Geri denterlein biography

Named a recipient of the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce's Pinnacle Award and to the Harvard Club of Boston's “Most Influential Women” list, Geri.
Experience: Denterlein · Education: Harvard University.
As founder and CEO of Denterlein, Geri is a trusted advisor to some of the region's most respected brands.

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Kelley Chunn and Geri Denterlein team up for success

Two Boston women who left high-profile positions in broadcasting to launch public relations businesses have formed a successful uptown-downtown partnership to secure new clients and enhance their services.

Kelley Chunn and Geri Denterlein met back in the 1980s when they were colleagues at WBZ TV. Chunn worked in the news department and Denterlein was the station’s editorial director.

Today Chunn is sole proprietor of Kelley Chunn & Associates, a cause-related communications and multi-cultural consultancy in Roxbury she established 23 years ago, and Denterlein is president of Denterlein, a communications, media relations and public affairs agency in Post Office Square that she opened 15 years ago.

While both women have achieved substantial success and recognition in their own right, they have found it advantageous to collaborate to generate new business and service certain client accounts.

The idea to join forces, hatched during a luncheon conversation five years ago, has proven to be a winning strategy, resulting in co

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Geri Denterlein

Geri Denterlein’s life work has been at the intersection of business, government and journalism. In that space she is an accomplished leader, recognized by the Boston Chamber of Commerce, Women’s Business, the Boston Globe and the Boston Business Journal. As founder and CEO of Denterlein, Geri is a trusted advisor to some of the region’s most respected brands. She leverages her 30-year career in journalism and public affairs to help corporate and nonprofit organizations promote and protect their reputations. As an active volunteer leader for several of Boston’s nonprofit organizations, and as CEO of Denterlein, Geri has advocated equality by helping many women find their voice, and communicate effectively for change. Through her advisory board positions with the Massachusetts Women’s Political Caucus, MassINC and the Mass Taxpayers Association, Geri has consistently encouraged leading organizations to consider and uphold women’s equality. And, as a founding member of the American Red Cross Tiffany Circle, a society of women leaders and philanthropists, Geri has he

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At team Denterlein, we take deep joy in our work – elevating the best work of interesting people, organizations and movements. This year, it felt especially meaningful to reflect on our clients’ biggest successes of the year and a little about our own favorite memories of the year as well. We invite you to settle in with a mug or glass of your favorite beverage as we bring you Denterlein’s “24 for ’24,” with our thanks to all our clients and friends for the opportunity to collaborate and support your brand.

Helping brands connect in new ways: New England’s major cultural, open space, healthcare and education institutions do great things – and we love finding new ways to promote them. Mount Auburn Cemetery welcomed thousands of visitors this month for its “Celebrating SOLSTICE”. The National Park Service kicked off a 250-day countdown to the 250^th anniversary of the Revolutionary War Battle of Bunker Hill. The Friends of the Public Garden got wonderful exposure for their “succession plan” to keep 1,700 urban trees healthy. Beth Israel Lahey Health launched an innovative partn