Bret McCartney
Business Development and Sales
bdm@upperdiamond.com
Maureen Kedes has been a leader in business-based public relations since the mid-1990s. A specialist in promotions for companies, products and services nationwide in the health, fitness, beauty and medical arenas, she has also had great success representing ventures in entertainment, non-profit organizations, technology corporations, and retail sectors. A graduate of the Ivy League's Columbia University, Ms. Kedes spent several years as a freelance public relations and advertising writer and as a spokesperson for several major corporations across the country including: Toshiba, Yamaha, Sharp Electronics, Con Agra Foods, Oxford University Press; and with companies such as: The Black Shopping Network, Summit Nuclear, Interactive Telesis, Harris-Volsic Creative, Intellicorp, and Pacific Masterworks.
Maureen Kedes also worked as a Test Marketing Director at CBS Television and got her PR roots watered at the former Pacari Company, a boutique PR firm in Beverly Hills. She also recently served as Sr. VP of Public Relations at Fortune Broadcasting and has set up PR departments at www.CleanAgency.com and www.BeachBody.com. Maureen is based in Los Angeles where she lives with her husband and two children.
