Emily’s clients like the Mayo Clinic have called her “Ms. On the Ball” and have said, “I’m constantly reminded that I chose the best PR firm!” She has worked on book campaigns ranging from Build for Tomorrow by Entrepreneur magazine’s Editor in Chief Jason Feifer to When Women Lead by CNBC’s Julia Boorstin, and Culture is the Way by former NFL pro Matt Mayberry. She also worked on Wall Street Journal bestselling campaigns for Unlock Your Potential by the founder of ENTRE Institute Jeff Lerner, You’re the Leader, Now What? by Dr. Richard Winters at the Mayo Clinic, and Leading with Heart by Edward Sullivan and John Baird. She has worked with The Today Show, MSNBC, CNBC and secured media coverage at The Atlantic, Financial Times, Fortune, TIME, CNBC.com, Newsweek, Oprah Daily, Quartz, Bustle, Psychology Today, Forbes, Big Think, Men’s Journal, and more.

Emily graduated from the Liberal Arts Honors Program at Providence College with a Bachelor of Arts in English and Creative Writing. She loves reading and working with nonfiction authors in promoting their books as well as the messages and experiences that make them interesting and unique. In her free time, she loves running and playing with her french bulldog, Daisy.

Clients and agents describe their experience working with Ashtin as “an absolute joy” and “a shining example of collaboration, skill, and relationships.” She has enjoyed working with New York Times bestselling authors such as Susan Cain​, AJ Jacobs, Peter Singer, Max Lugavere, Shane Parrish, and more. The rich diversity of her interests is reflected in the wide variety of authors she has promoted ranging from actor Josh Peck to ​award-winning psychologists Ethan Kross and Becca Levy to Harvard Medical School Professor Robert Waldinger, MD, to world-record-breaking explorer Colin O’Brady, to MacArthur “Genius” grant recipient MT Connolly.

She has confirmed coverage in outlets such as The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Atlantic, AARP, Forbes, Harvard Business Review, Vox, Oprah Daily, and TIME Magazine; booked her clients on top podcasts and radio shows like Armchair Expert, The Tim Ferriss Show, Making Sense with Sam Harris, Ten Percent Happier, Diary of a CEO, The Daily Stoic, The Rich Roll Podcast, NPR’s 1A, KERA’s Think, WNYC’s The Brian Lehrer Show, and KCRW’s Life Examined; and worked with daytime TV shows including The Today Show, Good Morning America, The Tamron Hall Show, and The Drew Barrymore Show.

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Lisa is Managing Director at Fortier PR and has over 17 years of PR experience in the publishing industry. She has worked on books by bestselling business authors like Scott Galloway, Marcus Buckingham, Amy Webb, Chris Zook, Martin Lindstrom, Scott Belsky, Vijay Govindarajan, the former CEOs of Best Buy, AIG and BP, former JetBlue Chairman Joel Peterson, and books and research by the Big Three strategy consulting firms.

At Random House for nine years prior to her six years at Fortier PR, she orchestrated New York Times bestselling campaigns for titles including Loving Frank, The Paris Wife and The Passage, among many others. She spent one year at the Penguin Random House Speakers Bureau working with authors including Pulitzer Prize winner Isabel Wilkerson (The Warmth of Other Suns). Prior to joining the publishing industry, she helped launch “The Jane Pauley Show” with NBC-TV and worked in crisis communications.

Lisa holds a Ph.D. in English from Vanderbilt University, where she taught for five years. She earned her B.A. in English and Women’s Studies from Duke University

Clients have called Norbert an  “amazing” “magician“ for his “support, insight, connections and skills,“ as well as his “energy, enthusiasm, and tenacity.“ An award-winning PR professional, Norbert has worked at Fortier PR for more than 12 years. In 2022 Norbert‘s biggest bestseller, The Power of One More by Ed Mylett, hit the Wall Street Journal bestseller list at #1 and stayed on for 17 weeks.  His other major authors include Stephen Covey, Martin Lindstrom, Carmine Gallo, Harvey Mackay, Chris Brogan, Jerry Colonna, David Meerman Scott, Chester Elton, John Gerzema, John Jantsch, and the CEOs or founders of The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company, Nasdaq, Zappos, Burson-Marsteller, Razorfish, CEB, Hubspot, LRN, Possible (WPP) and Questus, the CMO of Mastercard, the president of Hearst Magazines, as well as university professors at Harvard, Wharton, Stanford, Columbia, and Cornell.

