LVM

About David M. Grant

A native New Yorker, David M. Grant is a graduate of Queens College and attended the New York University Graduate School of Arts and Science, majoring in economics. David was a New York City Hall reporter and deputy bureau chief for the Long Island Press, and contributed freelance articles to a number of publications, including The New York Times.

For 2 1/2 years, David worked in the public affairs office of New York City's Housing and Development Administration, eventually becoming its director of public affairs. After serving as vice president of Howard J. Rubenstein Associates, he formed his own public relations firm in August 1974.

David is a:

•	Fellow in the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA)
•	Former officer in the Professional Services section and the Counselors Academy of PRSA
•	Past president of the New York Chapter of PRSA
•	Former member of the board of directors of the metropolitan New York chapter of the Legal Marketing Association
•	Member of the Society for Marketing Professional Services (SMPS)
•	Member of the program committee of SMPS's New York chapter
•	Member of The Business Development Network

He has frequently lectured and written on various aspects of public relations.

JEANNETTE BOCCINI
Principal and Executive Vice President
LVM Group Inc.

A communications professional with nearly 20 years of experience, Jeannette is principal and executive vice president of LVM Group, where she conceives, develops, implements and supervises a variety of strategic media campaigns for clients. She specializes in media relations and writing, and she has arranged for her clients to appear in such notable media as The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Los Angeles Times, The Associated Press, and Crain's New York Business, and on CNN, Bloomberg News and Wall Street Journal This Morning.

Jeannette, who has been with LVM Group since 2001, previously served as director of corporate communications and marketing at Sonnenblick-Goldman Company, an international real estate investment banking firm. She has also held senior positions at Insignia Douglas Elliman, one of Manhattan's largest residential real estate companies, and The Krantz Group, a boutique public relations firm. Earlier in her career, Jeannette worked as an English teacher on the high school and college levels.

Jeannette is a board member and membership chairperson of Pinnacle Worldwide, an international organization of public relations firms; a board member and communications committee member of New York Commercial Real Estate Women; and board member of the Lupus Alliance of America, Hudson Valley affiliate. She is also an active member of New York Women in Communications, Public Relations Society of America, The Business Development Network, Association of Real Estate Women, and The Westchester Business Network. She graduated Summa Cum Laude from Pace University with a B.A. in Literature/Communications and earned an M.A. in English Education from Teachers College, Columbia University.