Adriana

For the past two decades, Adriana Benitez-Malinow has developed and led proven strategic communications strategies for a variety of corporate and public entities and provided public relations counsel to top level management in support of their goals. Her cross-functional experience encompasses all public relations and marketing communications functions.

 

Adriana's corporate career began with Marriott Resorts in San Juan and later spanned a decade at Ford Motor Company. At Ford, she first served as spokesperson in Puerto Rico and later as part of its Export Operations and Global Growth Initiatives team, where she led the global communications strategy for Ford’s Asia Pacific, Central America, Caribbean, Middle East, Sub-Saharan Africa and Korea markets.

 

Prior to her corporate career, Adriana worked in the areas of Communications and Public Relations at the Government of Puerto Rico’s Department of State and, later, the Department of Economic Development and Commerce. She holds a BS in Communications and Advertising from Loyola University in Maryland and graduate course-work in Public Relations from Sagrado Corazón University in Puerto Rico.

 

She is currently a Principal at Forculus Strategic Communications, where she oversees the daily management of the firm’s team and counsels a roster of its top-level clients.

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