About Me

I am a Boston-area-based (West Bridgewater, MA) public relations, media relations, and marketing consultant; executive writer; social media strategist; freelance writer and multi-time published author with a 30-year track record of success.

My extensive interdisciplinary background and abilities are highly valued by companies, non-profits, and individuals and fundamental to my approach in servicing and advising them.

My client roster has included 180 Communications, Microsoft, The Cape Playhouse, Willwork Global Event Services, Bogues Consulting Group, ELERTS, AOL Patch, UniFirst, The Epoch Times, Clyde Hill Publishing, Boys & Girls Club of Brockton, Hilliards Chocolates, Town of Easton, ShopperTrak, Ball Consulting Group, William M. Callahan Real Estate, Habig & Magoon Insurance Agency, Brodeur Worldwide, Massachusetts Computer Using Educators (MassCUE), Gold Medal Strategies, Town of Easton (MA), Closer Communications, CommUnique Wireless, Nickerson PR, Devine & Pearson Communications, environments.com, Bozell Sawyer Miller Group Worldwide, Specifi, Bishoff Solomon Communications, McKay- Fried Communications, STUN, Cellarius., BaseSix, Premier Properties, The Jelly Public Relations, Polaris Venture Partners, TrueBounce Backboards, ohDEER, Ripen Studios, Wagner Communications, Easton Pool & Spa, Seaport Capital, Strategis, Teamwork Inc., Pyramid Productions, and Fresh Catch Seafood, Butcher Shops & Restaurants.

Prior to launching the consultancy, I was a director at Cone Communications, one of the nation’s most highly-regarded product marketing-public relations firms. Cone, based in Boston with an office in New York City, is a leading developer of cause-related marketing and innovative leadership positioning strategies and programs. A utility player and trouble-shooter at Cone, I was heavily involved in developing and promoting the identity of Cone’s new interactive marketing group — Cone Interactive. My external clients included Gillette, StudentNet.com, The Massachusetts Summit on Volunteerism, JuniorNet, FamilyEducation Network, Ocean Spray, Dunkin’ Donuts, Kimberly-Clark, and Walk-Over Shoe.

Before Cone, I was a vice president at Robinson Lerer & Montgomery (RLM), a strategic communications firm based in New York City renowned for its crisis communications expertise as well as its political-campaign-oriented approach. While at RLM, I focused on the high tech, medical, and media sectors.  My client counsel included development of strategic communications plans, handling media relations, and writing for upper-level management.  My clients included Microsoft, America Online, CrossRoads Software, MTV, NBC, Blockbuster Entertainment Group, Showtime, Pfizer, Bristol-Myers Squibb, CENTURY 21, Policy Management Systems (PMSC), and Humana Inc.

Prior to RLM, I directed the sales and marketing department at Willwork Inc. Exhibit Services, a tradeshow services company based in the Boston area. While at Willwork, I focused on the high tech industry. My client roster included IBM, Bell Atlantic NYNEX Mobile, AT&T Global Communications, Banyan Systems, Seiko Instruments, SQA, Rational Software, UniSQL, and Pilot Software.

I am a veteran of the Boston and Massachusetts political, government, and public affairs arenas. I have worked on numerous political campaigns, ranging from local to gubernatorial in level.  I worked in the Massachusetts state legislature, coordinating communications for the House chair of the Committee on Insurance.  I also served as a consultant to segments of the City of Brockton’s business community, helping to launch and cultivate community support for a public-private enterprise aimed at spurring economic development in the city.

In my first few years out of college, I worked as a correspondent for the sports department of The Enterprise, an afternoon daily newspaper that covered the Metropolitan Boston South area.  I later worked as a news and sports freelancer for The Patriot Ledger, another Metropolitan Boston South afternoon daily.

I am the co-author pf Street Soldier: My Life as an Enforcer for Whitey Bulger and the Boston Irish Mob (Steerforth Press. 2003), the memoir of Edward J. MacKenzie, Jr. – known on the streets as “Eddie Mac.”  Street Soldier received critical positive reviews from the New York Times, Washington Post, and Library Journal.

I also collaborated on the writing and editing of two acclaimed books: Fighting Back: The Chris Nilan Story (HarperCollins Canada/Triumph Books, 2013), the memoir of former NHL enforcer Chris “Knuckles” Nilan; and with Olympic gold medalist and “Miracle on Ice” goaltender Jim Craig and New York Times bestselling author Don Yaeger on Gold Medal Strategies: Business Lessons From America’s Miracle Team (John Wiley & Sons, 2011).  (On request, I am happy to put people in touch with Chris Nilan, Jim Craig, and Don Yaeger for the purposes of inquiring about the quality of my writing and editing, and the experience of working with me on the projects.)

I graduated from Boston College with a B.A. in English.  I enjoy reading, writing, and running.