Throughout our careers, Lynn and I have worked extensively with public relations agencies and have brought to the firm the qualities we most valued in the best of the outside counsel we employed: responsiveness, attention to detail and a willingness to take initiative and ownership.  
 
   
 
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Lynn McReynolds


Lynn McReynolds is a veteran communications executive with more than 20 years experience. Before founding McReynolds Elek in 2002, she was Senior Vice President of Communications for Discovery Networks U.S., where she was responsible for communications strategy development and implementation for the unit of Discovery Communications that includes Discovery Channel, TLC (The Learning Channel), Animal Planet, Travel Channel, Discovery Health Channel and Discovery’s six digital networks.

Before joining Discovery in 1996, she served as vice president of media relations for the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) for six years, where she developed and implemented media strategy and served as chief spokesperson for the major trade association that represented U.S. television stations, radio stations and broadcast networks.

Before joining NAB, she was director of communications at the Grocery Manufacturers of America, which represents major U.S. food and consumer product manufacturers, and director of public affairs at the National Cable Television Association, where she spent seven years developing and implementing communications campaigns for the nascent cable TV industry.

Before joining NCTA in 1983, she served as deputy press secretary to U.S. Senator Walter D. Huddleston, on whose staff she spent six years. She has also been involved in a variety of volunteer endeavors, including co-chairing the NCTA Public Affairs Committee (2000-2001), serving on the Boards of the historic London Town Foundation and the Bay Ridge Trust, a land conservation organization, and spearheading the development and implementation of publicity plans for the 40th Anniversary of the Peace Corps in Sept. 2001.

A Kentucky native, Ms. McReynolds is a graduate of Southern Methodist University and now resides in Annapolis, MD.

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Kimberly Elek

Kimberly Elek has a broad range of communications and marketing experience, with a specialty in launching new initiatives and building startups. Before launching McReynolds Elek, she served as senior director of marketing and communications for USinternetworking (USi), a major application service provider (ASP) located in Annapolis, MD. In that position she was responsible for branding and marketing programs for the company, as well as corporate communications. She joined the young company in 1999 in the newly created position of director of corporate relations and internal communications, where she was responsible for building and executing strategic plans for corporate, government and internal communications.

Before joining USi, she spent five years as director of public affairs with the National Cable Television Association (NCTA), where she implemented and promoted a new national public affairs program designed to profile the cable industry’s contributions to education, its achievements in technology and its commitment to improved customer service. During her tenure at NCTA, Ms. Elek traveled the country serving as the primary public affairs liaison to member companies and state associations within the cable and telecommunications industry.

Prior to NCTA she spent five years working in Washington DC’s legal community where she successfully helped establish a new marketing division of a legal services company and was subsequently hired by a client into a newly created marketing, management and communications position.

Ms. Elek has been an active member of her community. She founded and served as chairman of an award-winning 501(c)(3) non-profit charity, where she was an active fundraiser and also established and participated in several community service programs.

A New Jersey native, Ms. Elek graduated cum laude from Colgate University and now resides in Annapolis, MD.

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Lynn McReynolds
lynn@mcreynoldselek.com
Phone: 410.268.0275
Fax: 410.268.4840

 
     
  Kimberly Elek
kim@mcreynoldselek.com
Phone: 410.956.0460
Fax: 410.956.3982
 
 
   
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