Norbert has secured interviews and features with Good Morning America (ABC), The Today Show (NBC), CBS Mornings, FOX Business, Bloomberg, MSNBC, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Financial Times, Forbes, Fortune, Fast Company, Inc., Wired, Esquire, Oprah Daily, Men’s Health and Psychology Today, among other top outlets.  His recent podcast placements have included School of Greatness (Lewis Howes), Trading Secrets (Jason Tartick), On Purpose (Jay Shetty), The James Altucher Show, and Goal Digger Podcast, to name a few.

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Clients have called Adam “a grounding force for our team” who “taught us so much about what it takes to bring a book into the world” and whose “passion for the book genuinely shines through in every conversation we have.” Adam has worked in public relations and communications for over a decade across both agency and in-house teams, securing coverage in national business and consumer media including Good Morning America, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, CNBC, Bloomberg, Harvard Business Review, Forbes, Business Insider, INC, Fast Company, Fortune, ESPN, NBC Sports, Men’s Journal, Sports Illustrated, Yahoo! Finance, SiriusXM Radio and more.

In 2022, three of his books made the Wall Street Journal Bestseller List: Leading with Heart by John Baird & Edward Sullivan (Harper Business), Unlock Your Potential by Jeff Lerner (Matt Holt) and The Titanium Economy by Asutosh Padhi, Nick Santhanam & Gaurav Batra (PublicAffairs).  Earlier this year his book Culture is The Way by former NFL linebacker Matt Mayberry also hit the Wall Street Journal bestseller list and this season he is launching the next book by the authors of the 4-million copy bestseller Blue Ocean Strategy and the latest from New York Times bestselling author Jon Gordon. Continuing his interest in sports and human performance he later this year will work on a book by Greg Harden, performance coach for Tom Brady, Michael Phelps and Desmond Howard.

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Mallory’s clients have praised her for “exceeding our expectations and setting a new bar.” She has over a decade of experience in book publicity and media relations. Prior to joining Fortier, she was the Senior Publicity Manager at Smith Publicity. With roots in broadcast journalism, Mallory began her career as a TV news producer at NBC and Fox affiliates in Baltimore and Washington, D.C. She has garnered publicity for Wall Street Journal and New York Times bestsellers, as well as other prominent titles in the business, lifestyle, and wellness categories.

With a wide range of clients, Mallory has represented CEOs and executives from companies such as JP Morgan, Intel, IBM, and Microsoft, among others. Her media placements include The Wall Street Journal, NPR’s Marketplace, Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, NBC’s TODAY Show, LIVE with Kelly and Ryan, HuffPost, CNN, PBS NewsHour, Bloomberg, The Economist, Fast Company, and top podcasts including The Tim Ferriss Show, Armchair Expert, Huberman Lab, Dhru Purohit, and MindBodyGreen. She earned her Bachelor of Science in Broadcast Journalism from Syracuse University’s S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications.

Meg is Director of Operations at Fortier PR and has been with the company since 2016. She was previously a publicity manager at Simon & Schuster, where she led campaigns for many of the imprint’s lead business, sports, and narrative nonfiction titles, and the associate director of publicity and marketing at Tin House Books. Among the bestselling and noted authors Meg has worked with are Facebook co-founder Chris Hughes, Whole Foods CEO John Mackey, Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, Howard G. Buffett, Liz Wiseman, Sarah Lewis, Joy Williams, Dominique Ansel, Carla Hall, James Lee Burke, Mark Kriegel, Gary M. Pomerantz, Ruth Wariner,  Philadelphia ’76ers CEO Scott O’Neil, The Grommet co-founder Jules Pieri, MIT neuroscientist Dr. Tara Swart, Stanford d. School’s executive director Sarah Stein Greenberg, and professors at Wharton and INSEAD. 

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Clients have praised Camille‘s ‘can do’ spirit and organizational expertise. She previously worked at KikiNetwork, a public relations agency for business schools, business authors and startups. Among the books she has worked on is the Wall Street Journal bestseller, Decision Sprint by Atif Rafiq. On this project she helped secure a spot on the Thinkers 50 short list, a Forbes book review and dozens of podcast guest appearances including the Everday MBA. Her experience also includes planning and promoting conferences such as the MaKi Network Business Media Conference for business school communications leaders to network and meet leading business media contacts. Continually working with the MaKi conference has allowed her to work closely with top higher education journalist talent at the Financial Times, Times Higher Education and El Pais.

Camille graduated from Furman University in South Carolina where she majored in Business Administration with a focus on Marketing. Her extensive background in event coordination and management has made her highly detail-oriented and allows her to creatively problem solve to be solution oriented and analytical for clients. She recently ran her first half marathon and has volunteered as a Member and President of the Planning Committee for Relay for Life, the annual fundraiser for the American Cancer Society. She grew up in a small town in New Hampshire and now lives in New York City.

