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George S. Mc Quade  III

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George McQuade, Executive Vice President of MAYO Communicatons, is a national award-winning entertainment, government, corporate communications and multimedia expert. As V.P. of new business and media relations, Mc Quade and his staff earned “Best Media Placement-Print,” “Best Public Affairs Campaign,” and “Education Campaigns,” “Best Corp. Communications,” from the Public Relations Society of America, PRSA, where he served as a board member for four years. Since January 2000, McQuade has been a national writer on behind the scenes of media relations, writing inside reports on entertainment publicity, media relations, public relations and agencies in the U.S. He was previously the Media Relations Director at Cerrell Associates, Inc, a leading public affairs and political lobbying independent firm in Los Angeles. He served as president and board member on the national Entertainment Publicists Professional Society (EPPS), with chapters in New York and Los Angeles. EPPS is a national leader in publicity and marketing education, providing valuable seminars, industry resources and networking opportunities in Los Angeles and New York, focusing on the needs of the publicity community. MAYO Communications, a full service marketing, public relations and publicity firm Mc Quade cofounded, has led numerous award-winning successful media campaigns. McQuade has been behind and in front of the camera for more than 15 years. In 1989 -92, as an LA correspondent for NBC Mutual News and ABC Entertainment Radio Network he covered high-profile stories such as the wildfires, earthquakes, lip-sync controversy of Milli Vanilli, a pop and dance music duo during the Grammys; Barbara Streisand Clinton Fundraiser; Zsa Zsa Gabore Cop slapping trial; the Charles Keating; Michael Milken and Rodney King trials. During 1992, McQuade covered the Rodney King Beating trial live UPI and LA Riots in South Central LA for network owned and operated radio and TV stations. George was also one of two original writers for KNBC’s “Today In LA Weekend, The Channel 4 News,” Los Angeles’ first 90-minute weekend newscast, which was cut to 60 minutes and still exists as #1 in the ratings. His PR and media relations jobs include: SoCal Gas Company External and Corporate Communications management; the Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles (HACLA); Joe Cerrell & Associates, the oldest political and public affairs agency in California. George has a Bachelor of Arts degree, with a double major in broadcast communications/journalism, from Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA. He is a nationally acclaimed photographer, and received his technical training at the U.S. Naval School of Photography at the Naval Officers Training Schools in Pensacola, Fl. He was Associated Students President at Everett Community College in Everett, WA, where he received his Associate Arts degree with an emphasis in journalism. He also worked on both College/University newspapers. Currently he writes a monthly column for news websites on media, public relations news and marketing communications. The California State Firefighters Association presented him with a Medal of Valor and the Los Angeles City Council called him a hero for rescuing a noted UCLA Medical Center Cardiovascular Radiologist in Tarzana, CA from his burning truck on the morning of a crisis workshop he still mange to attend on time. George is also a hero to his Argentinean-born wife and attorney, Aida, and two sons, Kevin and James. Aida Mayo McQuade is also president of MAYO Communications, a 100 percent woman and Spanish-owned full service PR agency registered with Los Angeles County as a minority owned business enterprise. For more about MAYO visit: www.MayoPR.com, www.MayoCommunications.com and www.LAentertainmentPublicity.com. MAYO, founded in 1995, is based in Los Angeles with Bureaus in Buenos Aires, San Diego and New York.

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