Harness the Horsepower of Our Hardworking Team

The Guarisco Group, LLC, is an Atlanta-based team of media professionals that includes former CNN anchors, bookers, producers, and writers.

We secure major national and international media coverage for our clients, which results in a higher profile and increased business for them.

Our clients are the top legal analysts, political strategists, authors, and experts from business, health and medicine, pop culture, and entertainment that you see in national media every day.

As former journalists, we understand the interview process from the inside out. We have long-standing, personal relationships with key decision-makers in high-profile broadcast, print, and digital media. We are your source for media connections.

Meet the Team

Wendy Guarisco

Founder and CEO

Wendy Guarisco - Founder of Guarisco Group, LLC

Wendy Guarisco has over 30 years of experience as a communications and marketing professional. She’s worked with Fortune 500 companies, one-man shops, and everything in between. And as the founder of her media consulting firm, she knows first-hand the opportunities and challenges of small business ownership.

Wendy began her career in Atlanta with McCann-Erickson, then the world’s largest advertising agency, where she helped shape the images of such companies as Coca-Cola and Georgia Pacific. She was hired by her client Contel, then the third-largest non-Bell telephone company, and moved to Washington, DC as their Eastern Region Public Affairs Coordinator. She later spent a few years with a Northern Virginia broadcast production/direct response advertising company before moving back to Atlanta and joining CNN. She spent 12 years booking live interviews and contributing to the network’s award-winning coverage of events such as The Persian Gulf War, the OJ Simpson Trial, the Oklahoma City Bombing, the Balkan conflict, the terrorist attacks of 9/11, three presidential elections, the impeachment of President Bill Clinton, the 2000 Florida recount controversy, numerous international summits, and much more.

As a director of CNN’s Guest Booking unit, Wendy helped manage a staff of bookers in Atlanta, Washington, New York, London, and Hong Kong. They were responsible for all of the network’s live interviews throughout the day. She was involved in creating some of CNN’s groundbreaking programs, including the Emmy Award-winning CNN & Company, Burden of Proof, and television’s first interactive talk show, TalkBack Live! She served as that show’s senior editorial producer for six years.

In 2001, Wendy launched the Guarisco Group, LLC. She and her team secure major national and international media coverage for clients worldwide. Clients credit their enhanced media profile with generating greater and more positive awareness of them and their products/services and generating increased business for them.

Co-Owner, Managing Director

Emilia Gledhill – Co-Owner, Managing Director

Emilia Gledhill attended Ole Miss and graduated from Kennesaw State University. As co-owner of the agency, she leads our media relations and business development teams. Emilia also brings her considerable talents as a branding/image expert to our media training program, drawing on her experience in retail, modeling, fashion wholesale showroom management, luxury 5-star resort hospitality, and film/TV production.

COO and "Money Guy"

Alex Muñoz - Chief Operating Officer and "Money Guy"

Alex Muñoz is our COO, Business Manager, Strategic Adviser, and Secret Weapon. Alex’s 20+ years of business management experience include personally leading start-up divisions and turn-around success stories.

Alex is also the owner and principal of CSR, LLC and has been instrumental in helping clients across multiple industries navigate today’s business challenges to reach success. He works with other clients besides us (although we are his favorite), so if your business needs a jumpstart, email [email protected] – you won’t believe the difference he’ll make.

Account Supervisor

Gina McKenzie - Account Supervisor

With over 20 years in communications, Gina McKenzie is a creative, strategic, and results-driven leader with experience spearheading creative, innovative, multi-platform campaigns and brand initiatives targeting consumer and trade audiences. Before leaving to start her firm, Gina was VP of Public Relations for TNT, TBS, and Turner Classic Movies. She joins Guarisco Group to oversee special projects and share her booking, print, and digital media expertise.

Digital Marketing Strategist

Sofía Abou-Jaoudé Digital Marketing Strategist

Sofía Muñoz Abou-Jaoudé supports Guarisco Group through crafting social media strategy, managing social media channels, editing blogs, and curating media images.

She holds a BA in International Studies and Spanish Literature from Fordham University.

Advisor Emeritus

Sal Guarisco - Advisor Emeritus

Sal Guarisco advises us on systems and operations issues. He has owned several business enterprises and is highly skilled at system software analysis, audio and video production, and project management.

Los Angeles Account Executive

Bo Brannen - Los Angeles Account Executive

Bo Brannen is an Account Executive in our Los Angeles office. He also spearheads business development and streamlines our processes. Bo earned a BBA from Belmont University focused on the entertainment industry. He brings over ten years of music, entertainment, and technology industry experience ranging from live event production, artist management, marketing, and publicity, to conceptualizing and creating music-centric mobile technologies. Bo’s innovation and creativity, along with his exceptional networking ability and his leadership and problem-solving skills, make him an invaluable member of the Guarisco Group team.

Assistant Account Executive

John Heath - Assistant Account Executive

John Heath is Assistant Account Executive and maintains our library of client media appearances on our YouTube channel. He is majoring in English at Kennesaw State University.