Colette Phillips
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| Colette Phillips | |
|---|---|
| Born | |
| 🏳️ Nationality | Caribbean-American |
| 🎓 Alma mater | Emerson College |
| 💼 Occupation | Marketing executive |
| 🏡 Home town | Boston, Massachusetts |
| 🌐 Website | https://www.cpcglobal.com/ |
| Twitter= | |
Colette Phillips is a Caribbean-American entrepreneur, public relations and marketing communications executive, and philanthropist.[1]
Career[edit]
Phillips is the Founder, President, and CEO of Colette Phillips Communications, Inc.,[2] and the founder of Get Konnected!, a business networking event series and business ecosystem to support BIPOC and women-owned businesses and professionals.[3] In 1990, she coordinated media relations for Nelson Mandela's visit to Boston for the Free South Africa Movement.[4]
Phillips has also worked as Press Secretary to the Prime Minister of Antigua, where she assisted in the live broadcast coverage of her Majesty the Queen of England’s Silver Jubilee visit to the island. She was the host producer of a weekly issues talk show on Antigua Broadcasting Service Television (ABS TV) called "Let’s Talk" and served as an intermittent news anchor for ABS TV and radio.
In addition, Phillips and her firm have managed media relations for world leaders and celebrities making appearances on behalf of her clients including Gloria Steinem, Harry Belafonte,[5] Phil Donahue, Marlo Thomas, and Archbishop Desmond Tutu.[6]
Phillips has been featured in national and local media such as CBS Morning News,[7] Newsweek, USA Today Weekend, American Banker - Black Entertainment Television, National Public Radio,[4] Boston Herald,[8] Adweek, Boston Magazine[9] and the Boston Globe.[10][11] She is author of 21 Steps for Women to Win,[12] The Includers, and is the creator and publisher of Kaleidoscope, a multicultural resource directory for the Boston area.[13]
Phillips currently serves on the Advisory board of Eastern Bank, is an honorary trustee for Massachusetts General Hospital, and on the Board of Directors for the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce, the American Jewish Committee,[14] the Alliance for Business Leadership, the Commonwealth Institute, and the advisory board of the Madison Park Technical School. She is also a mentor and advisor for Conexion, a mentoring organization for mid-level Latino professionals, and a mentor for entrepreneurs who are the grantees of her GK Fund.[15][16]
In 2020, Colette Phillips Communications Inc. received the largest non-construction contract ever awarded by the City of Boston to a minority woman-owned business.[17][18]
Teaching[edit]
Phillips has taught communications and public relations at the undergraduate level at Stonehill College along with Emerson College and at the graduate level at Harvard (Radcliffe) University and Graduate School of Antioch University.
Background[edit]
Born in Antigua, Phillips moved to Boston, Massachusetts to attend Emerson College.[19] She holds bachelor's and master's degrees from Emerson College and an honorary Doctor of Laws from Mount Ida College.
Awards[edit]
Phillips was included on Boston Magazine's list of "Boston’s 100 Most Influential People" in 2018, 2020, 2021, and 2022.[9][20] In 2018, the American Jewish Committee of New England honored her with its Coexistence Award as the Massachusetts Women’s Political Caucus’ honored her with the Abigail Adams Award.[21] The Boston Business Journal included her on its annual Power50 list of the most influential business people in Boston in 2016, 2017, and 2021.[22]
References[edit]
- ↑ "Brookline resident to speak at women’s conference" Daytona Beach News-Journal. Retrieved 2022-09-19.
- ↑ "The Woman Behind Boston's New 'All Inclusive' Ad Campaign" WGBH. Retrieved 2022-09-18.
- ↑ "8th Annual Taste of Ethnic Boston – Tonight in the Seaport" Caught In Dot. Retrieved 2022-08-06.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Why Nelson Mandela Came To Boston In 1990" WBUR. Retrieved 2022-09-06.
- ↑ "New England Circle 1988" SNHU. Retrieved 2022-09-19.
- ↑ "Archbishop Desmond Tutu to Speak at Youth Symposium" PR Log. Retrieved 2022-09-19.
- ↑ "Boston Archdiocese Stops Adoption Work" CBS News. Retrieved 2022-09-19.
- ↑ "Boston aiming $2M advertising campaign at bringing tourists back after coronavirus" Boston Herald. Retrieved 2022-09-19.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 "The 100 Most Influential People in Boston" Boston Magazine. Retrieved 2022-09-06.
- ↑ "These people of color are some of the most influential leaders in Boston's suburbs" Boston Globe. Retrieved 2022-09-06.
- ↑ "What Whoopi Goldbert misunderstood about racism and the Holocaust" Boston Globe. Retrieved 2022-09-06.
- ↑ "Boston’s Great Connector" Boston Magazine. Retrieved 2022-09-08.
- ↑ "Latkes and lights abound" Boston Globe. Retrieved 2022-09-08.
- ↑ "2018 AJC New England Co-Existence Awards" AJC. Retrieved 2022-09-19.
- ↑ "PR maven Colette Phillips launches $250,000 fund to help small businesses owned by people of color" Boston Globe. Retrieved 2022-09-06.
- ↑ "GK Fund founder aims to close the racial gap through small, targeted grants" Boston Business Journal. Retrieved 2022-09-06.
- ↑ "MAYOR WU EXPANDS AWARD-WINNING 'ALL INCLUSIVE BOSTON' CAMPAIGN" City of Boston News. Retrieved 2022-09-18.
- ↑ "Can Boston’s new ‘All Inclusive’ tourism campaign help change its racist image?" Boston Globe. Retrieved 2022-09-18.
- ↑ "'Dealing with two pandemics': Marketing exec Colette Phillips talks about being Black in Boston" Boston Business Journal. Retrieved 2022-09-18.
- ↑ "Meet 100 of Boston's most influential minorities" Boston Globe. Retrieved 2022-09-06.
- ↑ "The MWPC to Honor Local Leaders Colette Phillips, Vanessa Calderón-Rosado, and More with Abigail Adams Awards" Exhale Lifestyle. Retrieved 2022-09-18.
- ↑ "Lisa Brothers Named a 2015 WomenUp: Local Woman of Influence" Boston Real Estate Times. Retrieved 2022-09-06.
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