Washington DC-Baltimore Area
Award-winning International, National & Regional Media & Public Relations, Marketing, Advertising , Government Relations & Special Events Consultant to Agencies & Clients of all sizes, including Ogilvy & Mather, Hill + Knowlton, Burson-Marsteller, Cohn & Wolfe, Adams & Rinehart (Ogilvy Public Relations Worldwide), Bozell, Jacobs, Kenyon & Eckhardt; Poppe Tyson, G.S. Schwartz & Co., and Keyes Martin. Specialities and Clients include Universities, Education & Academia, Crisis Communications (World Trade Center), Healthcare, Hospitals and Medical Schools; Public Broadcasting, both Television & Radio; Performing Arts Venues & Artists, Local, National, & International Travel & Tourism; Book, Newspaper & Magazine Publishers, Journalism Reviews, Public Libraries, Consumer Trends & Issues, Halls of Fame, and National & Regional Non-Profit Organizations.
Achieved Task: Created First comprehensive Targeted Local NYC and NJ Media Contact Press List and Arts Writers Press Contact List for this new, now-internationally-recognized Arts Center, which competes directly with NYC venues just across the river. A proud second-generation child of Newark, I was hired to help create advance interest and pre-publicity for the "topping off" of the downtown arts center; The first season of NJPAC was the 1997 season.
Created local angle column “On Publishing,” on Book and Magazine Publishing at the Courier-News.
For Garden State Arts Center Foundation, Directed all Development and Publicity for Events including the annual Frank Sinatra Gala Celebrations.
Reported to University President. Responsible for first appearance in U.S. News & World Report magazine's rankings of Top Engineering colleges, Top Architecture schools, and Best Value Nationally, Regionally, and In-State. Worked closely with University Alumni dept.