Rachel Kessler Email and Phone Number

Rachel Borek Kessler is a creative, strategic public relations consultant, advisor and entrepreneur, with 25 years of experience, split between journalism and public relations.Prior to public relations, Rachel worked at The Wall Street Journal, the ABC News Investigative Unit and as a news writer for WUSA-TV (Washington, DC/CBS). She continues to write regularly for consumer and healthcare publications, such as Health, Reader's Digest + MedGadget.Rachel got her start in PR at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City, before working on staff or as a consultant for global public relations agencies (MS&L, Real Chemistry) and starting her own business. In the course of her career, she has worked on iconic brands such as Celebrex, Zoloft, Botox and Cialis, providing strategy for some of the world's top corporations, including Amgen, Bayer, Eli Lilly, Pfizer and Medtronic. Rachel has also worked on celebrity health campaigns with stars such as Nick Jonas, Angelica Houston and Joe Montana. She works with healthcare clients, hospitals, digital health companies, medical device companies and doctors to share their stories and elevate their brand. She has worked in pretty much every therapeutic area but specializes in medical meetings and oncology and neurology. Hospital PR experience includes Fred Hutchinson Comprehensive Cancer Center, City of Hope, Lenox Hill Hospital, Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center, UC Health, Mount Sinai Hospital. Other experience includes: -Media strategy and media relations for the annual America Society of Clinical Oncology meeting (ASCO) for 20+ years. Media strategy and media relations for other medical meetings such as AACR, AHA, AAN, ASH, DDW and SABCS.-Launching Listerine Pocketpaks, book PR (PR for Dr. Max Gomez's three books on cancer), movie PR ("A Mighty Heart," starring Angelina Jolie). -PR for the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) around surveillance data for the flu, HIV, AIDS.-Spearheading media efforts for 64+ U.S. Food and Drug Administration approvals.-Beauty product PR, including for Botox + Latisse, Tracie Martyn, Susan Ciminelli, Dr. Zein Obagi, ZO Skin Health.-Public relations for wealth management firms. -Business acquisitions, Series B funding announcements, corporate and financial deals.-Strong focus on the business goals of each client, using public relations strategy to exceed those goals in the most meaningful, potent way.https://kesslercommunications.org/