaval Miami. Casas’ areas of expertise include strategic planning, issues management, and crisis counseling.
Before Wragg & Casas, Ray Casas worked for 13 years at Hank Meyer Associates, Inc., where he was executive vice president. Earlier, he was a reporter for United Press International, the San Diego Evening Tribune and The Chicago Reporter.
Casas serves on the board of directors of Camillus House, the Miami-Dade Public Library Foundation, and the honorary board of the Miami Lighthouse for the Blind. He also is Grant Advisor to the Health Foundation of South Florida. Previously, Casas served on the board of directors of the Beacon Council for six years, and was 2001-2002 chairman of the Archbishop’s Charities and Development Drive.
Casas is past president of the executive committee of the Miami Lighthouse for the Blind. He is the former Miami region chairman of Leadership Florida and was a member of its board of regents for two years.
He is a member of the Asociación Interamericana de Hombres de Empresa (Interamerican Businessmen Association), and is the firm’s trustee representative at The Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce.
Ray Casas holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in journalism from Northwestern University.
Wragg & Casas was formed by Otis Wragg and Ray Casas in 1991. The firm has offices in Miami, Orlando, and the Naples/Ft. Myers area.