Leo Bottary

Current

An at Independent Consultant/Adjunct Professor

Past

Senior Vice President, Account Director at Mullen
Senior Vice President, Corporate Practice at Hill & Knowlton
President at Bottary & Partners Public Relations

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Education

Pepperdine University
Seton Hall University
Jacksonville University

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Industry

Public Relations and Communications

Leo Bottary’s Summary

I've spent 25 years in the PR business both on the agency and client sides. I served a Senior Vice President, Account Director at Mullen and SVP, Corporate Practice and Director of Client Service for the U.S. at Hill & Knowlton. Before that, I led the public relations practice for St. John & Partners Advertising & Public Relations after the agency acquired Bottary & Partners Public Relations in 2000.

Bottary & Partners was founded in 1995 to provide northeast Florida with an independent, full-service public relations resource. Inside PR described the firm as a regional powerhouse, great place to work, and new media pioneer. The agency was a member of the Worldcom Public Relations Group with which I was active in leading workshops and discussion groups in the U.S. and abroad for agency principals and their senior management teams on a wide range of topics. Agency clients included McDonald's, Sprint PCS, CSX Transportation, Jiffy Lube and AMC Theaters, Jacksonville University, among others.

During my career, I’ve chaired and served on boards for dozens of not-for-profits organizations, including United Way of Northeast Florida, Ronald McDonald House, Junior Achievement, the Florida Sterling Council and the I.M. Sulzbacher Center for the Homeless.

Leo Bottary’s Specialties:

New Business Development, Client Service, Corporate Reputation Management, Crisis Communications, Community Relations, and Digital Communications.

Additional Information

Leo Bottary’s Interests:

Running, Reading, Client Service, and the 2008 Presidential election.

Leo Bottary’s Groups:

Marketing & Public Relations Innovators

Hill & Knowlton Employees, Past and Present
Green & Sustainability Innovators & Innovation Network
Innovative Marketing, PR, Sales, Word-of-Mouth & Buzz Innovators
Public Relations Professionals
Seton Hall University - Master of Arts in Strategic Communication and Leadership (MASCL) Alumni
Seton Hall University - MASCL Alumni LT 21
Network of PR Professionals
Seton Hall University Alumni Network
PR 2.0 Lab
Public Relations and Communications Professionals
MarketingProfs
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PROpenMic Members
NuWorldwide (Open Networkers)
Pepperdine University GSEP - Education Division