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Merilee A. Kern, MBA President
Kern
Communications' owner and operator Merilee A. Kern has been marketing and
publicizing multi-industry B2B and B2C programs, products and services since 1994.
Throughout her career, Ms. Kern has strategized, developed, executed and managed
innovative MarComm and public relations initiatives that have driven visibility,
growth and profitability for the many companies she has served.
Through Kern Communications, a boutique public relations and marketing communications
agency, Ms. Kern avails the company's industry-diverse clientele with a combination
of entrepreneurial creativity and her breadth of marketing and PR experience both
on and offline. Prior
to founding Kern Communications, Ms. Kern served a multi-year tenure as Director
of Public Relations and Marketing Communications for e-Health leader eDiets.com's
(NASDAQ:DIET). Prior to this, she held positions as Marketing Programs Manager,
Intranet Video Systems for Concurrent Computer Corporation (NASDAQ:CCUR), Manager,
Marketing Communications for Ligos Technology (formerly Integrated Data Systems),
Interactive Media Manager at Boca Raton-based WebConnect - a division of leading
high-tech direct marketing firm Worldata, and in 1995 launched and operated her
own Internet-based business that was sold in 1998. Ms. Kern
is also a freelance writer and published author whose fictional children's title,
"Making Healthy Choices
- A Story to Inspire Fit, Weight-Wise Kids," earned a coveted
iParenting Media " Excellent Product" award in both 2006 and 2007 as
well as acclaim from Oprah's
personal trainer Bob Greene and media personality Sally Jessy Raphael. She
also currently serves as the exclusive Executive
Review Editor of "The Luxe List" - a syndicated
column published by industry leading luxury lifestyle portal JustLuxe.com. In
addition, Ms. Kern is a highly regarded expert source within the media, contributing
expert perspective and commentary such as that for a case
study published on StartupJounal.com, the Wall Street Journal's Center
for Entrepreneurs. Her various public relations and marketing-related articles
have been featured by the eMarketing Association (eMA) among many other distinguished
media outlets. In
January 2007 Ms. Kern was named a Finalist in the 3rd annual Stevie Awards for
Women in Business, an international competition recognizing the accomplishments
of outstanding women executives, business owners, and the companies they run,
which are produced by the creators of the prestigious American Business Awards
and hailed by the New York Post as “the business world’s own Oscars.”
Ms.
Kern 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. She also received "Marketing on the Internet"
certification from the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth. Ms. Kern is currently
a member in good standing with the National Association of Professional and Executive
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