Top communications agency Sunshine Sachs Morgan & Lylis set several promotions on Wednesday, bolstering executive leadership in offices across the country.
Amelia Makin and Andrew Stein have been promoted to executive vice president roles, while Gabrielle Lee was elevated to senior vice president, diversity equity inclusion and accessibility and multicultural communications. Hollywood fixture Brooke Blumberg was named senior vice president of awards and content. Additionally, the firm also welcomed Alejandro Grau last year as senior vice president, leading the company’s San Francisco office.
”These announcements recognize the outstanding contributions and leadership that this group of executives provide, with each bringing unique skills and experiences that has enabled us to think bigger, build upon the strength of our culture, and deliver an immensely diverse set of work for our clients,” said CEO Shawn Sachs. “We’re excited to both promote from within and add new leadership with the expansion into San...
Amelia Makin and Andrew Stein have been promoted to executive vice president roles, while Gabrielle Lee was elevated to senior vice president, diversity equity inclusion and accessibility and multicultural communications. Hollywood fixture Brooke Blumberg was named senior vice president of awards and content. Additionally, the firm also welcomed Alejandro Grau last year as senior vice president, leading the company’s San Francisco office.
”These announcements recognize the outstanding contributions and leadership that this group of executives provide, with each bringing unique skills and experiences that has enabled us to think bigger, build upon the strength of our culture, and deliver an immensely diverse set of work for our clients,” said CEO Shawn Sachs. “We’re excited to both promote from within and add new leadership with the expansion into San...
- 10/26/2022
- by Matt Donnelly
- Variety Film + TV
Entertainment PR biggie Sunshine Sachs said Wednesday that it is elevating current partners Keleigh Thomas Morgan and Heather Lylis to co-presidents. As part of the move, the agency will now be known as Sunshine Sachs Morgan & Lylis.
Founder Ken Sunshine and CEO Shawn Sachs revealed the news today in a memo to staff and clients.
“Heather and Keleigh have been instrumental in leading the agency to new heights,” they wrote. “In their time here, they have helped to grow the agency from a small boutique PR firm of less than 10 people to a full-service consultancy with more than 250 employees and offices in New York City, Los Angeles, Washington, DC, Atlanta, Austin and San Francisco. Their leadership has always been invaluable but especially so during the pandemic when they helped guide our team and clients through a very uncertain time. And, as we look to the future (hopefully free from the...
Founder Ken Sunshine and CEO Shawn Sachs revealed the news today in a memo to staff and clients.
“Heather and Keleigh have been instrumental in leading the agency to new heights,” they wrote. “In their time here, they have helped to grow the agency from a small boutique PR firm of less than 10 people to a full-service consultancy with more than 250 employees and offices in New York City, Los Angeles, Washington, DC, Atlanta, Austin and San Francisco. Their leadership has always been invaluable but especially so during the pandemic when they helped guide our team and clients through a very uncertain time. And, as we look to the future (hopefully free from the...
- 3/16/2022
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
Sunshine Sachs is undergoing a name change as it promotes two partners at the agency to co-presidents.
On Wednesday, the organization announced it will now be called Sunshine Sachs Morgan & Lylis.
Morgan comes from Keleigh Thomas Morgan and Lylis is from Heather Lylis. They’ve both been called instrumental by the company in leading the agency to new heights, helping grow the PR firm of less than 10 to more than 250 employees, with offices in New York City, Los Angeles, Washington, D.C., Atlanta, Austin and San Francisco.
They were praised in a release for helping guide the team and clients through the uncertainties of the pandemic. “And, as we look to the future (hopefully free from the pandemic), we know we are strengthened by their perspective and vision,” founder Ken Sunshine said in a release.
Sunshine founded the company three decades ago, with Shawn Sachs, who is CEO, joining in...
On Wednesday, the organization announced it will now be called Sunshine Sachs Morgan & Lylis.
Morgan comes from Keleigh Thomas Morgan and Lylis is from Heather Lylis. They’ve both been called instrumental by the company in leading the agency to new heights, helping grow the PR firm of less than 10 to more than 250 employees, with offices in New York City, Los Angeles, Washington, D.C., Atlanta, Austin and San Francisco.
They were praised in a release for helping guide the team and clients through the uncertainties of the pandemic. “And, as we look to the future (hopefully free from the pandemic), we know we are strengthened by their perspective and vision,” founder Ken Sunshine said in a release.
