Member Highlight
Lisa Cottini
Lisa Cottini manages several of Porter Novelli's leading community relations and media relations accounts for clients including the Orange County Transportation Authority (OCTA) and Dave & Buster's.
Lisa oversaw the public outreach program for OCTA's SR-22 Improvement Project - the first ever design/build project on a state highway in California. Her work on this project has received top honors in community relations and media relations from the Public Relations Society of America, Orange County Chapter.
Lisa's expertise in stakeholder communication - ranging from coordinating public meetings to direct mail to Web site and materials development - has helped her clients gain supportive constituencies.
Lisa plays key roles on the media relations teams for John Laing Homes and Transportation Corridor Agencies. She has worked with reporters at The Wall Street Journal, Reader's Digest and various national industry trade publications. She has placed articles on behalf of her clients in publications including The Orange County Register, Los Angeles Times, Daily Breeze and Girl's Life, among others.
Lisa previously worked in corporate communications with Nissan North America. Lisa has served on the OC/PRSA Board of Directors as Membership Chair, Protos Chair and Young Professionals Chair.
Other Member Highlights
Jessica Carrington
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Heather Tien
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Jenny Corsey
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Jenny Wedge
Public Relations Manager for John Wayne Airport
Ashley Affeldt
Account Executive, Global Results Communications
Daniel Rhodes
Vice President, Public Relations for Global Results Communications
Katie Coates Ageson, APR
Katie specializes in crisis communications and communications program management.
Julie Senter
Director of Communications, Building Industry Association of Southern California
Scott Smith
President and Chief Executive Officer at Westbound Communications
Ben Boyce
Ben Boyce is Vice President of Laer Pearce & Associates, one of Southern California's premier public affairs firms.
Marcie Perez
Marcie Perez is Vice President of Idea Hall’s Los Angeles office.
Kristin Bush
Kristin Bush is the Communications Director at ripeorange.
Brad Lotterman, APR
Senior Manager, External Communications, OptumHealth (a UnitedHealth Group Company)
Matt Prince
Manager of Executive Communications, Disneyland Resort
Deborah Bell
Deborah Bell coordinates PR and sponsorships for Taco Bell Corp.
Randy Taylor
President, Taylor Digital a leading full service web development company
Allison Rogers
Allison Rogers is the Public Relations Specialist for Unitech America.
Cynthia Ragland, APR
Cynthia Ragland is vice president of marketing and communication at the Orange County Community Foundation (www.oc-cf.org).
Leisa Brug Kline
Chief of Staff for Assemblyman Chuck DeVore and Owner of Van der Brug PR
Doug Fleischli
Public relations writer and strategist for small business, education and non-profit
Wida Etemadi Karim
Communications Manager for the Irvine Ranch Conservancy
Randy Taylor
President, Taylor Digital, LLC a leading full service digital media company
Kristen Hayes
Communications Director for CRC Health Group