User talk:Joongoon

So how does one become the first female to lead a top-ten global PR agency?

Helen Ostrowski can certainly enlighten you on the details- but first we will take it back to how it all started. Being the daughter of a Polish father and Swiss mother who emigrated to New Jersey, Ostrowski's climb to the top has a certain charm to it.

Helen graduated from high school in 1969 and joined the PR department of American Cyanamid and began a career in the pharmaceuticals industry. During her decade there she transitioned through public relations positions in media relations, shareholder relations as well as employees and management communications. Her nights were spent hitting the books at NYU where she obtained her B.A.

Soon after Helen joined and stayed at Schering-Plough for five years. At the time Helen was one of five women employed at the firm and recalls her boss identifying women of that time by having ‘a tough exterior' - because ‘that's almost how you had to be'. She was subsequently promoted to public relations manager of the company’s international pharmaceutical products division, where she handled global communications programs for new pharmaceutical products. Soon after A sense that she was ‘starting to spend more time in meetings than learning about my craft' prompted a switch to agency life, working first for a couple of healthcare boutiques and soon after became President of Wang Associates Health Communications.

Helen joined Porter Novelli in 1993 as head of healthcare which represented some of the world’s largest leading pharmaceutical companies such as Merck, Wyeth and GlaxoSmithKline. Keeping her global role in mind, Helen always wanted to ‘break down traditional barriers of geography and practices... to create a culture in which the best minds can be brought together'. She progressed through several positions at Porter Novelli, including general manager of the New York office, head of global practices and key accounts, president of the Americas, and became chief executive officer in 2003. With more than 35 years of experience in public relations, Helen has handled public relations programs for many major companies while leaving behind a reputation to be challenged.

What can we come to expect from Helen from her life after Porter Novelli? I guess we will have to continue to check back to find out…

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