Jennifer Gehrt and Colleen Moffitt
Authors Jennifer Gehrt and Colleen Moffitt are public relations professionals with experience developing and managing corporate and consumer campaigns for a wide variety of companies, from Fortune 500 giants to robust startups.
As cofounders of Communiqué PR, they have forged strong relationships with journalists at national business publications, industry trades, and local news organizations, including the Wall Street Journal; International Herald Tribune; Barron’s, USA Today; BusinessWeek, Inc. Magazine; the New York Times; Fast Company; and many others.
Jennifer is a public relations professional with more than seventeen years of experience. Prior to founding Communiqué PR, Jennifer was with Waggener Edstrom, one of the world’s largest independent public relations firms, where she worked with MasterCard International, Connexion by Boeing, Siemens, and T-Mobile. Before joining Waggener Edstrom, she served as director of marketing communications for Tegic Communications and for AT&T Wireless Services.
Colleen has a proven track record in business-to-business public relations and corporate brand building. Before founding Communiqué PR, she worked at RealNetworks, where she served as a program manager in charge of product development and worked with key industry editors managing technical product reviews and launches. Prior to joining RealNetworks, Colleen served as a recruiter for Microsoft Corporation’s advanced technology, consumer and hardware divisions.
In addition to establishing PR strategies for global companies, Jennifer and Colleen have also developed thoughtful, powerful, and successful PR programs for numerous small and medium-size businesses including Attachmate, Big Fish Games, Clearwire, Knowledge Anywhere, Tegic Communications, Citel, MOD Systems, and Tideworks Technology.
Jennifer and Colleen have a well-developed network of journalists, marketing and PR professionals, and business leaders.