Carolyn Grisko is president of Carolyn Grisko & Associates Inc., a strategic communications firm that she founded in 1995.  Since that time, CG&A has been consistently recognized in local and national awards for its creativity, innovation and success.

Carolyn devoted five years to local government work, serving as deputy press secretary, mayoral aide and campaign manager for Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley.  Prior to that, she spent a decade in radio and television, primarily reporting for and managing the news operation at Chicago’s public radio station, WBEZ.

Carolyn is co-chair of the Chicago committee of Human Rights Watch, a Leadership Greater Chicago fellow and is active in IPREX, a public relations corporation made up of leading, independent PR agencies in major markets worldwide. She travels, always knows the best restaurant, can cook a decent meal herself and actually knows all of the many friends on her Facebook page.