Wendy Marx
President

In her career, Wendy has promoted everything from executives of publicly-traded firms...to e-commerce application developers and web personalization firms...to Columbia University's E-Commerce Management program. Wendy developed the launch PR program for the major consultancy Peppers & Rogers Group. She has also worked for AT&T and GE Capital in a variety of marketing and public relations positions and was part of the group that helped develop the highly successful AT&T Universal Card.

Wendy holds an MBA from the University of Michigan and a master's degree from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. Her technology and business articles have appeared in the New York Times, Information Week, and Computerworld and she has written advertorials for Fortune and Forbes on technology subjects. Email Wendy

Tom Mariam
Vice President

Tom Mariam offers more than two decades of senior-level experience in the communications industry, primarily with financial services and professional services firms such as Clifford Chance, Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft, Booz-Allen & Hamilton and the American Stock Exchange. He was a senior vice president at Rubenstein Associates, where he directed public relations campaigns for such major clients as Franklin Templeton, Patricof & Co., KeyCorp and GrantÕs Interest Rate Observer.

He also has served as a public relations and marketing consultant for businesses including Blank Rome LLP, the Association of Audit Committee Members, Inc., IRG Research, Pennie & Edmonds LLP, Financial Executives International, and a number of authors and entrepreneurs.

Tom is Vice President of the Public Relations Society of America's Westchester-Fairfield chapter. He earned his B.A. from Columbia University and an M.S. degree in broadcast journalism from Boston University. Email Tom

George McGoldrick
VP, Marketing

An accomplished general management and marketing executive, George has directed businesses from start-up ventures to well-known brands. He is an expert in translating fast-changing trends into marketing opportunities that enable obtainment of profit and market share goals. He has held a number of senior level positions, including vice president of marketing for Levi Strauss and president of American Trouser. Email George

Michael Anstendig
Affiliate

Anstendig partners with Marx Communications on a number of clients.

Michael Anstendig is a marketing communications expert and a food and wine enthusiast. He teaches public relations writing at New York University and recently served as Director of Public Information at The New York City Commission on Human Rights. He is also a freelance food writer and has contributed to publications such as the New York Resident, Nation's Restaurant News and Slow Food’s Guide to New York City Restaurants.

Michael completed a Basic Cooking Skills course at The Institute for Culinary Education (formerly Peter Kump’s) and completed the Wine & Spirit Education Trust Certificate Program at The International Wine Center. Michael regularly attends tastings and events sponsored by the American Institute of Wine and Food, FunwithWine.com and Slow Food USA. He is also a founder of "The Roaming Gastronomes," which introduced intrepid eaters to ethnic cuisines in New York City, including Greek, Brazilian and Indian.

Michael has held senior level positions at the public relations firms Publicis Dialog and Cohn & Wolfe.

Michael is a Magna Cum Laude graduate of the University of Pennsylvania, where he majored in Religious Studies. He studied at The Cardozo School of Law. Email Michael

Andrew Sprung
Affiliate Sprung PR

Sprung PR partners with Marx Communications on a number of clients.

In his public relations career, Andrew has publicized everything from policyholder victories in insurance coverage disputes to Zagat Survey restaurant guides, private equity transactions, and high-end real estate developments, as well as a wide range of technology and e-commerce products and services. Andrew, who holds a Ph.D. in English literature from the University of Rochester, is a prolific ghostwriter whose work has appeared in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Toronto Globe and Mail, iMarketing, the National Law Journal, ClickZ, and numerous regional business, legal and insurance publications. Email Andrew

Martin H. Arnold
Affiliate

Martin partners with Marx Communications on a number of clients.

Martin H. Arnold is an independent public relations practitioner and professor. He provides writing services, media contact and business development for clients in software, tech, manufacturing, security services, travel, construction, financial services and non-profit. An adjunct who now teaches Speech, PR and Organizational Communications at the University of Connecticut, Arnold retired in 2000 after a career spanning 33 years as Director of Corporate Communications for Rayonier, a $1 billion forest products company and spin-off of ITT Corporation. Email Martin