By Greg Hazley
Cindi Berger, chairman and CEO of entertainment PR powerhouse PMK*BNC PR, will receive the Matrix Award for PR from New York Women in Communications Inc. at its annual banquet April 11 at the Waldorf-Astoria.
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Berger, 49, has represented an A-list roster of entertainmers during her 30 years in the business, including Harry Connick Jr., Barbara Walters and Jessica Simpson.
She led PMK/HBH, where she started as a receptionist 20 years earlier, until parent company Interpublic merged it with BNC in December 2009.
WICI last year gave the PR Matrix to Anne Keating, senior VP of PR, special events and corporate philanthropy for Bloomingdale’s.
Other Matrix honorees this year include PBS’ Gwen Ifill; The Kaplan Thaler Group and WICI president Robin Koval; Sheryl Sandberg, chief operating officer of Facebook; Abbe Raven, head of A&E TV Networks; actress Idinia Menzel, and Fairchild Fashion Group CEO Gina Sanders. Actress Betty White will receive a lifetime achievement award.
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