Jacqueline Franchetti

Jacqueline Franchetti is a presentation skills training and media coach at JFCI. Since 1999, she has prepared national spokespeople for major news announcements and various speaking forums. In addition, she is a communications strategist, and has worked with major corporations on crisis positioning and message development. Her clients include Tiffany & Co., Univision, Morgan Stanley, and the City of New York.

Ms. Franchetti has a strong foundation in public and investor relations. She joined JFCI from Thomson Financial Investor Relations where she headed the Media Relations division of the Consulting Practice. Her responsibilities included working with senior management teams from public and private biotechnology and high-technology companies, of both domestic and international origin. She devised long-term communications campaigns that were geared towards increasing her clients' visibility among key financial audiences.

Prior to joining Thomson Financial, Ms. Franchetti was an Account Supervisor at Citigate Dewe Rogerson, where she was responsible for the financial media relations efforts of A.T. Kearney, Gambro and the American Diabetes Association. She also worked on cancer and HIV/AIDS public affairs and public policy initiatives on behalf of non-profit, government and international organizations at Ogilvy Public Relations Worldwide. Her clients included the Aaron Diamond AIDS Research Foundation, American Society of Clinical Oncology, Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, and the World AIDS Conference. At Ogilvy, she also planned and implemented media outreach campaigns for medical meetings and promoted clinical research published in a peer-reviewed journal.

Ms. Franchetti received a B.A. in International Studies from American University.