This article originally appeared in The Birmingham Times. 

“Gwen DeRu is a Birmingham institution.

The founder and CEO of DeRu and Associates, where she provides services such as marketing, advertising, public relations, is a contributing columnist with The Birmingham Times Media Group—and in 2023 DeRu begins her third decade writing The Birmingham Times’ ‘People, Places, and Things’ (PPT) column, which readers look forward to each week.”

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