Lisa Baker, a Managing Director, has represented and provided strategic communications counsel to national and global private equity firms at Owen Blicksilver Public Relations since 2004. She handles transactional communications for large, fast-paced M&A deals, growth, venture and middle market deals, complex financial and real estate transactions, crisis situations, and ESG and impact investing.

Her client engagements have included managing communications, media relations and crises for one of the world’s top private equity firms; leading a branding and public relations campaign that raised the profile of a private equity real estate platform and advanced its industry leadership position; and development of national, local and trade print advertising media plans for large private equity real estate fund closings.

Ms. Baker leads Blicksilver PR’s print and digital financial advertising, including media planning and buying strategies, and advises clients on diverse branding channels such as thought leadership positioning, email marketing and conference speaking opportunities.

Among her current clients are Carmel Partners, Colony Capital and its Colony Industrial platform, Compass Partners International, Gryphon Investors, Huron Capital, Pharos Capital Group, Rockpoint Group, Tritium Partners and WindRose Health Investors.

Prior to Blicksilver PR, Ms. Baker was Vice President of Marketing at an early stage telecom startup, BroadPoint Communications. Previously, she held senior account management positions on major consumer brands at New York advertising agencies. At Grey Advertising, she was Vice President, Group Management Supervisor on Hasbro; and at DMB&B (now Publicis Groupe) she was Senior Vice President, Management Supervisor, leading the teams on Norelco and other national accounts, where she won an Effie Award for marketing effectiveness. She was also awarded an Effie as an Account Supervisor at DDB Worldwide, working on brands that included Mrs. Paul’s foods, Clairol, Hershey and Colombian Coffee.

Ms. Baker has a B.A. in English from Clark University and an M.B.A. with a focus on marketing from the University of New Hampshire.

Jennifer Hurson is a Managing Director at Owen Blicksilver Public Relations. Most recently, she was an associate director at KPMG LLP. During her seven years at KPMG, she was responsible for external and internal communications for the firm's Advisory function, specifically working with partners in the Transactions & Restructuring, Private Equity and Management Consulting groups.

Previously, Jennifer was a vice president at Citigate Dewe Rogerson, overseeing public relations and investor relations activities for corporate clients. Prior to that, she was an account manager at Morgen Walke Associates, where she handled public relations and wrote annual reports for a variety of commercial real estate and finance organizations, including PNC Real Estate Finance and NYSE specialist firm LaBranche.

Jennifer also worked for four years at Grey Advertising's Principal Communications, supporting financial and real estate accounts such as Chase Manhattan Mortgage, Lazard Freres Real Estate Investors and First American Real Estate. Throughout her career she has written brochures, white papers, newsletters, annual reports, advertising and direct mail copy.

Jennifer graduated Magna Cum Laude from SUNY College at New Paltz with a bachelor's degree in journalism.

Joanne Lessner is a Vice President at Owen Blicksilver Public Relations, Inc., a position she has held since October 2004. Primary responsibilities include media outreach and analysis for clients such as Pontifax AgTech, Colony Capital, Vestar Capital Partners, and New State Capital. Before joining Blicksilver PR, she was a media manager for Miller DeMartine Group, where her clients included Guy Carpenter, PricewaterhouseCoopers Transaction Services and Zurich North America. Ms. Lessner began her public relations career at the corporate and financial public relations firm of Ogilvy Adams & Rinehart, where she worked from 1989 to 1996. Ms. Lessner holds a B.A. in Music from Yale University and is a regular contributor of recordings and performance reviews to Opera News. She is the author of five novels.

Caroline Luz is a Managing Director at Owen Blicksilver Public Relations, Inc.She has been with the firm since 2002. She advises on communications strategy and handles media relations for a variety of private equity and real estate clients, including Blue Wolf Capital Partners, Carmel Partners, Colony NorthStar, Gryphon Investors, The Halifax Group, Harvest Partners, Pharos Capital Group, Rockpoint Group, Rockwood Capital, Tritium Partners, Westport Capital Partners, and WindRose Health Investors. Ms. Luz has also written articles on marketing and operational excellence at private equity companies, and she participated in a Capital Roundtable panel: Marketing Your PE Firm: Navigating Regulatory Requirements.

Before joining Blicksilver PR, Ms. Luz handled public relations for The Breast Cancer Alliance, a Greenwich, Connecticut non-profit organization. Prior to that, she was an account executive at Miller DeMartine Group, where she had daily account responsibilities for the U.S. business units of Zurich North America; TH Lee Putnam Ventures, Auda Advisor Associates, and GNC, the national dietary supplement retailer. Ms. Luz began her public relations career at the corporate and financial public relations firm of Ogilvy Adams & Rinehart. Ms. Luz has a B.A. in English Literature from Yale University. In 1982, she received a Fulbright Grant to teach English to high school students in Paris, France. While there, she earned a certificate in oral and written French from the Alliance Française.

Carol J. Makovich is a Managing Director at Owen Blicksilver Public Relations, Inc., a position she has held since June 2007. Primary responsibilities focus on media relations, crisis and financial communications, and executive coaching and support. Prior to joining Blicksilver PR, Ms. Makovich served as vice president, Communications, for Lenovo Group, then the world's third-largest personal computer maker. In that role, she oversaw all external and internal communications, including global media, industry analyst and employee communications as well as corporate and financial communications. Prior to joining Lenovo, Ms. Makovich was vice president, Communications for IBM's Personal Systems Group, and before that she served as vice president, Worldwide Communications, for RJR Nabisco, Inc. and as a managing director of Hill and Knowlton, Inc., an international public relations agency, leading the Financial Relations Division at the firm's New York City headquarters office. Ms. Makovich also held communications positions at proxy solicitor Georgeson & Co. and at People's Savings Bank, a major New England-based banking institution. She began her career as a reporter for The Bridgeport Post (now known as The Connecticut Post). Ms. Makovich holds an undergraduate degree in Journalism from the University of Rhode Island; she is currently a member of the board of directors of the URI Foundation. In addition, she holds master's degrees in Communications from Fairfield University and in Business Administration from the University of Connecticut.