Clients have been “blown away” by Elena who they’ve called “incredible,” “fantastic” and “stunning all around” and a “pleasure and a privilege to work with.” She has worked in public relations for 16 years with experience working at both agencies and publishers on bestselling campaigns. At Fortier PR, she’s worked with authors such as former CEO of Medtronic Bill George, former U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter, former Nasdaq CEO, Robert Greifeld, #1 New York Times bestselling author Jay Shetty,  Bravo TV star & #1 real estate influencer Ryan Serhant, entrepreneur Jason Tartick, Trend Hunter CEO Jeremy Gutsche, Cisco’s Managing Director of Innovation and bestselling author Alex Goryachev, Delivering Happiness CEO Jenn Lim, Deloitte Chair of the Board Janet Foutty, Simmons University President Lynn Wooten, and on Fortier PR’s accounts with Talent Strategy Group, Cognizant, and top five strategy consulting firms. Her media placements include Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Financial Times, CNBC TV, FOX, CNN, Bloomberg TV, Harvard Business Review, Fortune, Yahoo Finance, People Magazine, New York Post, INC, Forbes, Entrepreneur, Fast Company, Business Insider, and The Ed Mylett Show.

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Jess’s clients have called her “a star” and have complimented her for “exceeding expectations” with “quality top-notch results.” She spent almost five years at Penguin Random House working with New York Times bestselling authors such as Karen White, Jen Lancaster, Jenny Lawson and celebrities including Joan Rivers, Jennifer Lopez, Jenny Garth, and more. She had her first #1 New York Times bestseller last season and another New York Times bestseller this season. Her business authors range from the former CEOs of Dunkin’ Donuts and Yum! Brands to Jeff Bezos’ former chief of staff Colin Bryar to Kleiner Perkins chairman and venture capitalist John Doerr, to CNBC correspondent Julia Boorstin to entrepreneurs Mikaila Ulmer and Rana el Kaliouby, to New York Times bestselling author thought leaders like Martin Lindstrom, Ram Charan and top three strategy consulting firms.

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Hannah is the Podcasts and Events Publicist at Fortier Public Relations. Clients have called her “fierce and determined” and appreciate her “deep relationships with podcasters everywhere.” They’re also called her work on podcasts and events “nothing less than pure magic.” She has booked top ranked podcasts including Something You Should Know, Masters of Scale, FOMO Sapiens, The Greatness Machine, Earn Your Happy, Motley Fool Money, Duct Tape Marketing, and Coaching for Leaders, and has arranged events for our authors with Ivy, SXSW, NASDAQ Entrepreneurial Center, PayPal, the World Business Forum and others.

Prior to joining the team at Fortier, she worked in college admissions and student life. She has extensive background in event creation and management, hosting celebrities including Bill Nye, LaVar Burton, and Henry Winkler. She received her Bachelor of Arts in Communication, as well as her Master of Arts in Communication, from Oakland University. Outside of work, she enjoys reading, crafting, and thrifting.

Melissa’s clients have called her “top-notch” and “especially committed to the creative process.” She “brings a level of dedication and professionalism that is worthy of emulation.” Melissa is a Director at Fortier PR and has represented some of the world’s most famous bestselling CEO or Chairman authors including Eric Schmidt (Google), Jim Clifton (Gallup), John Hennessy (Alphabet and Stanford), Howard Marks (Oaktree Capital Management), David Cote (Honeywell) Tom Golisano (Paychex), Jeff Lawson (Twilio), Johnny C. Taylor (SHRM), Ginni Rometty (IBM), Oscar Munoz (United Airlines) and iPod inventor and iPhone co-inventor Tony Fadell.  One of her many coups was spearheading the campaign for the long-running New York Times bestseller ​Radical Candor by former Apple and Google executive Kim Scott. She has also worked with inspiring bestselling authors such as Columbia Law Professor Alexandra Carter, Harvard Business Professor Amy C. Edmonson, Genius Guild’s Kathryn Finney and manages Fortier PR’s account with Gallup to publicize all their books.

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Brooke is the Senior Podcast Publicity Manager at Fortier Public Relations. Her campaigns have been called “impressive,” “amazing,” and “a home run from beginning to end.” She has over 6 years of PR experience and has worked on hundreds of podcast PR campaigns. 

