Who We Are

Bogart Communications

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Who We Are

Jeffrey D. Bogart

Principal

Mr. Bogart is a public relations consultant who combines in-depth communications experience with knowledge of Wall Street, accounting practices, reporting requirements and the regulatory environment in which public companies must operate.

His agency experience includes positions as a vice president at The Financial Relations Board/BSMG and account executive at Kekst and Company. He began his communications career as a public relations specialist at Western Electric, now Alcatel Lucent. His clients have ranged from high tech, telecommunications, media, and electric utility companies to management consulting, law, executive search and financial services firms.

Companies have drawn on Mr. Bogart’s multi-disciplinary background for both counsel and execution. Examples of his work include advising a NYSE company on its positioning and financial presentation; conducting perception studies for energy and life insurance companies; drafting the annual report, investor profile and annual meeting remarks for an apparel manufacturer; arranging investor meetings for food and high tech companies; and improving the visibility of an electric and gas utility company.

Mr. Bogart makes use of his experience as a wire service and newspaper reporter when advising clients on media matters. Feature stories about his clients have been carried by, among others, The Wall Street Journal, Forbes, Fortune, The New York Times, Business Week, The Economist, The Financial Times, CBS, ABC, Fox 5, Bloomberg, Reuters and Dow Jones. Articles under his own byline have appeared in The New York Times, PRSA Journal, NIRI Update, Electrical World, Mergers & Acquisitions, and Directorship.

A graduate of Cornell University, Mr. Bogart received a Master's degree in journalism from Columbia University and a JD degree from Fordham University Law School. He is a member of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York and the Publicity Club of New York, a former vice president of the New York chapter of the National Investor Relations Institute, and past president (2005-07) of Columbia Graduate School of Journalism’s Alumni Association.

Linda Dunbar
Counselor

Linda Dunbar is a PR and corporate communications strategist and spokesperson.

With over 20 years of progressive leadership experience in PR, media relations, corporate communications, and international strategic planning experience at dynamic, top-tier, global Fortune 500 companies, she has a track record of helping companies tell their stories to key audiences. Linda's background includes head of Global Corporate Communications at Dow Jones & Company. As Ford Motor Company's executive director of Strategic Communications, Linda worked to develop the company's global vision for public affairs by building linkages between communications, reputation management, and corporate strategy.

Before joining Ford, Linda was the director of public relations for the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, where she was instrumental in shaping strategy and response to the national publicity storm regarding CPA ethics and auditing practices during the Enron and WorldCom scandals. She also developed and executed marketing communications programs to support CPA professional practice areas such as Personal Financial Planning.

Linda began her public affairs career at Philip Morris International, where she provided ongoing counsel and media training to the company's senior executives and created messaging on the management of controversial and worldwide issues. She also led Philip Morris International's financial communications efforts and outreach to foreign journalists. Linda joined public affairs from the strategic planning group. She started her professional career at JP Morgan, where she completed the bank's corporate finance program.

Linda earned her Bachelor of Arts degree cum laude from Princeton University in East Asian Studies and later taught at Jochi University in Tokyo, Japan. She went on to earn a Master of Arts degree in Law and Diplomacy from the Fletcher School, co-administered by Harvard and Tufts Universities. She is currently an advisor to Baruch University's Masters in Corporate Communication program.

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Mark Perlgut
Counselor

Mark Perlgut has more than 25 years of experience in financial communications, with particular expertise in counseling chief executives and preparing executive presentations and other written documents. His clients have included companies of all sizes in varied industries, from high-technology, health care and manufacturing to chemicals, financial services and energy.

Mark's agency background includes heading the Investor Relations Division of Publicis Dialog, one of the 25 largest U.S. public relations agencies. He was also a vice president and the editorial director in the New York office of The Financial Relations Board, where two annual reports he wrote won first-place awards in national annual report competitions.

His corporate background includes positions as vice president and deputy head of the Corporate Communications Division at Chemical Bank (now J.P. Morgan Chase), where he was in direct charge of all media relations, speechwriting, employee communications, and advertising.

Earlier, Mark was the senior policy writer and speechwriter for the chairman and president of the New York Stock Exchange. He was also the editorial manager and chief speechwriter at Merrill Lynch & Co. for Donald T. Regan, the firm's CEO.

Mark's extensive public relations experience follows 13 years as a reporter and editor, including five years at The New York Times, four years at a McGraw-Hill news publication for senior electric utility executives, a year at Institutional Investor magazine specializing in banking, and two years as an investigative reporter at The Atlantic City Press. He holds an M.S. degree from Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism and an A.B. degree from Rutgers College.

Bogart Communications * 5 Jordan Road, Hastings-on-Hudson, NY 10706 * Phone: (212) 486-0030 * E-mail: Info@bogart.cc