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Marisa Avallone Sharkey

President

 

Marisa Avallone Sharkey is a seasoned public relations professional with more than a decade of experience leading communications efforts for organizations in healthcare, corporate and non-profit sectors.

A publicity pro, Ms. Sharkey has secured radio, television and print placements for healthcare professionals and other experts in outlets throughout the world, including the BBC and TV Tokyo – often bringing complex medical information mainstream. In fact, Ms. Sharkey is the PR person behind the “voice lift,” a voice modification medical procedure that quickly became part of pop culture vernacular with an entry in the Macmillan English Dictionary and coverage in major media outlets worldwide.

Domestically, she has planned national and regional media tours and garnered coverage in outlets such as Oprah!, The Today Show, The View, CNN, Woman’s World, Cosmopolitan, the Wall Street Journal, the Philadelphia Inquirer and USA Today.

Ms. Sharkey has planned and executed public relations programs and provided strategic counsel on media response, community relations and organizational issues.

She has served as a contributing writer to various corporate and membership publications including Lockheed Martin Technology Services Inc.’s employee magazine; “Better Investing”, the membership magazine of the National Association of Investor’s Corp.; and Graduate Hospital’s community and internal publications, which she also edits.

Ms. Sharkey’s efforts have earned numerous awards, including a Jasper (Jersey Shore Advertising & Public Relations Association), various Pepperpots, the annual achievement award presented by the Philadelphia Chapter of the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA), including the coveted “Best of Show” for an institutional community relations campaign; and the chapter’s President’s Award in 2004.

Ms. Sharkey holds a bachelor’s degree in communications and a master’s degree in public relations, both from Rowan University. She is President of the Philadelphia Chapter of PRSA.


 


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