Name: PATRICIA A. LIMOGES

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Contact Information: 525 East 81 Street, New York, NY 10028; (212) 472-0925.

Objective: Financial and business-to-business media relations consulting projects.

Background:

  • Has been engaged in media relations for the past 14 years on behalf of financial services organizations, investment banking firms, and public and privately held companies.
  • Has worked extensively with portfolio managers, market strategists, economists, equity analysts and senior corporate management, in a wide range of industries. These include electronic commerce, real estate finance, biotechnology, and medical devices.
  • Clients have been quoted or profiled in general interest, financial, and trade publications and have appeared on major financial networks.
  • Has been actively engaged in writing proposals, designing media relations programs, and developing pitch letters, press releases, and background materials to be included in press kits.
  • Has conducted and participated in numerous media training sessions.
  • A prior career in the financial industry included positions in portfolio management and new business development.

Work Experience:

January 2002 to Present

Principal

LPA Communications, SP

  • Established financial, business-to-business media relations consultancy. Design programs and conduct media relations activity on behalf of clients in a variety of industries including financial services, e-commerce and medical devices.

April 1999 - January 2002
Director, Media Relations
The Hawthorn Group, L.C.

  • Responsible for all media relations activity on behalf of Hawthorn's financial and corporate practice.

March 1998 - March 1999
Independent Publicist

  • Handled work for mutual fund companies, a corporate barter organization, an investment banking organization, a regional bank, and professional associations.

September 1997 - March 1998
Vice President
Rubenstein Associates, Inc.

  • Responsibilities involved media relations activities on behalf of research analysts and investment strategists at two New York based investment banking organizations.

April 1994 - September 1997
Senior Vice President
Lee Laino Associates

  • Was responsible for all media relations activity for a $9.0 billion financial services organization. Also generated media coverage for an institutional asset manager, a global fund family, an independent investment manager, a brokerage firm, and a major industrial gas distributor.

July 1991 - April 1994
Vice President
Arlen Financial Communications

  • Responsibilities included extensive contact with the financial media at both the national and local level on behalf of mutual fund clients. Arranged interviews resulting in articles in major business and trade publications as well as exposure on television and radio.

March 1988 - July 1991
Independent Publicist

  • Projects involved media contact and press coverage for a variety of clients including several mutual fund companies, a law firm, a trade association, an insurance firm, and an international chemical company. Wrote collateral material for the investment authority of a foreign government.

1976 - 1988

A prior career in the financial industry included positions in portfolio management, new business development, marketing financial services, and as a licensed broker/dealer.

Education:

-- New York University School of Continuing Education:
Financial Public Relations/Investor Relations & Media Writing for Public Relations.

-- New York Institute of Finance: Various courses in accounting and security analysis.

-- McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Experimental Psychology.

-- Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada,
Bachelor of Arts, Psychology, French Literature, Political Science.

References: Available upon request.