Ellen Linnemann has more than 20 years of public relations experience and has been an instrumental member of a number of leading public relations agencies in the New York area. In her most recent position before joining the Business Development Group, Inc. Ellen was an Account Supervisor at Porter Novelli Public Relations in Manhattan. Prior to the five years she spent at Porter Novelli, Ellen was a Senior Account Executive at Ketchum Public Relations, and she began her public relations career as an Assistant Account Executive at Manning, Selvage & Lee Public Relations, both also located in Manhattan.

Ellen's experience has covered all aspects of developing and implementing public relations campaigns for major consumer, healthcare and business-to-business clients. She has written and developed consumer brochures and other key collateral materials for clients such as SmithKline Beecham, Glaxo, Inc., Novartis and Pfizer. In addition, she has orchestrated numerous successful press conferences, media tours and other special events to generate both nationwide and local publicity for her clients. Her experience includes speech writing, spokesperson training, product campaign launches and coalition building with key third-party organizations. She has also written and placed a number of bylined articles about various topics in key trade media publications.