Dianna Huff
Writer/Marketing Communications Strategy

Myrna Bayliss
Writer/Communications Strategist

Marc Nissenbaum
Internet consultant

Rob Weinberg
Marketing Strategist

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Dianna Huff, ABC

Dianna is a marketing communications professional who has held positions at various high-tech companies in the Silicon Valley and the East Coast since 1986, including Varian Associates and Precision Technical Sewing. In June 1999, Ms. Huff was awarded the “ABC”, or Accredited Business Communicator, by the International Association of Business Communicators (IABC).

The ABC is granted after a rigorous portfolio and examination process. Only about 10 people in New England currently wear the ABC designation. Those persons carrying the ABC must adhere to the IABC’s Code of Ethics.

A graduate of California State University, Hayward, with a BA and MA in English, Ms. Huff is currently an active member of the Boston Yankee Chapter of the IABC, the Alliance for Amesbury, and the Portsmouth, NH Chamber of Commerce. She teaches Marketing Writing at Northeastern University. Ms. Huff is a proud mompreneur who is successfully raising a business and a family.

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Myrna Bayliss

Myrna is a public relations professional with a broad background in communications. For the past two decades, she worked at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center in Worcester, most recently as Associate Vice Chancellor for University Relations.

In this capacity, she had communications responsibilities for the Medical School, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Graduate School of Nursing, and the clinical system (UMass Clinical System, pre-merger), and served as a consultant to UMass Memorial Health Care. Her responsibilities included publications, periodicals, marketing and fundraising collateral, and crisis communications. She reported directly to the Chancellor/Dean and served as one of his key advisors.

She has written and edited white papers, case statements, grant requests, copy for college viewbooks, feature stories, donor publications, proposals and speeches. She has worked on many committees and task forces to develop strategic communications plans and to orchestrate the resolution of issues. She has also worked in partnership with marketing professionals to develop strategies for growth, enhanced visibility and expansion, for both profit and non-profit organizations.

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Marc Nissenbaum

Marc has been in the computer field for over 20 years. He has worked on both small and large projects using a wide variety of technologies.

In the Internet area, Marc has been creating sophisticated Data Base driven web sites, using Microsoft Access for small clients and SQL Sever 7 for larger clients. His expertise in VB Script and Java Script has also allowed him to quickly customize sites to meet client’s needs.

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Rob Weinberg

A big thinker who can manage all the details, Rob Weinberg is a 20-year marketing veteran with a unique ability to tie strategically diverse - and sometimes unusual - players towards resolution of a common goal. Highly regarded as a dynamic conceptual thinker, Rob has helped clients in every industry imaginable find hidden profit centers and eliminate the volatility from their marketing efforts - both in good times and bad.

Formerly the president of W. L. Harvey Marketing Communications - a Madison Avenue agency - Rob brings to the team an enviable level of expertise across a wide range of the marketing spectrum. His strengths include strategic planning; research and analysis; direct response marketing; and public relations. His successes for clients have included lead generation; alliance building; website development; and sales promotion.

Rob is author of the acclaimed book Removing the Mystery from Marketing, as well as being a frequent columnist in a wide variety of business and general interest publications. Because of this, he is a regular speaker before both private and governmental groups. He is also available for kid’s parties.