Our Team

Carina Sayles

Carina Sayles Sayles & Winnikoff co-principal Carina Sayles shares in the strategic direction and overall management of the company. Sayles has held executive positions at the PR firms Goodman Media International and Pryor & Associates and in-house positions as manager of media relations for the CBS Television Network and as manager of advertising, publicity and promotion at Walt Disney's Buena Vista Television. She is a two-time recipient of the prestigious Maxwell Steinberg Award for her TV series campaigns. Sayles' expertise also extends to high profile licensing and publishing companies as well as non-profits.

Alan Winnikoff

Alan Winnikoff Sayles & Winnikoff co-principal Alan Winnikoff shares in the strategic direction and overall management of the company. He was previously one of the founding executives of Sony Wonder, the family entertainment division of Sony Music. He has also held executive PR and marketing positions at the cable news channel MSNBC and at IDG Books, the publishers of the "For Dummies" series and Frommer's Travel Guides, among other brands. Other companies and properties with which he has been associated include Paramount Television, MTV Home Video, Disney Television and "Sesame Street."

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Rick Gomes

Rick Gomes, Senior Vice President

Senior Vice President Rick Gomes has worked with United Nations Association of the United States of America (UNA-USA); Bacardi Limon; Metreon – A Sony Entertainment Center; Steve & Barry's, a multi- million dollar apparel chain with over 150 stores nationwide; Levi Strauss & Co. He held a senior position at Kathryn Schenker Associates, where he represented music personalities such as Bette Midler, Diana Ross, Herb Alpert, Joe Jackson, Hall & Oates, The Isley Brothers and Desmond Child as well as former Arista Records President & CEO Antonio "L.A." Reid and Motown Records President Kedar Massenburg.

Beth Brody

Beth Brody, Vice President

Vice President Beth Brody has provided public relations services to the upscale children's clothing boutique, Basil and Lizzie; parenting book publisher Free Spirit; and Jolly Learning, a U.K. based publisher of phonics books and games for children. Beth has also worked with Omnibus Press, the largest publisher of pop and rock music books; Dow Jones; Dun & Bradstreet; JVC; Random House; Berkeley Publishing; Educational Testing Service; Janssen; National Business Group on Health; US Preventive Medicine; D.R. Horton, TIAA-CREF, and Berlitz.

Jennifer Buglione

Jennifer Buglione, Account Executive

Account Executive Jennifer Buglione has worked at People's Revolution, a boutique fashion and lifestyle
PR firm. Jennifer had the opportunity to work directly with designers such as Sass & Bide, Alexander Herchcovitch, Heatherette, and Mara Hoffman. Jennifer has worked with public relations firm Travers Collins & Company where she assisted with the Dawn Food Products Inc account. Also, she hosted a live music television program called Stony Brook Uncut which was broadcasted throughout SUNY Stony Brook.

Jamie Goldman

Jamie Goldman, Assistant Account Executive

Assistant Account Executive, Jamie Goldman is a graduate of Muhlenberg College majoring in media/communications with a minor in English. He most recently worked with the United States Tennis Association in their outreach and advocacy department. His intern experience includes public affairs at Lifetime Television and conferences and events for Nielsen Business Media. As an assistant, Jamie contributes to all account efforts.

Gloria Shimkin

Gloria Shimkin, Public Relations Associate

Public Relations Associate Gloria Shimkin works with Carina Sayles in the New Jersey office of Sayles & Winnikoff Communications, focusing on a wide cross-section of the company's clients. Shimkin's background includes many years of experience in the field of broadcast journalism. She wrote two award-winning documentaries for Public Television. For several years, she and her husband operated their own production company creating numerous behind-the-scenes segments for clients such as CBS and the USA Network, as well as corporate clients. She started her career in radio and television news.