Client Stories

Chappaqua Children’s Book Festival

The Chappaqua Children’s Book Festival is the largest children ‘s-only book festival in the tri-state area, with 160 authors in attendance. I have directed publicity for the Festival for several years, during which time I have increased traffic to the Festival from 2,000 to 9,000 visitors and arranged pre-festival press attention in top-tier publications like Forbes Magazine and MSNBC’s Weekend With Ali Velshi.

United We Mask

United We Mask, a nonprofit formed during the onset of COVID-19, was a sewing collective created by a group of UCLA fashion majors. The collective designed and created sustainable masks for communities in need. Their mission was not only to donate the masks, but to educate communities on how to wear masks properly. As a publicist, I helped raise awareness through successful press coverage in media outlets such as WWD.com, Forbes Magazine, and local California live television coverage for press events, as well as by developing successful influencer partnerships. The heightened awareness helped UWM to launch partnerships with national brand-name fashion companies, which donated materials for the masks.

Modeling Camp/Camp Fashion Design

This four-day boot camp, founded in 2010, had one location when Sue Bolen Publicity, LLC launched the camp. It has expanded to nine locations, including the addition of a sister summer camp, a winter break camp, and a European camp, all of which were made possible by a publicity-driven public relations campaign.  Press coverage achieved over the years includes MSNBC, Good Morning America, New York Magazine, The New Yorker, The Daily News, Seventeen Magazine, The Daily Beast, plus many more.