Jacqueline ( Jackie ) Condie, a co-founder of Starkman & Associates, is a seasoned corporate communications counselor with more than 15 years in the PR business. In addition to overseeing the strategic planning and tactical execution of communications programs for financial services firms, biotech and healthcare-related businesses, and professional services organizations, she is S&A s unofficial editorial director with responsibility for developing myriad online and offline written materials for firm clients, including media and employee communications, website content, bylined articles, and brochures, among others. Prior to S&A, Jackie was a Vice President at The MWW Group, then the country s sixth-largest independent public relations firm. During her final year there, she was chosen by MWW s management committee as the firm s Most Valued Player for her outstanding contributions to the firm s corporate communications practice. She worked there with firm co-founder Eric Starkman; they had earlier worked together at Morgen-Walke Associates [MWA], a prestigious New York-based investor relations firm. She began her communications career at Bliss, Gouverneur & Associates in New York. Jackie is an alumnus of Rutgers University in New Jersey, where she graduated with highest honors in her field of study.