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Advisory Board

Carol Makovich

Carol J. Makovich

Owen Blicksilver Public Relations
Garden City, NY

Carol J. Makovich is a Principal at Owen Blicksilver Public Relations, Inc., a position she has held since June 2007. Primary responsibilities focus on media relations, crisis and financial communications, and executive coaching and support.

Prior to joining Owen Blicksilver Public Relations, Ms. Makovich served as Vice President, Communications, for Lenovo Group, the world's third largest personal computing maker. In that role, she oversaw all external and internal communications – media, industry analysis and employee communications, as well as corporate communications.

Prior to joining Lenovo, Ms. Makovich was Vice President, Communications for IBM's Personal Systems Group, and before that she served as Vice President, Worldwide Communications, for RJR Nabisco, Inc. and as a Managing Director of Hill and Knowlton, Inc., an international public relations agency, leading the Financial Relations Division at the firm's New York City headquarters office.

Ms. Makovich holds an undergraduate degree in Journalism from the University of Rhode Island (1975); she is currently a member of the President's Council at the University. In addition, she holds master's degrees in Communications from Fairfield University (1979) and in Business Administration from the University of Connecticut (1981).