About

Founder and Managing Director

Anita Harris is an award-winning communications strategist specializing in editorial content, media relations, and other thought leadership services for clients in health, science , technology and education.

Her client list includes the Cochrane Collaboration, EBD Group, The Forsyth Institute, Genzyme Biosurgery, Harvard University, MIT, NuGEN, Scientia Advisors (now Precision for Medicine), Stemgent, and TauRx, among others. Anita has won three prestigious Public Relations Society of America Bell Ringer Awards and numerous International Communicator Awards.

A former national journalist, Anita covered health, science and technology for the MacNeil-Lehrer Report (now the NewsHour) of PBS, and later handled public affairs for the Harvard School of Public Health. She has taught at Harvard,Yale and Tufts Universities, at Simmons College, and in the MBA Program at Babson College.

Global PR , corporate communications, strategic marketing, advertising & branding.

Richard Anderson is a London-based communications professional with more than 20 years experience in healthcare and life science. His specialization includes global PR & communications, corporate communications, strategic marketing, advertising & branding.

Richard has led product and corporate communications programs for pharmaceutical and biotechnology clients including Genzyme, Roche, Amgen, GlaxoSmithKline, Pfizer and UCB Pharma, in the UK, across Europe and globally. For six years, he managed the PR account of Agilent Technologies in Europe. A co-founder of Sciad Communications, Richard has also served as Managing Director of the healthcare practice at the Bell-Pottinger agency in London for five years. Previously, he founded and, for 15 years, ran De Facto, an international healthcare PR agency.

Creative

Mike is an award-winning web and print designer, with specialties in branding and integrated marketing. The founder of Boston’s Metropolis Design, he has worked with clients in industries ranging from tech, biotech and telecommunications to retail and nonprofit, in a wide range of styles. Mike is currently an instructor at Northeastern University and has taught at Bentley University. Speaking engagements include The Boston Chamber of Commerce, the Mass Health Data Consortium, and The Enterprise Center. He holds a BFA in Graphic Design from Rochester Institute of Technology and has won numerous design awards.

Digital strategy and complex marketing technology

Christina Inge has two decades of experience leading digital strategy and managing complex marketing technology projects. She specializes in articulating effective, efficient digital strategies for organizations using the latest channels to drive results. She is the founder of Sleek Marketing, which offers hands-on education on digital marketing in the Boston area.Christina served on the board of the American Marketing Association as vice president of social media throughout much of the 2000s. She is a frequent and sought-after speaker on web analytics, content strategy and SEO. She has worked with well established brands such as Nissan, Smithsonian, Pega Systems, as well as a range of startups and nonprofits.Christina has won numerous awards for her work, including the Social Media Society Social Media Stars award, as well as the FutureM Future of Marketing award. She has been a Masschallenge mentor and has served onthe board of IEEE Entrepreneur’s Network.

Media relations & market development for biotech, healthcare, medical technology and pharma

Edna brings more than 20 years of experience in healthcare PR to the Harris Communications team. She has worked with established and emerging healthcare clients including publicly and privately held medical device and pharmaceutical companies, hospitals, health benefits providers, geriatric service providers, and medical practices.

Edna has won top industry awards including the Public Relations Society of America's Silver Anvil and the Silver Anvil Award of Excellence for strategic work and extraordinary results.

Edna, who worked in clinical laboratories early in her career, holds an MS degree from Boston University’s College of Communications and a BA from Brooklyn College. She is a member of the Public Relations Society of America. Her pro bono activities include advising the Albert Schweitzer Fellowship and serving as public relations consultant to the National Tay-Sachs and Allied Diseases Association. She has also had board and marketing experience at a not-for-profit community organization.

Writer/Editor

Linda is an accomplished writer and editor who served for many years as Director of the Cornell University News Office. She has also worked as a science writer and as a humanities editor for the Cornell University College of Arts and Sciences. She recently served as editor for the major MIT report entitled: Convergence: The Future of Health, and published her first novel, Niagara.

Writing & media relations: financial services and fintech; cybersecurity; international affairs

Dick is an international PR consultant whose clients have included the governments of Vietnam and Japan and publicly-traded and private corporations in Israel, the United Kingdom, Germany and China.

Dick has more than 30 years of institutional and retail financial, high-technology and manufacturing experience with both B2B and B2C clients.Among them are: FCM360 – Forex infrastructure, Trayport Ltd (GFIG/NYSE) – commodities trading platform, WhiteSmoke – Israel-based grammar and spell check engine, Yoggie – PC security, PeerApp – peer-to-peer file transfer infrastructure, Wright Express (WEX/NYSE) – credit card and fleet management, Rypos – clean diesel technology, The National Association of Home Builders and Metcalf & Eddy Environmental Engineers.

Writing and media outreach: life-and-physical Sciences

Elizabeth’s passion is to write about science and technology advances for a general audience. For more than 20 years she did just that at MIT where, among other positions, she was chief science writer for the MIT News Office. In addition to writing hundreds of press releases about everything from a robotic boat inspired by penguins to a new technique for monitoring the fetal heartbeat, she proactively shared the news with journalists from around the world. She also managed the MIT News Office’s planning for Nobel Prizes awarded to MIT faculty, putting those practices into place and writing press releases for five MIT winners. Now a science writer and publicist, her clients include MIT, Texas A&M, UC Davis, and BioBright (a startup creating tools for the smart laboratory of the future). Elizabeth is a graduate of Cornell University with a degree in biology.

Marketing Communications

Todd Van Hoosear is a marketing communications professional with 20 years of experience in public relations, corporate communications, marketing and training. He brings a deep focus in business-to-business technology in industries including telecommunications, engineering, publishing and science. Todd has served on boards of Boston's Public Relations Society of America and the Publicity Club of New England, as well as the Social Media Club.

Crisis communitations, reputation management, photography and writing

As director of Harvard University’s Office of News and Public Affairs for 15 years, Joe was responsible for protecting and advancing Harvard’s global reputation through the efforts of the office. In that role, he directed all facets of university communications including print, photo, video, audio, digital, web, and emerging social media platforms. He also served on task forces addressing the escalating costs of higher education and developing solutions to make administrative support more efficient in maintaining academic quality.
For ten years prior to assuming management positions at Harvard, Wrinn worked regularly as a news photographer for United Press International and the New York Times.``