In 2008, after Elise Krentzel returned from living in Europe for 20 years she formed ek public relations. It is the culmination of her career adventures and amazing life experiences in 5 countries on 3 continents.  She’s courageously pioneered and bootstrapped,  successful media and marketing enterprises over the course of her 35+ year career.  Starting as a music journalist, she toured with KISS in Japan, then spent the next five years operating the first foreign-owned music talent & booking agency in Tokyo. She was Billboard Magazine’s Tokyo Bureau Chief and the first foreign DJ on FM Tokyo.

She launched the first privately held interactive digital travel guide publishing house in Europe that offered GPS in the early 90s pre-internet, and a non-profit AIDS organization in South Africa servicing youth through music video PSA’s. Ever the adventuress, she’s devoted to helping others achieve success by gaining an original edge in new and existing markets, in any country.

Elise makes the possible probable through her comprehensive no-nonsense direct communication strategies. She leverages startups and brands through a strategic big picture and transforms market share through innovative communication approaches that positively impact the bottom line. She’s authored two books and loves public speaking. She’s listed in Who’s Who in America, and Who’s Who in the East.

Elise loves discovery in all forms: art, travel, the pursuit of knowledge, new technology that transforms the way we communicate, live, and work, and most of all her son, who will graduate from college in 2023.