Marny Lifshen is a marketing and public relations consultant, as well as a speaker and author with more than 17 years of experience.  She provides comprehensive strategy, management, implementation and evaluation of marketing communications and public relations initiatives to wide variety of clients.  Marny specializes in professional services marketing, and her clients include law firms, financial institutions, real estate brokers/developments and medical practices.  She works with businesses to develop brand awareness and credibility, and to establish relationships with key influencers in their industry and community.  Marny integrates grass-roots, community-oriented strategies into every marketing campaign, including customized networking programs. 

Marny graduated from The University of Texas with a Bachelor of Journalism in 1991 and has been an active leader in Austin community and business organizations, including the American Marketing Association, the Greater Austin Chamber of Commerce, Zachary Scott Theatre Center and the Young Women’s Alliance.

In 1996, Marny was selected as one of fifty young women leaders from across Texas to participate in Leadership Texas’ inaugural class of the “Power Pipeline” program.  In 2001, she was nominated for the “Profiles in Powers” awards, sponsored by the Austin Business Journal. 

Marny is releasing her first book, Some Assembly Required: A Networking Guide for Women in August of 2008.  Marny regularly provides columns to a variety of online and print publications on the topics of marketing, public relations, networking and branding.  She is also an active public speaker and panelist, specifically addressing women's organizations and conferences across the country on the topic of networking and building a personal brand.

Marny lives in Austin with her husband, Mike, and her daughters Samantha and Jenna.