She leads the firm’s podcast program, which built its own proprietary database and has booked some of the world’s top ranked podcasts including The Joe Rogan Experience, The Tim Ferriss Show, Brené Brown, Dax Shepard’s Armchair Expert, Tony Robbins, The Ezra Klein Show, NPR’s Hidden Brain, Masters of Scale, Lex Fridman, Making Sense with Sam Harris, School of Greatness with Lewis Howes, Freakonomics, Kara Swisher, Goal Digger, Huberman Lab, The Human Upgrade with Dave Asprey, Gary Vee, James Altucher, a16z, HBR Ideacast, The Art of Charm, How I Built This with Guy Raz, Jordan Harbinger, Ed Mylett and hundreds more.

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Nick’s clients have called him “committed, responsive and inspiring” and a “generous door-opener with a wide network.” Nick has 14 years of experience in book publicity at several publishers including Basic Books, and most recently, HarperCollins. The books he has worked on include business, science, politics, narrative nonfiction and Wall Street Journal bestseller The Voltage Effect by U. Chicago behavioral economist John List.

A graduate of Georgetown University, his media campaigns have featured placements in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, The Atlantic, Vogue, The Advocate, Oprah Daily, Good Morning America, CBS This Morning, PBS Newshour, and NPR programs such as Fresh Air, On Point, Morning Edition, podcasts like Freakonomics and many other local & regional shows.

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Melinda is Fortier PR’s administrative assistant with over three decades providing support at the highest levels of corporate leadership.  Her passion is to keep things organized and running smoothly. She joined The Home Depot in 1986, where she held roles of increasing responsibility from 1986 to 2021, eventually working with HD Supply’s CEO and Chairman as the director of Administrative services. By coincidence, the cofounder & former CEO of The Home Depot is a Fortier PR client. Melinda is the proud mother of two sons, and lives in Atlanta.

Mark is the founder and president of Fortier Public Relations, LLC. His 30-years of publicizing hundreds of successful books earned him the​ ​2019 Porchlight Jack Covert Award for Contribution to the Business Book Industry​. He is the sixth recipient (and first publicist) following previous winners like Tom Peters and Seth Godin.

Before founding Fortier Public Relations, LLC in January 2007, Mark worked at book publicity firm Goldberg McDuffie Communications for almost nine years, rising from assistant director of publicity to director of publicity to vice president to partner (the first and only employee there to earn this title). There he worked with literary authors including Philip Roth and Henry Louis Gates, public officials like Robert Rubin, the CEOs of Citigroup and AT&T and organizations ranging from The Library of America to the National Endowment for the Arts. Books he worked on ranged from the global bestseller The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho to the Hamilton biography by Ron Chernow, which was adapted for the surprise Broadway hit musical. The first two business books he worked on are now classics: The Innovator’s Solution by Clayton Christensen and Blue Ocean Strategy , which has now sold over four million copies.

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Allyssa’s New York Times bestselling author clients have called her “an author’s secret weapon,” “the absolute best person I have ever, ever, ever worked with in any form” who is “equal parts brilliant, savvy, creative and kind” and they’ve called their partnership with her “the happiest collaboration of my career.” Allyssa has more than a decade of publicity experience in the publishing industry. She previously worked at HarperCollins and Penguin Random House, publicizing health, wellness, business, and lifestyle titles.

She has enjoyed collaborating with New York Times bestselling authors Dr. Robert Waldinger, Susan Cain, Steven Kotler, Tim Grover, Will Cole, Colin O’Brady, Max Lugavere, Dr. Lisa Mosconi, and more.

Authors praise Allyssa’s commitment and enthusiasm, which has resulted in bookings for The Today Show, Good Morning America, GMA3, ​PBS’ Brief But Spectacular, CBS Sunday Morning, The Tamron Hall Show, ​The Drew Barrymore Show, NPR’s Fresh Air, All Things Considered, the TED Radio Hour, and more. She regularly obtains feature coverage in outlets such as The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Atlantic, The Washington Post, the New York Post, TIME, Forbes, Parade, and People Magazine. She has also booked high-profile interviews on many leading podcasts including The Joe Rogan Experience, Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard, Hidden Brain, NPR’s Life Kit, On Purpose with Jay Shetty, Making Sense with Sam Harris, School of Greatness, The Rachel Hollis Podcast, Ten Percent Happier, Diary of a CEO, and WTF with Marc Maron.

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Carah is a publicity assistant at Fortier Public Relations. Before joining Fortier, she worked as an intern at Jean V. Naggar Literary Agency where she evaluated manuscripts and drafted press releases to communicate with international co-agents and scouts. Additionally, she worked at Penguin Random House as a contracted photographer, implementing strategies and liaising with the marketing and advertising teams to create beautiful and eye-catching images for their social media.

