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About Merilee

Meet Merilee Kern, MBA

PR Strategist, Comms Consultant Advisor & Visionary

Merilee Kern, MBA is a veteran publicist and communications strategist with a 20+ year track record of results. Known for her extensive national media network and PR acumen, she specializes in placing clients on major network TV shows, in top-tier publications, and on high-authority platforms.

An internationally-regarded, senior-level PR, communications, branding and leadership analyst, strategist and tactician, Merilee works with companies, brands, agencies, C-suite thought leaders and subject matter experts worldwide across a wide array of B2B and B2C sectors. She helps them navigate the ever-evolving media landscape to secure meaningful press coverage. For over two decades, Merilee has strategized and managed innovative PR initiatives that have driven visibility, growth and profitability for throngs of clients around the world.

Through various agency affiliations and her own consultancy, Merilee avails industry-diverse clientele with a combination of entrepreneurial creativity and her breadth of PR and MarComm experience both on and offline. Among other deliverables of note, she is known for strategizing timely and compelling campaign concepts, ideating and writing powerful communication vehicles and securing top-tier national and regional press placements across all mediums: online, print, and broadcast TV and radio.

In addition to being a lauded branding and communications strategist, Merilee is an influential media voice, prolific writer and TV personality in her own right. A proud member of the Entrepreneur Magazine Leadership Network, she has contributed to over 450 business and consumer media outlets, including Forbes.com, Newsweek.com, RollingStone.com, FastCompany.com and an array of other premier media outlets.

Also as the Founder and Executive Editor and Producer of “The Luxe List International News Syndicate,” Merilee is also a revered business and consumer marketplace trends voice of authority who spotlights noteworthy marketplace change makers, movers and shakers. Through this cross-media platform, Merilee’s insights regularly reach millions through multiple editorial and broadcast syndication channels. In addition to making regular TV guest appearances on copious programs throughout the U.S., Merilee is also the creator, executive producer and host of multiple TV shows.

Merilee holds a Master of Business Administration degree with a marketing specialty and a Bachelor of Science degree, both earned from Nova Southeastern University in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

Mission Statement

To help visionary leaders and standout brands amplify their presence and credibility through expertly crafted and executed PR and other communications campaigns.