One of the key advantages of working with JEM is the network of skilled and experienced professionals we bring to your organization. JEM Marketing can save your company time, money and aggravation by providing contacts and resources that fit your requirements exactly. Our network associates are people we know who have provided services to us and to our clients that meet our standards for quality and professionalism. Best of all they’re great people you’ll love to work with and who’ll keep you smiling even under pressure.

	Jane Markell
	Sandra Shepard
	Michael Levin
	Carol Aregger
	Michele Samuels

Focus: Creative communications and business strategist with a diverse background in corporate and nonprofit communications and marketing.

Expertise: Jane is a writer, innovator and above all creative thinker. She is a dynamic project leader /team player and has a unique ability to transform complex confusion into clear, compelling discourse. She’s has a smile for every occasion and without exception goes the extra mile to help her clients succeed.

Clients: Pacific Research Institute, PENSCO Trust Company, Mitek, Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. Menespace.com, Okita Design, Knowledge Enterprises, Autodesk, Buzzsaw.com, Bear Stearns, CitiGroup, Broderbund, SpaTrade.com and Sega, College of Marin, Dominican University, Fulton Ferry Museum. Good Hope School.

Education: B.A. Wellesley College; M.B.A. American Graduate School of International Management, Thunderbird

Biography

Ms. Samuels is a public relations consultant and strategic planning professional, specializing in Public Relations/Communications programs, marketing plans, and events. Most recently, Michele is targeting “Green Businesses” and businesses who wish to leverage the rising demand for “green marketing” to help them fulfill the requirements to gain their green status and then promote it.

Ms. Samuels draws from her experience as PR agency professional, communications consultant to tech and business startups and most recently Executive Director of the Marin County-based Carlston Family Foundation to provide her clients with custom designed programs that meet business objectives and ultimately get results.

Over the past 23 years, Michele has worked with companies in technical, consumer and arts industries to create awareness and to educate their specific target markets.

Local clients include: Broderbund Software, Marin Community Foundation, 54th Street Partners, Alex Marshall Studios, WebIDG, PC World Online, WebShopper, Beechnut Baby Foods, Weekly Reader, American Management Systems, Modern Heirloom, and Working Resources.

Michele has also volunteered her public relations and event planning skills to the Mill Valley Variety Show, Marin CASA, and other local non-profits. She raised funds for and rode in the California AID’s Rides three times.

Michele holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Communications from Oberlin College, with a specialization in Public Relations, and a Minor in Dance.