Andy Bowen is the Valant Company partner who focuses on corporate communications and media relations strategies for our clients. Bowen served as Senior Vice President at two national public relations agencies, Ketchum and Fletcher Martin Ewing. He is founder and owner of Clearview Communications Inc., a full service public relations and media relations firm based in Atlanta, with a national reach. Bowen's communications background includes four years as political press secretary for a high ranking elected official, five years as deputy commissioner for public affairs for a large agency of state government, and an award-winning, 15-year career as a reporter and editor for four daily newspapers.
Along with his superior abilities to apply the Valant methodology to benefit our company's clients, Andy provides executive media training workshops for spokespersons and top management, crisis communications planning, a wide array of writing services, including bylined commentaries and ghost writing, press conference planning and management, general media relations and senior strategic communications counsel.
Andy's specialty includes working with media across the nation to cover client news, and his past placements include articles in The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, San Francisco Chronicle, Denver Post, Atlanta Constitution, Miami Herald, BusinessWeek, AP Wire Service, CNN, CNNfn, CNBC, a host of other daily newspapers, trade journals and magazines. His firm is a member and frequent contributor to BusinessWire and PRNewswire.
Andy, a Vietnam veteran, is a graduate of the journalism school at the University of West Georgia, where he earned a BA in Journalism with concentration in English Literature and Political Science. |