Carah graduated from Florida State University with her bachelor’s in English with a concentration in editing, writing, and media, as well as a minor in communications. She also completed the Columbia Publishing Course at Oxford University and received a publishing certificate. While at Florida State, she volunteered at multiple literary journals and magazines on campus as an editorial assistant, writer, and photographer. She also is a published writer in Loomings Magazine and evolve. Magazine.

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Addie is a publicity assistant at Fortier Public Relations. Before joining as a full-time employee, Addie interned with Fortier PR and for PEN America. She also worked for the Maxine Platzer Women’s Center in Charlottesville, VA as a Publicity Intern for a digital magazine IRIS where she implemented strategic audience development tactics and oversaw eight staff-writers. 

Addie graduated with honors from the University of Virginia with her bachelor’s in English. At UVA she edited for various publications and served as a campaign manager for the school chapter of Planned Parenthood. She also attended NYU’s Publishing Institute, graduating with a publishing certificate. 

She is an avid reader and is passionate about books that have the power to expand worldviews and create space for learning.

Naja is a New Business Associate at Fortier Public Relations. With more than six years of experience in PR, sales, customer service and administration, she has proven skills in written and verbal interpersonal communication, problem-solving, and research and analysis.  Prior to joining Fortier, Naja was the Executive Assistant to the founders of the Global Luxury PR Agency, BPCM. It was there that she developed an interest in public relations.

After graduating from Marist College with a degree in English, Naja developed her skills in media curation, long-form writing, and social media content creation. In her free time, Naja has a passion for the arts and pop culture, as well as photography and blogging. When she’s not working, she’s re-learning the art of crocheting or watching movies with her cat, Toby.

Kiki brings a wealth of experience in communications strategy and practice with 20 years of experience in building awareness and advancing the reputation of elite clients ranging from business school professors to CEOs to New York Times bestselling authors.

Her media placements include The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Financial Times,The Economist, Bloomberg Business Week, Fortune, Forbes, USA Today, NBC News, CNN, CNBC and NPR.

Her clients include thought leaders like Gary Hamel, CEOs like Frank Calderoni of Anaplan, consulting firms like SYPartners, business schools including Tuck at Dartmouth and INSEAD, conferences like The Council on Business and Society and academic authors such as Vijay Govindarajan, Syd Finkelstein, Ben M. Bensaou, Richard D’Aveni, J.S. Nelson, and their books, of which some have become New York Times bestsellers.  

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Viktoriya is a publicity assistant at Fortier Public Relations. She has worked on book campaigns on topics across international business and politics, AI and technology, design, and business leadership. She recently assisted on campaigns for Adrift: America in 100 Charts by Scott Galloway (which hit the New York Times bestseller list), The Equality Machine: by Orly Lobel, a Professor of Law at USD (which was included in The Economist’s “Best Books of 2022” List), Mao and Markets: The Communist Roots of Chinese Enterprise by Christopher Marquis and Kunyuan Qiao, Investing in the Era of Climate Change by Bruce Usher, a professor at Columbia Business School, and The Human Side of Innovation by Mauro Porcini, the Chief Design Officer of PepsiCo. Viktoriya has helped secure coverage in a number of outlets including Inc. Magazine and Forbes.

Prior to joining Fortier, Viktoriya was an editorial intern for W.W. Norton’s Political Science team. She graduated from Villanova University with a degree in Political Science, concentrating in Eastern European area and language studies, with a minor in English literature. She is also a former library worker and a fiercely loyal, though often clueless, Philadelphia sports fan.

Clients have told Chandler that they are “beyond happy with the quality and commitment shown through your work every single day,” and “Some people are merely good at their jobs but you go far above and beyond this.” She has almost a decade of public relations experience. Her previous clients span business, technology, leadership, celebrity, psychology, design, finance, wellness and more. At Fortier PR, she’s worked with authors such as PepsiCo’s SVP & Chief Design Officer Mauro Porcini, United Airlines’ former CEO Oscar Munoz, University of California Professor Dr. Gloria Mark, and others. 

Her media placements include The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Fast Company, TIME Magazine, The Washington Post, Financial Times, Inc. Magazine, Forbes, Fortune, Newsweek, Bloomberg Businessweek, New York Post, USA Today, Business Insider, Vogue, Vanity Fair, Rolling Stone,  NPR, CNN, Fox Business, CNBC, among many more. She’s also booked high profile interviews on top ranked podcasts including Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard, Masters of Scale, Ten Percent Happier with Dan Harris, The Human Upgrade with Dave Asprey, The Jordan Harbinger Show, among others. 

