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Chris Brienza, Vice President
Chris Brienza joined the Coyne team in May 2007, bringing nearly 20 years of senior-level PR, media relations and strategic communications experience.
Prior to Coyne, Brienza served as the executive director of publicity for the Sports Group magazine brands (Runner’s World, Bicycling, Backpacker and Mountain Bike) at Rodale, the world’s leading privately-held provider of health and wellness content. He was responsible for creating and executing all trade and consumer publicity efforts for the Sports Group, including its brand extensions and grassroots marketing efforts, and helped place the magazines’ editors and subjects on "Today," "Good Morning America," "The Early Show," "Nightline," "ABC World News Tonight," the "CBS Evening News," CNN, ESPN, CNBC and MSNBC,among many other outlets. He was also called upon to craft and create all internal and external written communications for the office of the company president.
Previously, Brienza had worked for nearly 15 years in professional sports at both the league and team level. He served as Vice President of Communications for Major League Soccer’s NY/NJ MetroStars (now Red Bulls) from 2000 to 2003, earning recognition as the league’s 2001 PR Executive of the Year in voting among U.S. soccer media and MLS team officials.
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Andrew Testa, APR, Senior Account Executive
As a senior account executive at Coyne PR, Andrew Testa has worked with a broad range of clients including Turner Sports, ESPN The Magazine, Mountain Dew, PepsiCo’s AMP Energy, The Hershey's Track & Field Games and Sealed Air Corporation’s Bubble Wrap, among others. Prior to joining Coyne PR, Andrew spent time working in the NBA’s New Jersey Nets public relations department. Andrew earned his Accreditation in Public Relations (APR) this year, and was recently named the Young PR Professional of the Year at the 2011 PRWeek Awards.
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