American public relations people

Warren Cowan (March 13, 1921 – May 14, 2008) was a prominent American film industry publicist.

Lauren Dwight "Deac" Lyman (April 24, 1891–July 12, 1972) was an American reporter and aviation writer.

Rachel Noerdlinger (born November 14, 1970) is an American publicist.

John Reagan McCrary (October 13, 1910–July 29, 2003), better known as Tex McCrary, was an American journalist and public relations specialist who invented the talk show genre for television and radio, and appeared on radio and TV with his wife, Jinx Falkenburg.

Wendell Potter (born July 16, 1951) is an American consumer advocate, New York Times bestselling author, consultant, and former health insurance industry executive.

Stu Loeser is a Democratic communications strategist.

James E. Grunig is a noted public relations theorist.

Merrie Spaeth (born August 23, 1948) is an American political and public relations and communications consultant, and former film actress.

Michael Feldman (born October 14, 1968) is an American public relations and communications consultant and a former Democratic political adviser.

Betsy Ann Plank (1924–2010) is commonly known as the first lady of public relations because her public relations career, which lasted 63 years, was filled with many firsts.

Robert Stephen "Bob" Leaf (born August 9, 1931) is an international public relations executive.

Patricia "Trish" Brown (born October 11, 1963) is a national education advocate, public relations practitioner, journalist, and entrepreneur.

Simon Mainwaring (born 1967) is an award-winning branding consultant, advertising creative director, and social media specialist and blogger.

George Atallah is an American business executive and public relations professional.

Mason Phelps Jr (1949) is an American equestrian rider, founder of Phelps Media Group, and former Olympian.

Louis Capozzi currently serves as an adjunct professor in Baruch College's master's degree program in Corporate Communication.

Born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and reared in Redlands, California, little is known of Shadegg's early life, including his education.

William J. Guilfoile (November 5, 1931 – July 9, 2016) was an American professional baseball public relations executive, who served 18 years in the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum from 1979 through 1996.

Adrian Bryan-Brown (born 1956) is a leading press agent and theatrical promoter based in Manhattan, New York, United States.

Allison Kugel (born 1974) is an American journalist, editor, and entrepreneur.

Amos Kendall (August 16, 1789 – November 12, 1869) was an American lawyer, journalist and politician.

Brian James Doyle (born April 7, 1950) is a former Deputy Press Secretary in the United States Department of Homeland Security.

Brian Solis is a digital analyst, speaker and author.

Bruce L. Olsen (born 1939) served as director of Public Affairs for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) from 1989 to 2008.

Joel Johnson (born in 1961 in Elmore, Ohio) is a managing director of the Glover Park Group, a strategic communications firm, and former Senior Advisor for Policy and Communications to President Bill Clinton from 1999 to 2001.

Jose J. Solorio (born September 28, 1970) is an American politician.

Josh Rushing is an award-winning broadcast journalist and photographer.

Jay Bernstein (June 7, 1937 – April 30, 2006) was an American producer and manager to actors like Sammy Davis Jr.

Dr. Larissa "Lauri" A.

Andrea "Andy" Cunningham is a strategic marketing and communications expert who helped launch the Apple Macintosh in 1984 as a part of Regis McKenna.

Gil Duran is the former Press Secretary for California governor Jerry Brown.

Rembrandt Flores is an American public relations executive based in Los Angeles, California.

Rita Tateel (born c. 1951) is an American businesswoman.

Billy James is a publicist and talent scout; best known for his work in the 1960s and 1970s discovering and developing musical talent for record companies such as Columbia, Elektra, and RCA Records.

Eric B. Dezenhall (born September 9, 1962 in Camden, New Jersey) is an American crisis management consultant, author, and founder of Washington D.

Erin Kaplan (born 1983) is an American publicist and television and fashion media personality.

Fiona Bloom is a music industry publicist who runs the New York City agency The Bloom Effect.

Ken Sunshine is an American public relations consultant, co-CEO and founder of Sunshine Sachs Consultants.

Ken Snyder is a principal and co-founder of SnyderPickerill Media Group, a political media firm that specializes in the production of television advertising for political campaigns and candidates.

Kenneth Hogate Bacon (November 21, 1944 – August 15, 2009) was an American journalist who served as a spokesman for the Department of Defense during the Presidency of Bill Clinton, and later as president of Refugees International, an organization dedicated to advocating for assistance and protection for displaced persons and promoting solutions to displacement crises.

Leslie Ann Bradshaw, an American businesswoman, is the former chief operating officer, president and co-founder of JESS3.

Scott Munson Cutlip (July 15, 1915 in Buckhannon, West Virginia - August 18, 2000 in Madison, Wisconsin) was a pioneer in public relations education.

Ivy Ledbetter Lee (July 16, 1877 – November 9, 1934) was an American publicity expert and a founder of modern public relations.

Patrice A. Oppliger (born 26 August 1963), is the Assistant Professor of Communication at Boston University College of Communication.

Bill Harlow (born May 30, 1950) is a Retired Navy Captain, author, and public relations specialist.

Edward Ware Barrett (1910–1989) was an American journalist who was Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs from 1950 to 1952, and Dean of the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism from 1956 to 1968, in which capacity he founded the Columbia Journalism Review in 1961.

