Bernie Ilson, President

Bernie Ilson was born and raised in New York City and attended school there. He graduated with honors from Brooklyn College, and received his Master of Arts Degree from Columbia University. He recently earned a Ph.D degree in Communications from New York University. Prior to opening his own agency, Ilson was a writer for National Broadcasting Company and a senior executive with Rogers & Cowan. He has taught Public Relations at Baruch College of the City University of New York. Ilson is a member of the Public Relations Society of America and the Writers Guild of America, and is listed in the current Who's Who in America and Who's Who in the World.

bernie@ilsonpr.com

Donna Malone, Vice-President

Donna M. Malone has many years experience in all facets of public relations. A member of the Bernie Ilson Public Relations team for over 10 years, Ms. Malone has used her excellent media contacts to place clients on major television programs including The Today Show, Good Morning America, Oprah, The View, The Late Show with David Letterman, Cable News Network and Fox News Channel. She has placed feature articles in a variety of print outlets including Associated Press, New York Times, USA Today, Wall Street Journal, People Magazine, Entertainment Weekly and The New Yorker.

Malone has consulted with clients on image development and has organized and conducted countless press conferences and events. She is particularly proud of the work she did on behalf of several not-for-profit organizations including The League for the Hard of Hearing and The Missoula Children's Theater.

Before her position with Bernie Ilson Public Relations, Ms. Malone conducted
publicity campaigns in the fields of theater and publishing.

donna@ilsonpr.com

Arthur Solomon, Senior Consultant

Arthur Solomon has more than 25 years of public relations experience on accounts including corporate, product publicity, show business, and national and international sporting events. He was a senior vice-president / senior counselor at Burson-Marsteller and was with the international firm for more than 20 years. Solomon also traveled internationally as a consultant with high-ranking Korean and Australian government officials. Early in his career, he was involved with political publicity and then was a journalist, writing for such newspapers as the New York Herald Tribune and the New York Times.

arthur@ilsonpr.com

Additional Consultants:

David Ilson

Jimmy Ilson

Alan Baker

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Leonard Chao

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