About

Since her start in 2016, Colleen has helped her clients find their essential stories and develop targeted messages. She brings demonstrated successes in proactive media relations, travel public relations, content development and crafting strategic marketing plans. Her enthusiasm, attention to detail, and commitment are reflected in her work and in the results. Colleen is president of the Public Relations Society of America, Rochester Chapter.

Favorite Travel Memory

As a Potterhead (a fan of Harry Potter), I geeked out when I studied abroad at Oxford University’s New College. There is a scene in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire where Draco Malfoy is turned into a ferret, which was filmed in the New College Cloisters. I also toured Christ Church College, which was not only used to film multiple scenes in the movies but was the inspiration behind Hogwarts’ Great Hall.

Fun Fact

I won Reading Rainbow’s Young Writers & Illustrators Contest for the kindergarten grade level. Almost 30 years later, I went on to write a children’s book, Genny Sees the Eclipse, which raised just under $30,000 for non-profit animal shelters.