Sunshine founded the company three decades ago, with Shawn Sachs, who is CEO, joining in...
- 3/16/2022
- by Jolie Lash
- The Wrap
Sunshine Sachs’ Principals Ken Sunshine and Shawn Sachs have elevated Heather Lylis and Keleigh Thomas Morgan to Partner. They will join Sunshine and Sachs as the only other partners at the firm. The PR firm started 23 years ago to service a wide variety of clients. Sunshine and Sachs said their new partners have been invaluable over the past decade in growing the firm. Thomas Morgan, who runs west coast operations for the firm, previously served as Senior Vice President of the company. She started in New York, relocated to Los Angeles in 2007 and her client list includes Jennifer Lopez, Tyler Perry, Natalie Portman, Andre Benjamin, Mariska Hargitay, Lee Daniels, The Golden Globes, Parkes MacDonald, Ivanhoe Pictures, Cinetic, and The Geffen Playhouse. Lylis has helped expand the firm’s media relations, social media, creative, sponsorship, talent integration, and events work with clients in the non-profit, corporate, media, and advertising industries, including Feeding America,...
- 4/12/2014
- by MIKE FLEMING JR
- Deadline
Sunshine Sachs’ Principals Ken Sunshine and Shawn Sachs have elevated Heather Lylis and Keleigh Thomas Morgan to Partner. They will join Sunshine and Sachs as the only other partners at the firm. The PR firm started 23 years ago to service a wide variety of clients. Sunshine and Sachs said their new partners have been invaluable over the past decade in growing the firm. Thomas Morgan, who runs west coast operations for the firm, previously served as Senior Vice President of the company. She started in New York, relocated to Los Angeles in 2007 and her client list includes Jennifer Lopez, Tyler Perry, Natalie Portman, Andre Benjamin, Mariska Hargitay, Lee Daniels, The Golden Globes, Parkes MacDonald, Ivanhoe Pictures, Cinetic, and The Geffen Playhouse. Lylis has helped expand the firm’s media relations, social media, creative, sponsorship, talent integration, and events work with clients in the non-profit, corporate, media, and advertising industries, including Feeding America,...
- 4/12/2014
- by MIKE FLEMING JR
- Deadline TV
Sunshine Sachs has promoted Heather Lylis and Keleigh Thomas Morgan to partner, the New York-based publicity firm said Friday. They are the only two partners at the company beyond its eponymous leaders, Ken Sunshine and Shawn Sachs. Both Lylis and Thomas Morgan have been at Sunshine Sachs for more than a decade, with Lylis overseeing the firm's expansion into Washington, DC and Thomas Morgan running the show in Los Angeles. Also read: Veteran Publicists Ken Sunshine, Shawn Sachs Launch Madica Productions Lylis represents corporate clients such as Girl Scouts of America, the NAACP Legal Defense Fund and Facebook, and has expanded the firm's media.
- 4/11/2014
- by Lucas Shaw
- The Wrap
Heather Lylis and Keleigh Thomas Morgan have been named partners at Sunshine Sachs, principals Ken Sunshine and Shawn Sachs announced Friday. Both are vets at the New York-based PR company with Lylis joining in 2003 and Morgan, who runs west coast operations for the firm, joining in 2004. They will join Sunshine and Sachs as the only other partners at the firm. Lylis has helped expand the firm’s media relations, social media, creative, sponsorship, talent integration and events work with clients in the non-profit, corporate, media and advertising industries. Her clients have included Feeding America, Girl Scouts of
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- 4/11/2014
- by Rebecca Ford
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Jennifer Lopez has parted ways with her publicist Mark Young after about three years. The newly reinstated American Idol judge has signed with Sunshine Sachs, where she will be repped by Ken Sunshine, Keleigh Thomas Morgan and Whitney Tancred. The news comes just over a week after Fox officially confirmed that Lopez will return to the Idol panel after taking a season off. Photos: 'American Idol' Judges Past and Present: The Good, the Bad and the Boring It also comes two months after Lopez was criticized by the Human Rights Foundation and others for performing a private concert in Turkmenistan, whose government has been accused of restricting free speech and
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- 9/12/2013
- by Shirley Halperin, Kimberly Nordyke
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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