Shelly Marr Harvey, founder of ShellMar Consulting, offers more than 11 years of public relations, marketing and business development experience handling corporate clients, private companies, start-ups and non-profits. A former senior account executive with one of the country's top 75 public relations firms, Jacobs & Prosek, Harvey handled clients ranging from shopping centers to telephone companies, banks, foundations and theatrical venues.

Marr Harvey was a field reporter for Time, Inc. magazines, Money, Fortune, and Time. She located, selected and interviewed individuals and businesses for feature stories, and subsequently pitched story angles to editorial boards for inclusion in the national business and personal finance publications. Her experience on the reporting side of the media gives her the unique ability to pique the interest of today's busy journalists.

In addition, Shelly worked in the broadcast media business with a major multi-national broadcast media company. While there, Marr Harvey earned a Certified Radio Marketing Professional (CRMP) certification that provided her additional professional training in strategic marketing and business development. Her knowledge of electronic marketing strategies was gained with a Connecticut company that specializes in e-mail marketing, website development, search engine optimization and electronic public relations.

ShellMar Consulting currently represents a broad range of clients in Fairfield and Westchester Counties, which include those in the beauty and skin care industry, construction, real estate and manufacturing, as well as the education sector. Educated at Harvard University's Extension School, the Boston Museum of Fine Arts and Pace University in New York City, Harvey lives in Monroe, Connecticut.