About Us

Effective Solutions for People, Businesses and Communities

Founded in 1997 by President Wendy Kurtz, Elizabeth Charles & Associates, LLC is an award winning business strategy and development firm that helps businesses, organizations and associations grow their business and realize their full revenue potential through custom-designed marketing and public relations efforts often in conjunction with the creation of information products, utilization of new media technologies and event production.

We offer specialized services for executives, authors, and professional speakers, focused on building their brand and their business, often in conjunction with the creation of information products, signature speeches, utilization of new media technologies and event production.  

We provide a complete range of services, from concept design and strategic planning to program implementation, promotion and evaluation.  We also offer on-site event management and staffing as well as celebrity and VIP handling.

Our reputation is based on our proven experience and ability to produce results for our clients. We can help you identify your needs, initiate and build relationships with your key audiences, and capitalize on timely trends facing your industry.

Our associates include highly skilled personnel, top talent and senior-level professionals.  Our team of associates has worked together on numerous occasions and we are proud of the many notable successes we have achieved on behalf on our clients. 

Our Founding Principles

Service is Everything

Quality service is first and foremost in everything we do. We emphasize the basics of the business: understanding our clients, their businesses, their needs and their objectives.

We listen carefully to client objectives, getting to know you and your organization, and then we work with you to develop programs that will meet your goals. We design client-specific strategies to attain desired results.  There are no cookie cutter approaches for our clients.

Relationships are Fundamental

Public relations is not just about a good image. It has evolved to become, essentially, the management of relationships. Whether with clients, vendors, or industry peers, we believe effective and sustaining relationships are based on mutual trust and respect, involvement and commitment.

We are frequently called upon to assist our clients in identifying target audiences then providing solutions for initiating, developing and maintaining relationships with those audiences.

Integrity is Key

Honesty and integrity are fundamental to success - yours and ours. We work to ensure the most effective utilization of your time and resources. We scrupulously safeguard the confidences and privacy rights of present, former and prospective clients or employers.

The DREAM Principle™

Elizabeth Charles & Associates, LLC works with individuals, businesses and organizations to maximize their potential and profit by using our DREAM Principle™ to:

Define their business;
Recognize their strengths;
Evaluate their opportunities;
Assess their feedback; and
Manage their reputation.