NEW YORK, Oct. 24, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Lisa Witter has been named the first partner in the 30-year history of FENTON, the public interest communications firm.
Witter, 38, serves as Chief Change Officer for the company, where she has held many important posts over the past 11 years, including Managing Director of both the San Francisco and New York offices.
At FENTON, Witter has led many of the firm's marquee client victories, including stopping the broadcast of hard liquor ads on network television, the creation of the national Amber Alert system for missing children, launching SheSource.org to increase the visibility of women experts in the news, and pioneering the first violent death reporting system in the U.S.
Witter is the co-author of The She Spot: Why Women are the Market for Changing the World and How to Reach Them. She has appeared on and been quoted in numerous national and local news outlets including NPR, MSNBC, CBS, Fox Newsday, the Seattle Times, CNN.com and others.
"This is the start of passing the firm to the next generation," explained CEO David Fenton, who turns 60 next April, which also marks the firm's 30th anniversary. "Lisa is a force of nature. She has done so much to make us the full-service firm we are today, while staying true to our fundamental social mission."
"I am proud to be part of a firm that has succeeded by only taking on clients we believe in," Witter explained. "I am excited about the launch of FENTON Studios, our coming global expansion, and the talents and passions of our entire staff."
In 2010, Lisa Witter was named a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum. In 2004, she was a finalist on the Showtime reality series, "American Candidate." Oxygen.com honored Lisa as an outstanding activist for her work against the privatization of Social Security in 2000.
Witter sits on numerous advisory boards and expert panels including the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, ClimateCounts.org, The Institute of Medicine, DailyFeats.com, and the Women's Philanthropy Institute at the Center for Philanthropy at Indiana University. She co-anchors the Women and Girls Action Network for the Clinton Global Initiative and is a frequent public speaker on philanthropy, communications and social change at events such as the Skoll World Forum, Pop!Tech, and TEDWomen.
FENTON has offices in New York, Washington, Los Angeles, San Francisco, and will be opening its first international office in London in January. The firm was founded in 1982 to create issue campaigns that serve the public interest. For more information see our website, www.fenton.com.
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