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Jenny’s clients have commended her for delivering “far more than any of us expected” and for her “A-team partnership.” She began her career at Workman Publishing and went on to hold positions with Oxford University Press, Penguin Random House, and Basic Books prior to joining the team at Fortier. She is experienced in publicizing titles across the nonfiction space, including politics, science, technology, business, history, feminism, and lifestyle.

She recently had the pleasure of partnering with Will MacAskill to launch his New York Times bestseller What We Owe the Future. Other notable authors that she has worked with include infectious disease expert Adam Kucharski (The Rules of Contagion), neuroscientist Jeff Hawkins (A Thousand Brains, selected as one of Bill Gates’s Five Favorite Books of 2021), entrepreneurs David Kidder and Christina Wallace (New to Big), acclaimed journalist Ellen Ruppel Shell (The Job), natural history writer Jon Dunn (The Glitter in the Green), journalist and scholar Virginia Postrel (The Fabric of Civilization), and activist Sister Joan Chittister (The Time is Now). She has booked interviews with CBS This Morning, NPR’s Morning Edition, On Point, Here & Now, and Science Friday. Her campaigns frequently garner prominent attention from outlets like The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The New Yorker, The Atlantic, Fast Company, Harvard Business Review, Wired, and many more.

She graduated from the University of California San Diego with degrees in World Literature and Italian Studies.

Rob has a decades long career working in business book publicity. Clients have called have praised his “wealth of experience” and “excellent work” that “exceeded expectations” while being a “pleasure to work with.”

In addition to Fortier PR, he has previously worked for several major publishers including Times Books/Random House, Simon & Schuster, The Free Press, and John Wiley & Sons as well as independently.  He served as the head of business book publicity and lead business book publicist for the Business Plus imprint of Grand Central Publishing.

Rob works in all areas of book and author publicity including all online promotion and with a wide range of print, radio, and television media. He has developed and worked on publicity campaigns for several New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and Bloomberg BusinessWeek bestselling books. Authors he has worked on include former Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh, Citigroup founder & former CEO Sandy Weill, former U.S. Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson, #1 bestselling leadership author John Maxell and Vanguard founder John C. Bogle.

His media hits include The Today Show, NPR Morning Edition, 60 Minutes, CNN, Fox, CNBC, The Wall Street Journal, New York Times, USA Today, Bloomberg, Fast Company, AP and more.

Saintphanie has worked on a variety of book campaigns from New York Times Bestseller Your Brain on Art by Susan Magsamen and Ivy Ross to Burn the Boats by former Shark Matt Higgins and Scaling People by former Stripe COO Claire Hughes Johnson—both Wall Street Journal bestsellers.

Saint has secured media coverage at Success Magazine, New York Post, Psychology Today, Daily Mail, Mental Illness Happy Hour podcast, Authority Magazine and Publishers Weekly.

Prior to joining Fortier, Saint worked as an editorial intern at HarperCollins where she helped facilitate the publishing process from story pitch to final copy. She has a background in Social Media Marketing and Community Engagement and loves to bring those skills to the campaigns she works on. She received her Bachelor of Arts in Communication and Media and English from the University of Michigan.

Outside of work, she enjoys reading, long walks with her goldendoodle, Hemsworth, and playing piano.

Called by her authors “a star who surpassed expectations” and “at the top of her game,” Lindsay has over 18 years of experience in the publishing industry and was most recently executive director of publicity for Viking Penguin. She led publicity strategy for their six imprints including Penguin Life and Maria Shriver’s The Open Field.

Her campaigns have hit the New York Times bestseller list for authors including Adam Grant, Elizabeth Gilbert, Nathaniel Philbrick, Jen Sincero, David Byrne, Rosanne Cash, Sir Ken Robinson, Ken Follett, Rep. Adam Kinzinger, Katherine Schwarzenegger Pratt, John M. Barry, and Pulitzer Prize winner Geraldine Brooks.

Lindsay has booked coverage for her authors with 60 Minutes, CBS Sunday Morning, The Today Show, Good Morning America, CBS Mornings, NPR’s All Things Considered, Morning Edition, Fresh Air, Wall Street Journal, New York Times and the Washington Post. She has secured many national book club selections including Oprah’s Book Club and The Life You Want Class, Read with Jenna, Good Morning America, Reese’s Book Club, Self’s Well-Read Book Club and more. Her recent podcast placements include We Can Do Hard Things with Glennon Doyle, Oprah’s Super Soul, On Purpose with Jay Shetty, The Ezra Klein Show, Pod Save America, the Daily Stoic with Ryan Holiday, The School of Greatness with Lewis Howes, NPR’s Life Kit, and Goop.

