Senior Business Writer Frank Pagani Begins New Career Chapter as Communications Consultant

PRLog (Press Release) - Sep. 21, 2012 - Ardsley, New York (September 21, 2012) Senior business writer Frank Pagani, who for the last eight years served as a member of the Westchester-based Thompson & Bender (T&B) public relations firm, has begun a new career chapter as an independent marketing and corporate communications consultant and copywriter.

He will provide businesses and organizations with strategic corporate and marketing communications consulting s including public relations as well as  copywriting services for a wide range of projects: brochures, direct mail, annual reports, newsletters, capabilities presentations, press releases, speeches, website content and advertising.

A communications professional with more than 25 years of experience, Pagani has worked in numerous business sectors including healthcare, accounting, entertainment, banking, real estate, not-for-profit, hospitality, business advocacy and aviation.

At T&B, he played a key role in generating sustained and quality news media coverage for several of Westchester’s leading businesses and organizations including The Westchester County Association, Iona College, New York-Presbyterian Hospital, White Plains Hospital, Cappelli Enterprises, The Business Council of Westchester, the Radisson Hotel New Rochelle, Stepinac High School, DoubleTree by Hilton Tarrytown, Sleepy Hollow Country Club, Yonkers Downtown BID and others.

Previously, Pagani served as Manager of Marketing and Business Development for the New York State Society of CPAs, responsible for creating and implementing the organization’s integrated marketing communications program. During his tenure, he helped achieve the highest member retention rate in 10 years, increased subscriptions to the organization’s magazine, “The CPA Journal”, and helped to launch a new book title division.

After serving in the U.S. Air Force, he co-founded and was senior creative writer and account executive for Miller & Pagani, a graphic design firm specializing in creating and producing annual reports for publicly-owned companies. Among the initial public offering reports he created were for King World Productions and New Line Cinema, companies that respectively went on to become leaders in television program distribution and motion picture production.

Pagani is a graduate of the State University of New York at Stony Brook where he earned a B.A. Degree in Political Science. A native of the Bronx, he attended Morris High School and was editor of the school newspaper.

In the Air Force, he won Best NATO Editor and Best Newspaper Awards for “The Wingman,” the base newspaper of the 20th Tactical Fighter Wing, Great Britain. He also won Creativity Awards for annual reports and marketing campaigns he developed at Miller & Pagani. He has contributed news articles and feature stories to The Westchester County Business Journal and Westchester Wag and is an award-winning poet in the annual Town of Greenburgh competition.  

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