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Media Type:

Publishing, eMedia, TV, Radio, Newspaper

Media Realm:

Consumer Media, Associations, Creative Agency

Home Region:

Pacific States

Past Companies & Brands

Hydra Properties, LLC, Abu Dhabi reality TV show “Hydra Executives” Everyone Loves Buttons USA (www.ELBusa.com) Custom made promotional items
SafeMedia Corporation, Entertainment Technology www.safemedia.com, Boca Raton, FL
University of Southern California (USC), Los Angeles, media relations (www.usc.edu) Los Angeles County Economic Dev. Corp. (www.laedc.org) Chief Economist Jack Kyser
World Trade Center Association of Los Angeles/Long Beach (www.wtcanet.org/) Advantage SCI (www.advantagesci.com) Counterterrorism Expert Elsa Lee, Los Angeles.
H20 Entertainment, Wilmington, NC cast of “Whittaker Bay” includes Aldridge Twins Swirl Films, Inc., Wilmington, NC (Filming “Grand Strand” Fall TV teen drama) and movies Award-winning Actress Stefanni Brass (www.stefannibrass.com), Hollywood, CA.
Stevie Wonder’s (Benefits) www.dreams.20m.com/about.htm) www.StevieWonder.com SafeMedia Corporation, Boca Raton, FL Younique Dolls, (culturally mixed dolls), Toronto, Canada SoCal Gas Company, minority diversity sponsored business startups, downtown LA. MTA (www.MTA.net); SoCal Rail Authority (www.metrolinktrains.com)
**Partners and Associates of MAYO Communications include: Academy of Television Arts and Sciences; California Fashion Assn.; Asian Pacific Business Assn. and British American Business Assn. Los Angeles County and City of Los Angeles Minority Owned Enterprises, Entertainment Industry Business Council, Entertainment Publicists Professional Society, and National Assn. of Women Owned Business, LA. For more about MAYO visit: www.MayoCommunications.com, or www.MayoPR.com, www.LAentertainmentPublicity.com, and www.MayoPRSwitzerland.com

I'm Looking For:

Friends, Networking, Business Partners, Inspiration

Professional Background: (Resume)

George McQuade, V.P., MAYO Communications, is a national award-winning entertainment and corporate communications multimedia expert, and is often quoted on nationally on trends, campaigns and breaking stories. McQuade has been behind and in front of the camera/microphone for more than 15 years, 10 in the LA Market. In 1989 -92, he was the news voice at KGIL Newstalk 1260 AM and later became LA correspondent for NBC Mutual News and ABC Entertainment Radio Network covering high-profile stories such as the lip-sync controversy of Milli Vanilli, a pop and dance music duo during the Grammys; Barbara Streisand Clinton Fundraiser; Beverly Hills Zsa Zsa Gabor Cop slapping trial and the attempted murder case of Actress Teresa Saldana.
McQuade covered the Rodney King Beating trial live for UPI and was among a handful of reporters covering the LA Riots in South Central LA for KNX, KFI and KNBC. His last decade of media relations jobs include: SoCal Gas Company and the Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles. He grew up in Seattle, where he taught school and worked in TV and radio news. George has a Bachelor of Arts degree, with a double major in broadcast communications/journalism, from Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA. He is a former Navy Photographer at Oak Harbor, Whidbey Island, WA. He attended U.S. Naval Schools of Photography, Pensacola, Fl. McQuade has been
Recognized over the last 10 years in print, TV, radio, and PR journalism awards for outstanding work in the industry. From RTNA Golden Mikes to PRSA PRism Awards.
Mc Quade is a board member and 2006 President of the Entertainment Publicists Professional Society (EPPS) with chapters in New York and LA. He writes a monthly column for Jack O’Dwyer Publications, NY, the No. 1 website for "media and public relations news" according to Google. Additionally, he is Executive Vice President of MAYO Communications, an LA entertainment and public relations firm he cofounded in 1995.
In 1998, California Firefighters honored him with a Medal of Valor for saving the life of a noted UCLA Medical Center Cardio Vascular Radiologist from his burning vehicle. The Los Angeles City Council gave him a hero’s award. He’s also a hero to his two sons, Kevin, 15, and James 12, and Argentina born wife and former Attorney Aida Mayo McQuade, who is also the president of MAYO Communications, Los Angeles.

Personal Interests

Radio, music recording and mixing, harmonica, website design and maintenance, photography and walking my German Shepard beauty named "Gina."

Education:

Double major Broadcast Communications & Journalism BAs, Associate Arts Degree, and Naval Schools of Photography certificates from technical photo schools

Other Web Profile or Personal Web Site

http://www.MayoCommunications.com

Relationship Status:

Single