Barbara S. Brogliatti (January 8, 1946 – June 21, 2015) was an American publicity, public relations and marketing executive, who spent 40 years working in the entertainment industry.

Michelangelo Signorile (/ˌsiːnjəˈrɪlə/; born December 19, 1960) is an American journalist, author and talk radio host.

Susan Lindauer (born July 17, 1963) is an American antiwar activist and former U.

Edward Louis James Bernays (/bərˈneɪz/; German: [bɛɐ̯ˈnaɪs]; November 22, 1891 − March 9, 1995) was an Austrian-American pioneer in the field of public relations and propaganda, referred to in his obituary as "the father of public relations".

Jonathan Cheban (born February 21, 1974) is a reality star and the founder of the website TheDishh.

Dick LaPalm (June 23, 1927, or 1928 – October 7, 2013), born Ricardo LaPalombara, was an American music publicist and promoter.

Anthony Mora is a Los Angeles publicist, former journalist and magazine editor, entrepreneur, author, playwright, and screenwriter.

Frank A. Wenstrom (July 27, 1903 – May 12, 1997) was a North Dakota Republican Party politician who served as the 28th Lieutenant Governor of North Dakota under Governor William L.

Fraser P. Seitel (born June 6, 1946) is an American publicist and author.

George Edward Pendray (19 May 1901 in Omaha, Nebraska – 15 September 1987 in Cranbury, New Jersey) was an American public relations counselor, author, foundation executive, and an early advocate of rockets and spaceflight.

Stuart Ewen is a New York-based author, historian and lecturer on media, consumer culture, and the compliance profession.

B. F. Zeidman (October 4, 1896 – August 7, 1970) was a Hollywood producer whose long film career began while he was still in his teens during the era of silent film.

Freeman Fulbright (1925-1978) was a reporter and public relations executive, notable for his coverage of Adlai Stevenson's 1952 presidential campaign for the International News Service.

Yosi Sergant (born 1976) is an American publicist.

Sylvia Kauders (née Wolinsky; December 1, 1921 – May 5, 2016) was an American film, television, and theater actress known for numerous small but memorable roles on Broadway and in major motion pictures.

Michael Levine is an American writer and public relations expert.

Mallory Factor (born July 16, 1950) is an American professor, author and FOX News Channel contributor.

Naughty But Nice Rob (born Robert James Shuter on 16 July 1973, in Birmingham, United Kingdom) is a gossip columnist, magazine editor, talk-show host, and author.

Ronn D. Torossian is an American public relations executive, founder of New York City-based 5W Public Relations (5WPR), and author.

Ronni Sue Chasen (October 17, 1946 – November 16, 2010) was an American publicist, who once represented such actors as Michael Douglas, as well as musicians such as Hans Zimmer and Mark Isham, among others.

Craig Claiborne (September 4, 1920 – January 22, 2000) was an American restaurant critic, food journalist and book author.

Hugh Antoine d'Arcy (March 5, 1843 – November 11, 1925) was a French-born poet and writer and a pioneer executive in the American motion picture industry.

Chad Kolton was a partner in the American public relations firm HDMK.

Chris Brogan (born April 1, 1970) is an American author, journalist, marketing consultant, and speaker about social media marketing.

Cindy Rakowitz is an American executive, known as a public relations expert and as a former Division President for Playboy Enterprises, where she ran international public relations, marketing and advertising, as well as the modeling agency for over 15 years.

Coleman Nee is an American public relations consultant and political figure who served as the Massachusetts Secretary of Veterans' Services from 2011 to 2015.

Diane Marie Russell (born August 9, 1976) is an American politician who serves in the Maine House of Representatives.

Raymond W. "Ducky" Pond (February 17, 1902 – August 25, 1982) was an American football and baseball player and football coach.

Marian Salzman (born February 15) is an American advertising and public relations executive.

Arun Chaudhary is a documentarian and the first official videographer of White House, serving in the role from 2009-2011 and directing West Wing Week.

Darryl Keith Willis (born c. 1969) is an American geologist and publicist, currently Regional President of BP Angola.

David Fenton is the Chairman and founder of Fenton Communications, created in 1982 to promote issue-oriented public relations campaigns focusing on the environment, public health and human rights.

Edwin Benedict Dooley (April 13, 1905 – January 25, 1982) was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from New York.

Harold Holzer (born February 5, 1949) is a scholar of Abraham Lincoln and the political culture of the American Civil War Era.

Howard Bragman (born February 24, 1956) is an American public relations practitioner, television pundit, writer and lecturer.

Howard J. Rubenstein is an American lawyer and public relations expert.

Howard Wolfson is a Democratic political strategist.

Robert Carrier McMahon, OBE (Tarrytown, New York, November 10, 1923 – France, June 27, 2006), usually known as Robert Carrier, was an American chef, restaurateur and cookery writer.

Jeffrey R. Caponigro is an American public relations executive, actor, entrepreneur, and former journalist.

Jerald A. "Jerry" Parisella is an American politician who represents the 6th Essex district in the Massachusetts House of Representatives.

James Sterling "Jim" Moran (January 1, 1908 – October 18, 1999) was a publicist and a press agent for film studios, manufacturers, retailers, Washington politicians from the 1930s to the 1980s.