About Us - Karen Pierce Gonzalez Public Relations

Since 2000, Karen Pierce Gonzalez Public Relations has provided public relations services for businesses, non-profits, art and culture organizations, and individual professionals locally, regionally, and nationally. Founder and president Karen Pierce Gonzalez has twenty-five years experience in the media having worked as a journalist for such media as the San Francisco Chronicle, Marin Independent Journal, and Point Reyes Light newspapers as well a numerous local and national magazines. She knows what makes the news and what does not.

Ms. Gonzalez specializes in identifying newsworthy angles about her clients’ events and activities and obtaining news coverage from appropriate media outlets. She also helps clients maximize their advertising budgets by developing sponsorship packages with supporting media, groups, and businesses.

Ms. Gonzalez earned a Bachelor of Arts degrees in anthropology linguistics and in creative writing from Sonoma State University. She is a published fiction and non-fiction writer and has won numerous awards and nominations for her short stories including a 2006 Pushcart Prize nomination, 2005 National League of American Pen Women award for fiction, 2004 National League of American Pen Woman award for creative nonfiction, and 2002 California Writers award for nonfiction.

Karen Pierce Gonzalez Public Relations associates include Deborah Rawson, assistant; Chris Cone, copy writer; and Marv Parker, videographer as well as graphic artists, book packagers, and more.