Lindsay graduated with honors from the University of Virginia with a Bachelor of Arts in English and Studies in Women and Gender.

Clients have praised Rebecca’s “tireless work, obvious talents, wonderful skills and energy” and called her “the perfect partner.” She has worked on bestselling campaigns including CEO Brad Deutser’s Belonging Rules and with authors ranging from CEO Jim Cullen and globally recognized DEI and women’s leadership expert Sally Helgesen to previous Netflix executive Dr. Michelle P. King, mother of holistic medicine Dr. Gladys McGarey, and Stanford professor Myra Strober. She has secured media placements with The Wall Street Journal, Harvard Business Review, Fortune, Financial Times, Strategy + Business, Business Insider, BBC Business, CNBC, Bloomberg, Yahoo Finance, AARP, Forbes, INC, Fast Company, Good Housekeeping, Cheddar TV, and top 100 podcasts including “Carey Nieuwholf Leadership Podcast,” “Chopra Well,” “Kwik Brain,” and “We Study Billionaires.”

Prior to joining the Fortier Team, she was an assistant editor at BookTrib where she handled a variety of editorial, marketing, and publicity responsibilities. She also gained hands-on publishing experience from interning at Grove Atlantic and CAA, the Creative Artists Agency. She holds an M.S. in Publishing: Digital and Print Media from New York University and a B.A. in English Literature and Global Communications from Roger Williams University.

Clients have called Emily “a dream” and thank her for her “professionalism, creativity and informed, solid counsel.” Emily has led Fortier PR’s account for the MIT Initiative on the Digital Economy research group which includes such thought leaders as Sinan Aral and Andrew McAfee.  She has also worked on book campaigns for Paul Polman, former CEO of Unilever, Beena Ammanath, Executive Director of the Global Deloitte AI institute, Nitin Mittal, Deloitte’s U.S. Artificial Intelligence Strategic Growth Offering Global Consulting Leader and Global Analytics Leader, and Babson professor Tom Davenport among others. Her recent work culminated with last year’s New York Times bestseller What We Owe the Future by Will MacAskill, whose high visibility campaign was called by Fast Company “the envy of any product launch.” She has secured media placements in outlets including The Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, The Washington Post, Fast Company, Harvard Business Review, Bloomberg, Fortune, Forbes, INC., Business Insider and many others.

She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Publishing Studies from Hofstra University with minors in both marketing and journalism.

Malisa is a publicity assistant at Fortier Public Relations. Prior to joining Fortier, she worked as the marketing assistant and copywriter for a marketing agency and podcast, spanning topics across business strategy, social media, mental health, physical wellness, lifestyle, and more.

After graduating from Rutgers University with a degree in Human Resources and Business Administration, she pursued her passion for creativity and content creation through various online platforms and social communities. Her writing skills led to her being selected as a recipient of the WriteHive Writer Award and for the Wattpad Bootcamp Mentorship Program.

In her free time, Malisa loves spending time with her family and friends, making music, writing novels, and watching mystery-thriller and romance shows. She also enjoys playing with Ace, her joyful, curly-haired Maltese poodle. As an avid reader and storyteller, she loves working to empower new voices and share untold stories.

Clients have called Margaret an “above and beyond” publicist whose work generates reactions like “Amazing,” “You’re killing it,” and “Holy Wow!” She has almost 15 years of public relations and book publishing experience. Prior to joining Fortier PR, she held publicity positions at agencies including Smith Publicity and Hilsinger-Mendelson, publishers, and global companies. Her previous clients span business, health, and lifestyle and include New York Times bestselling authors Charles Duhigg, Jim Loehr, Nigella Lawson, Google VP Ivy Ross, Yotam Ottolenghi, Amy Robach, Bianca Bosker, Dr. Kellyann Petrucci and Vern Yip; current and former CEOs like Ginni Rometty of IBM and CEO of Panera Bread Ron Shaich, consultants at Accenture; psychologists at Columbia and NYU, and academics across most fields. Among her #1 New York Times bestsellers is Primates of Park Avenue by Wednesday Martin. Her frequent media placements include CBS Mornings, NPR, The TODAY show, Good Morning America, The Wall Street Journal (6 times so far this year), New York Times, Financial Times, Washington Post, MSNBC Morning Joe, CNN, Bloomberg, Harvard Business Review, The Economist, and many more.

