Besides our principal team, we work with a variety of specialized independent contractors to provide the additional services of graphic design, copy writing, and account services.

Lilli is a public relations specialist with over 18 years experience in strategic marketing communications. She is the former vice president of Wyse Landau Public Relations (a past division of Wyse Advertising), the largest communications agency in Ohio. She served clients from major corporations and entrepreneurial companies to cultural and national non-profit organizations and supervised a team of account representatives in the hospitality and design industries, as well as real estate, telecommunications and consumer products including: The National Trust for Historic Preservation's Historic Hotels of America Program, Stouffer Hotel Company, Realty One, The Galleria, World AIDS Day, AT&T, Fanny Farmer, J.M. Smucker Company, Sherwin Williams and P.P.G. Lilli is also a well-known Cleveland journalist with 17 years as a retail, fashion/design editor and feature writer with the Cleveland Press, Sun Newspapers, Cleveland Magazine and other Ohio-based publications.

Lilli's pro-bona experience includes: Red The Orchestra, The College of Jewish Studies, The Jewish Community Center, The Cleveland Center for Contemporary Art and The Cleveland Opera League (Current Board Member). She also served as a Trustee of the Cleveland Jewish News.

She received her bachelors degree from The Ohio State University.

Crickett began a career in social work in 1975 and then spent five years as a retail executive for Marshall Fields (formerly Halle's). As both a buyer and then a Divisional Merchandise Manager, she worked in the United States and Asia developing women's ready-to-wear fashions for direct import. She was responsible for over 14 million dollars in sales and managed eight buyers in her division. In 1986, she began her career in the promotions and public relations field as a consultant. In 1992, she joined MHW Advertising and Public Relations as the Senior Account Executive in Public Relations, and was promoted to the Director of New Business in 1993. While at MHW, she worked on the following accounts: Paralyzed Veterans of America (including the first interactive ADA museum display in the United States at the Cleveland Health Museum), Health Hill Hospital, Ground Round Restaurants, Euclid Square Mall and Geauga Lake Park.

Her pro-bona projects include White House liaison to Barbara Bush on behalf on Project Learn, (preceding Mrs. Bush's Cleveland visit in 1992), Planned Parenthood of Greater Cleveland (providing expertise in special events, marketing direction and forums), and Chairman of The Book of Hopes and Dreams project a Laurel School centennial project comprised of wisdom and shared experiences by 50 notable women.

Crickett is active in a wide range of non-profit organizations, having served on the Board of Trustees of: Laurel School, Friends of Project Learn, Planned Parenthood of Greater Cleveland and the Center for the Prevention of Domestic Violence.

Crickett received her Bachelors degree from John Carroll University.

As Account Coordinator, Angela joined the Lief & Karson team several years ago bringing with her 20+ years experience in administrative management and a solid background in non-profit fund-raising, marketing and public relations. During her professional career, she provided highly-skilled professional, administrative, and executive level support to several CEO's and high-profile administrators and has managed her own administrative staff. Her background includes working in academic environments (University of California Los Angeles and East Carolina University), community service organizations (Carolinas Gateway Partnership Economic Development Agency) and public relations agencies (Cochran Public Relations). At Lief & Karson, she manages projects involving multiple tasks including planning and implementing special events projects and media relations logistics and execution.

Angela has served in a volunteer capacity in the academic and community service arenas as well as social service organizations. Her special volunteer projects have included: Michael Hartzell Scholarship Fund (administered through Youngstown State University), Michael Hartzell Charity Memorial Golf Outing, Second Harvest Food Bank of North Central Ohio, Parkside Elementary School of Solon, Ohio, YWCA of Columbus (Ohio) "Women of Achievement", Down East (Rocky Mount, North Carolina) Partnership for Children, Southern California Cleveland Browns Backers Association, UCLA Department of Athletics and Department of University Relations, Los Angeles Olympic Organizing Committee and Youngstown (Ohio) Metropolitan Housing Authority.

Angela received certification in Office Technology from Youngstown State University and a Professional Designation in Public Relations from the University of California Los Angeles.

Jenna received her Bachelor of Arts Degree in Communications with a concentration in Public Relations from Edinboro University of Pennsylvania in May 2006. Prior to accepting a full-time public relations position at Lief & Karson, Jenna completed a full-time internship during her senior year at Lief & Karson Communications in Beachwood where she wrote and distributed press releases, assembled press kits, assisted in media appearances for clients, planned and coordinated client events, pitched local media about client related events and fundraisers, organized client related materials and researched new markets for clients.

Currently at Lief & Karson, Jenna works on a variety of accounts, spanning consumer to a business-to-business focus: Chipotle Mexican Grill, Norwalk Furniture Corp., ETON Chagrin Boulevard, The Ohio Design Centre and Super Foods Bakery to name a few.

Jenna is a member of the Cleveland Chapter of the Public Relations Society of America, and previously was a member of Lambda Pi Eta, a national Communications Honors Society while attending Edinboro University of Pennsylvania.