Clifford Public Relations

Mike Clifford
President & CEO, Clifford Public Relations, LLC

As founder and President of Clifford Public Relations, LLC - a public relations and marketing firm with offices in New York and Los Angeles and a staff of 24 professionals -- Mike Clifford oversees a broad range of client work in the fields of publishing, travel, home furnishings and design, food and beverage, luxury consumer products, and the arts.

Mike prides himself on the intelligence and creativity of his team and on the firm's strategic, consultative approach to public relations. His primary roles at the firm are to oversee the strategic development of each client's campaign and to provide the vision and managerial expertise to ensure the firm's continued success. He is also responsible for creating Clifford Public Relations' unique culture of innovation and for attracting a mix of clients that has earned the firm its exceptional reputation with the media.

Mr. Clifford has overseen a wide range of projects -- from new product introductions to new business openings -- for companies both large and small. His ability to build brands has won the company such notable clients as Nike, Crate & Barrel, The Italian Tourism Board of North America, The Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery, LA MoCA, Metropolitan Home Magazine, Donna Karan Home Collection, Stetson, The South Street Seaport, Starwood Urban Investments, Baker Furniture, Jaguar, Land Rover, Gensler Architects, and The French Embassy, among others. He has been quoted extensively in the media on topics ranging from employee retention to promoting web-based businesses.

Mike began his career at JP Morgan, where he participated in the Morgan Finance Program and worked in Corporate Finance for several years. With a solid background in finance, Mike joined J. Walter Thompson in New York, where he was involved in the creation of global marketing strategies for Unilever, Chesebrough Ponds, and Nestlé Foods.

As a partner at a boutique public relations firm in Manhattan prior to opening Clifford Public Relations, Mike was responsible for launching Starbucks Coffee as it entered the New York market and managing the growth of the brand nationally. He also launched Crate & Barrel in Manhattan and Old Navy for Gap Inc.

Mr. Clifford graduated from The Lawrenceville School and received a B.A. cum laude from Cornell University. He is a member of the Young Entrepreneurs Organization and serves on the advisory board of The Hamptons Film Festival and as a trustee of The East Hampton Historical Society.

Regan Phillips
Principal & Senior Vice President

As principal and senior vice president of Clifford Public Relations on the West Coast, Regan Phillips oversees an array of clients in various categories that includes luxury consumer products, food, beverage and spirits, design and architecture, and entertainment. The firm's exceptional client list includes a variety of noteworthy brands such as Jaguar, Land Rover, Metropolitan Home magazine, Alexandra von Furstenberg, Michael Berman, Livinghomes, Ligne Roset, Bowers & Wilkins, St. Germain, Gensler and Hollywood Life magazine, to name a few. Regan's primary roles at Clifford Public Relations are to develop creative and strategic client campaigns, oversee program execution to ensure that client's goals are being met, and manage the firm's talented team of professionals.

For more than 12 years, Regan has played a pivotal role in the creative development and implementation of fully-integrated strategic lifestyle marketing and public relations campaigns that generate media results and strengthen brand awareness. Additionally, with her deep background in consumer and entertainment marketing, Regan has had success in helping clients expand their business goals and resonate more deeply with their target audiences by introducing a myriad of creative opportunities, sponsorships and strategic partnerships. Prior to joining Clifford Public Relations, Regan was the senior vice president of Consumer Marketing at Weber Shandwick and the senior vice president of Entertainment and Lifestyle Marketing at Edelman. She managed and executed strategic lifestyle initiatives and influencer campaigns for high profile clients that include Microsoft's Xbox and Xbox Live, Unilever's AXE and Dove, Starbucks, UNICEF, Nissan North America, Absolut, Johnson & Johnson, Baskin Robbins and Obagi skincare. Additionally, she formulated and executed national media campaigns for entertainment clients such as DMI Records, DreamWorks Consumer Products, Warner Home Video, Columbia TriStar and Self magazine. Before joining the PR and marketing industry, Regan worked in television production and development at Circle Film Productions in Vancouver, British Columbia and Walt Disney Studios/Buena Vista Productions. At Disney, she worked on a variety of television sitcoms that include "Boy Meets World", "Misery Loves Company" and "Maybe This Time", along with other ABC projects.

Regan is a Los Angeles native who obtained her degree from the University of California at Berkeley.