Our Team
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
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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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, 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.
Claire Matson, Assistant Account Executive
Assistant Account Executive, Claire Matson, graduated from Suffolk University with a major in Public Relations and a minor in Journalism. She interned for two summers at the public relations firm Tractenberg & Co. where she worked on accounts such as Burt’s Bees, Korres, and The Children’s Place and gained valuable social media experience promoting their products. Claire joined the Sayles & Winnikoff team in 2010.
Leesa Oberholzer, Assistant Account Executive
Leesa Oberholzer is a graduate of Hofstra University with a B.A. in Public Relations and a minor in Speech Communication & Rhetorical Studies. She most recently worked with the management team at Kohl’s on the in-store launch of clothing lines for Lauren Conrad and Tony Hawk. Her public relations experience includes the entertainment department at Rogers & Cowan and MTV Networks and their launch of the video game Rock Band.
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.
