Founder and president of AdvisorPR, Alana (Schofield) Kohl is an accomplished publicist, published author, marketing consultant and “fame maker” of many. With her media-savvy know-how and instinctive marketing sense, she has led the AdvisorPR team to continuously produce amazing results for the clients the company serves. Alana’s experience in the financial services industry has led to the creation of AdvisorPR’s innovate systematic news campaigns, a proprietary and proven approach to media relations for financial services professionals. Her witty but compelling story topics have been responsible for showcasing the expertise of many financial service professionals in local, national and industry outlets. Her success and resourcefulness have media turning to her for input and advice on story topics that need to be told. Having begun her career in public relations and advertising for a Fortune 500 company, followed by a corporate role in the financial realm working on behalf of both the corporate office and advisors, Alana has the know-how and talent to succeed both in large-scale national campaigns, as well as apply the same methodology and attention to detail to local campaigns for advisors and their financial advising practices. Alana has a Bachelor of Science degree in business marketing and founded AdvisorPR in January of 2005.

Alexian “Alex” Timeus, director of public relations and senior account executive at AdvisorPR, is the driving force behind the successful media placements of dozens of advisor clients nationwide. Alex’s impeccable process for delivering the news and expert resources has countless media turning to her to “get her guy (or gal) for an interview.” Her successes have resulted in significant, impactful, career changing and recurring exposure for the advisor experts of AdvisorPR. From local to national to worldwide syndication, give Alex a qualified expert and she can make him or her famous. She began her career in advertising and, while the creativity of the position was exciting, the messages delivered were one-sided and incomplete. She switched her focus to public relations and marketing, giving her more of a platform to tell her clients’ stories and make a greater impact in the success of their marketing plans. Alex has a Bachelor of Science degree in business marketing and began with AdvisorPR in May of 2006.