PR 360

Frank Carlisi is the Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer of the ExV Agency, a global PR and personal branding agency, and the Founder of ExV Studios, a creative force in developing unpredictable concepts in unscripted television. He has created an engaging portfolio of content with The William Morris Agency, A&E, Lifetime Network, HGTV, Truly Original, Hearst Media Productions, Wheelhouse Productions, and more...

Matt Krayton is the founder and principal of Publitics, which provides counsel to campaigns at the local, state, and federal levels—as well as to clients in the private sector. Most recently, Matt worked on special projects for the 2020 presidential campaign. He is also an adjunct professor in Centenary University’s Business Department, teaching a first-of-its-kind social media program...

On this very special 200th episode of PR 360, we're thrilled to have Valerie Christopherson, founder and CEO of Global Results Communications (GRC), make her first appearance on the show! Valerie held key positions at QUALCOMM and the Porter Novelli Convergence Group prior to founding GRC in 2005...

Catherine Seeds is the president and CEO at Ketner Group Communications. Over the past 21 years at Ketner, Catherine has helped leading companies in the retail, grocery, hospitality, and technology industries create and manage comprehensive and unique communications campaigns. Here, she shares how retail has changed since the pandemic and why Gen Z’s feelings about retail are different from older generations...

After a career working in advertising, PR, sales, the events industry, and the dotcom world, Michael Gallagher founded the Stevie Awards in 2002 to honor the millions of business executives and workers worldwide who quietly accomplish innovative and extraordinary things in the workplace every day...

Sean O’Leary is a communications professional with nearly two decades of experience in journalism, marketing, and public relations. He’s the Vice President of Susan Davis International, which handles communications for military and veterans’ groups, the federal government, and technology and healthcare organizations...

John Patton is a 25-year marketing and communications executive and entrepreneur who has worked in public health for the last 13 years. Currently, he’s the Executive Director of the ProVention Health Foundation and a Vice President of the National Association of Chronic Disease Directors. He is also the author of "Brainless Health: Simple Health Habits for Smart People." Here, he talks about the intersection between media and public health and how simple habits can make big changes...

As the Executive Vice President and Managing Director of Mower PR & PA Group, Rick Lyke implements a full range of communications programs. He is also part of the Mower Reputation Management Team, which prepares clients for media interviews, key stakeholder presentations, and potential crisis situations. In his career, Rick has developed award-winning campaigns for Freightliner Trucks, Troy-Bilt, Guinness Stout, Mitsubishi Power Systems, Starbucks, and I Love NY...

Arielle Nissenblatt is the Community Marketing Manager at Descript and founder of the EarBuds Podcast Collective. With a diverse background in the podcast industry, she has experience as a studio manager, an in-app curator at Castbox, a festival organizer at Outlier PodFest, and more. She is also part of the organizing team behind the Podcast Taxonomy project, an international, multidisciplinary collaborative standard for recognizing roles and credits in podcast production...

David McAlpine is the Global Head of External Communications at Illumina, a biotech company that develops, manufactures, and markets integrated systems for the analysis of genetic variation and biological function. He has also worked as the Director of Broadcast Media Relations at General Motors and as a producer for CBS and Fox News...