Paul’s New York Times bestselling campaigns have been praised as “unbelievably inventive and well-organized—so very well done,” and his clients have told him “I can’t imagine a better launch for this book.” He has spent over a decade representing major authors of serious nonfiction, and has worked on New York Times bestsellers by Yuval Noah Harari, Scott Galloway, Greg McKeown and New Yorker magazine staff writer Sheelah Kolhatkar. Some of the leading economists have turned to Paul for their books including Jeffrey Sachs, Keyu Jin, Dambisa Moyo, and Henry Kaufman. Business leaders too ranging from CEOs like Paul Polman (Unilever) to Silicon Valley VC and serial entrepreneur Elad Gil, to NYU Stern School Dean Emeritus Peter Blair Henry.  As Vice President & Director at Finn Partners for three years prior to joining Fortier PR, he spearheaded campaigns for several national bestseller campaigns and worked with authors such as Techstars CEO, Maelle Gavet, Facebook “Like” button co-creator, Justin Rosenstein; former Bloomberg BusinessWeek China Bureau Chief, Dexter Tiff Roberts; leading Modern Monetary Theory economist, Pavlina R. Tcherneva; and the well-known journalist and political commentator, Tony Schwartz.

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Barbara‘s clients have called her a “dream publicist” and “a wise,  tenacious, cheerleading, battlefield tested general.” Barbara has 14 years of experience working on New York Times best sellers and other breakout clients. Her success stories include Earning It by Wall Street Journal columnist Joann Lublin, You Are Not Your Brain by UCLA’s Jeffrey M. Schwartz, M.D. and Rebecca Gladding, MD, Epic Measures by Atlantic writer Jeremy N. Smith, The Happiness Advantage by Harvard Researcher Shawn Achor, Better in 7 by Emmy Award-Winning Talk Show The Doctors Co-Host Andrew Ordon, MD, and Work Better Together by Jen Fisher, Deloitte’s Chief Well-Being Officer.

She formerly worked in publicity at HarperCollins Publishers and spearheaded the literary division of the award-winning Beverly Hils firm LCO PR. Barbara has been featured in Forbes, USA Today, Cosmopolitan, Miami Herald, Observer, The Writer and more and her media placements include NPR, The Today Show, Good Morning America, 20/20, The Atlantic, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, The Washington Post, Financial Times, Parade, Fortune, Fast Company, Forbes, Bloomberg, Barrons, Inc Magazine, Slate, People Magazine, CNN, Fox and many more.

“What really sets Barbara apart, aside from her connections/relationships and media expertise, is that she does EVERYTHING with INTEGRITY. She is smart, thinks outside the box and is beyond creative in her approaches. I give her my highest and strongest recommendation. If you have the opportunity, hire her – you will not regret it!” — Rebecca Gladding, M.D., co-author of You Are Not Your Brain

Emma is a publicity assistant at Fortier Public Relations. Prior to joining Fortier, she worked as an editorial intern for Tule Publishing where she evaluated manuscripts. She subsequently interned in the adult literature department of McIntosh & Otis, Inc. where she collaborated with literary agents throughout the acquisition and editorial process.

Emma completed the Columbia Publishing Course at Oxford and graduated from Duke University with a Bachelor of Arts in English and a minor in photography. While at Duke, she served as marketing chair of the feminist publication Muse Magazine.

Outside of publicity, she continues her work as a portrait and entertainment photographer. Recent projects include a photojournalism study capturing the experiences of southern Jews and a photo series about the intimate practice of perinatal healthcare.

In her free time, she enjoys making afternoon tea, watching Jeopardy, and hiking with her wheaten terrier, Lana.

Matt is the New Business Director and Proposal Writer for Fortier PR. He draws upon a long career in media relations at agencies including Ruder Finn and Dukas Linden. His mission is to understand clients’ goals, plan a corresponding strategy, crystallize our ideas in a proposal, and ensure a seamless onboarding process at the earliest stages of a publicity campaign.

In previous roles, he secured interviews in media like Bloomberg, Business Insider, and CNBC for executives and business leaders in finance and healthcare. His experience includes writing bylined articles and thought leadership content for executives at large companies including Pfizer, Lonza, and Biogen.

Mckayla is a publicity assistant at Fortier Public Relations. Prior to joining Fortier, she interned at Soho Press where she developed email campaigns and curated extensive media lists for new releases. During her time interning at Massie & McQuilkin Literary Agents and Writers House, she also evaluated manuscripts, drafted pitch letters, and connected with industry veterans.

Mckayla graduated with honors from Boston College with bachelors in English and History. As Coeditor in Chief of her university’s history journal, she led a team of eight staff editors through four seasonal publications and two conferences. She spends her free time reading, studying languages, and taking long drives through New Jersey’s Pine Barrens with her dad.