Julie Huang, President and Founder
Visit Julie's blog, Thinks Aloud.
- Award-winning public relations strategist with 15 years of client successes
- Represented and led teams on over 100 client assignments across multiple industries
- Fluent and versatile in public relations, investor relations, media relations, transaction communications, crisis communications, public affairs, community affairs, and overall reputation management.
- Active in the New York City Chinese community and Asian American associations.
- Served as managing director of the U.S. Pharmaceutical and Healthcare Conferences Division at Informa plc's Institute for International Research (IIR)
- Held senior management positions at firms such as EVC Group, FD, Cohn & Wolfe, and Edelman
- Co-founder of the Yale Healthcare Conference
- Co-founder of the Yale Life Sciences Alumni Association
- Secretary for the Class of 1995, Yale School of Management Alumni Association
- Master's Degree in Business and Master's Degree in Public Health both from Yale
Honors
- Award of Excellence, Public Relations Society of America, Silver Anvil for Best Crisis Communications (Nonprofit/Association), 2010
- Finalist, Holmes Bronze Sabre Award, "Speak with One Voice" article published in Pharmaceutical Executive, 2005
- Designed/Executed the program that helped West Pharmaceutical Services (NYSE: WST) win the 2005 Public Relations Society of America's Silver Anvil for Best Investor Relations.
- Quoted in "Relating to Investors," MX Magazine, May/Jun 2006 and in "Feds to Biotech: No More Fibbing," BusinessWeek, Feb 20, 2004
- Recipient, NAAAP-NY Outstanding Service Award, 2003.
- Recipient, Highest Award for Achievement, Dale Carnegie Course, Summer 2002
- Profiled, March/April 2002 issue, MBA Jungle as One of Five Minority MBA Grads to watch
- Designed/Executed the program that helped Scios Inc. (now part of Johnson & Johnson) win the 2001 Public Relations Society of America's Silver Anvil for Best Investor Relations.
- Profiled, New York Newsday article on "CHANGE @ WORK", Sept 2, 2001
- President of the NY Chapter of the National Association of Asian American Professionals during the National Convention, Aug 2001
- Recipient, US Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration HRSA Medal of Appreciation for analysis of the Ryan White Care Titles I & II Grants, Summer 1993
- Project Member, Yale Community Health Project Team, St. Regis Health Center, New Haven, CT, 1993
- Government Scholar, wrote Mayor David Dinkin's position on the medical uses of marijuana, NYC Mayor's Office of Drug Abuse Policy, 1992
- First Place, Pepsico College Essay Contest on an Experience that Changed My Life, 1992
- 9th Place, Taiwan's Honor of Overseas Leaders of Chinese Heritage, 1989
- First Place, Hundred Years Association College Scholarship for children of New York City government employees, 1988
- Honorable Mention and Semifinalist, Westinghouse Science and Talent Search (now Intel), 1988
Affiliations
- Co-founder and organizer of the Yale Life Sciences Alumni Association
- Member of the Association of Asian American Yale Alumni
- Member of the Chinese Chamber of Commerce (New York)
- Member of the Asian American Journalists Association
- Member of the Asian Women in Business
- Friend of the Asian American Bar Association of New York
- Past trustee of the Museum of Chinese in America
- Past New York chapter president of the National Association of Asian American Professionals
Recent Community Projects
- Executive Producer, Chinatown Restaurant Week (see video above)
- Organizer, Rally in Chinatown to Protest Mayor Bloomberg's Plans to Layoff 6000 Public School Teachers (June 2011)
- Organizer, Community Forum to respond to the Sexual Assault of a 12 year old girl inside of a local public library (June 2010)
- Co-organizer, Coalition to Save Our District One Schools (Nov 2009 - Feb 2010)
Email Julie julie@kaimenco.com
Credits: Photograph by Ran Graff