Lisa Szarkowski

Lisa Szarkowski is Vice President for Public Relations at the U.S. Fund for UNICEF. In her present role, Ms. Szarkowski manages the media and celebrity relations departments and leads the organization's emergency response team.  She joined the U.S. Fund for UNICEF in 1999 as a Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF Regional Program Manager.

Previously, Ms. Szarkowski spent ten years in Washington, D.C., with the U.S. House of Representatives Appropriations Committee, the AFL-CIO and T. Dean Reed public affairs agency.  She has staffed a range of accounts including pediatric HIV/AIDS; diplomatic corps; political campaigns and Fortune 100 businesses.

An essay authored by Ms. Szarkowski was recently published in How to Achieve a Heaven on Earth: 101 Insightful Essays from The World's Greatest Thinkers, Leaders and Writers (Pelican, January, 2010). She is featured in the forthcoming Breakthrough Nonprofit Branding: Seven Principles for Powering Extraordinary Results (Wiley, October 25, 2010).  In June 2010, she was named "Publicist of the Year" by a panel of U.S. journalists for the national Bulldog Reporter Awards.

Ms. Szarkowski is a graduate of Wheaton College in Norton, Massachusetts.  She is a certified chaplain and lifelong advocate and volunteer for children's rights.

July 2010