George McQuade
Executive Vice President, MAYO CommunicationsNational Award-Winning Media Writer
George McQuade is an award-winning entertainment, government, and corporate communications expert and multimedia public relations specialist.
As executive vice president of news business and media relations, Mc Quade and his staff earned “Best Media Placement-Print,” “Best Public Affairs Campaign,” and “Best Media Kits,” from the Public Relations Society of America, PRSA, where he served as a board member for four years. Since January 2000, McQuade has been the West Coast Bureau Chief for Jack O’Dwyer Publications, an inside report on publicity, public relations and agencies in the U.S. He was previously the Media Relations Director at Cerrell Associates, Inc, a leading public affairs and political lobbying independent firm in Los Angeles. He serves as a board member on the Entertainment Publicists Professional Society in LA.
MAYO Communications, a full service marketing, public relations and publicity firm Mc Quade cofounded, has led numerous award-winning successful media campaigns.
McQuade has been behind and in front of the camera for more than a decade. He has covered high-profile court cases such as the Zsa Zsa Gabore Cop slapping trial, to the attempted murder trial of Actress Theresa Saldana, the Charles Keatingand Michael Milken trials. During 1992, McQuade covered the Rodney King Beating case and LA Riots in South Central LA for network owned and operated radio and TV stations. George was also one of the original writers for KNBC’s “Today In LA,”Los Angeles’ first 90-minute weekend newscast, which still exists as #1 in the ratings.
His PR and Public Affairs jobs include: the nation’s largest planning agency –Southern California Assn. of Governments (SCAG); SoCal Gas Company Media Relations and Corporate Communications management; the Housing Authority of the city of Los Angeles (HACLA); Joe Cerrell & Associates, the oldest political and public affairs agency in California. George has a Bachelor of Arts degree, with a double major in broadcast communications/journalism, from WesternWashingtonUniversity, Bellingham. He is a nationally acclaimed photographer, and received his technical training at the U.S. Naval School of Photography at the Naval Officers Training Schools in Pensacola, Fl. He was Associated Students President at EverettCommunity College in Everett, WA, where he received his Associate Arts degree with an emphasis in journalism. He also worked on both College/University newspapers.
The California State Firefighters Association presented him with a Medal of Valor and the Los Angeles City Council called him a hero for rescuing a noted UCLA Medical Center Cardiovascular Radiologist from his burning truck. George is also a hero to his Argentinean-born wife and attorney, Aida, and two sons, Kevin and James. Aida Mayo McQuade is also president of MAYO Communications.().
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