Carole V. Bartholomeaux- President
Carole is involved in the community, donating her expertise to a variety of causes, including: Passage of such landmark legislation as the Federal Indian Health Advisory Act; Arizona Victims' Rights Bill, Domestic Violence Law, Affirmative Action Defense Bill; issues affecting the Phoenix Law Enforcement Association (PLEA).
Increased attendance: Barrett-Jackson Auction went from 15,000 to more than 60,000 in two years while revenues soared from $5.5 million to more than $27 million in five years.
Credited by Director of Development for Scottsdale Cultural Council with increasing sell outs in 425 percent in one year!
Over a three year period tripled income for Scottsdale Center for the Arts Night Run for the Arts each year through a combination of increased participation and sponsorship.
Improved coverage: In 2009, achieved more than $300,000 worth of coverage for the Phoenix Law Enforcement Association (PLEA) and PLEA Charities. In 2008, coverage for PLEA on radio, television and in print and on-line was valued at more than $500,000 included coverage of the divisive illegal immigration situation in Phoenix by Fox News National. Coverage of two events for the Lupus Foundation of America, Arizona Chapter in 2009 was valued at more than $55,000. Attendance doubled at both events, with income doubling as well. Coverage of one event and one news conference for the Arizona Osteopathic Medical Association in 2009 garnered more than $40,000 in coverage. In just one month in 2006 we arranged for more than $400,000 worth of coverage for first-time author, Gary W. Moore, PLAYING WITH THE ENEMY: A Baseball Prodigy, A World at War and a Field of Broken Dreams. Coverage included: Variety, WLS Radio, www.philly.com, Tulsa World News, Movie Web, Dallas Morning News, San Diego Business Journal, www.jewreview.net, The Chicago Herald, The Fort Worth Star Telegram. Created a sponsorship program with Southwest Airlines which paid the cost of a nation-wide Book Tour. Also in 2006, created national campaign for Adventure Highway TV host, Tom Holm, who set a Guinness World Record driving coast to coast in a Chevrolet Silverado powered solely by P-100 (100% plant fuel). Achieved more than $250,000 worth of coverage for this two week event including: Hollywood News Calendar, Orange County Register, KRQE CBS TV & KOB NBC TV, Albuquerque, NBC TVOklahoma City; The Oklahoman, WJZ TV CBS, Baltimore; WCAU TV, NBC, Philadelphia. NBC Today Show, Metro News. Fox News, New York; KFI, Los Angeles. This gives you anidea of the kind of successes we are committed to achieving for our clients.
One-day coverage of Mark Harmon’s whirlwind tour of the Valley of the Sun resulted in coverage valued by Coors Beer at more than $250,000.
Increased visibility…MADD Keep It a Safe Summer Campaign Phoenix recognized by the National Office for providing more coverage and more airing of public service announcements than any other Chapter in the Nation! Coverage in a three month period valued in excess of $133,000!
Lobbied successfully for a variety of causes at the City, State, County and Federal levels including: Federal Indian Health Advisory Act, Arizona’s Omnibus Criminal Code Act, Paradise Valley Homeowners Association; passage of Domestic Violence Laws, both state and Federal; Arizona Victims Rights Coalition, Waste Management, BIRP (Beverage Industry Recycling Program).
Carole’s book, DAZZLE PR! is being shopped currently by her literary agent. Carole is currently writing two other books, one based on a true story of World War II; the other her autobiography.