Peggy Frank Vice President, Public Relations Phone: 954.217.8445 peggyf@mcol.com

With 25 years experience in all facets of public relations and marketing, Peggy Frank is well respected in the health care industry. Most recently, she was Director of Public Relations for Prudential HealthCare, Western Division, where she honed her crisis communications’ skills and developed a working knowledge of the managed care industry.

She garnered her considerable knowledge and expertise in the health care industry through long-term tenures with nationally known hospitals, including Cedars-Sinai Health Systems in Los Angeles, CA. There she developed and launched the hospital’s first-ever public relations and marketing communications program as Assistant Director of Public Relations and Manager of Media Relations. Her other health care public relations experience includes Saint John’s Hospital and Health Center in Santa Monica, CA, and Medical Center of Encino, Encino, CA, Early in her career, Ms. Frank was the Southern California Director of Communications and Advertising for Weight Watchers International, a Heinz Company.

Ms. Frank is a well-known speaker on health care and public relations issues, receiving numerous national and local awards acknowledging her commitment to the field. She received her MBA, with an emphasis in Health Care Management, from California Lutheran University, Thousand Oaks, CA, and her BA in Journalism from California State University, Northridge.

She is on the Board of Directors for several health care-related organizations, including Teen Line, a peer to peer counseling hotline, based in Los Angeles, CA and the Human Growth Foundation, based in NY, which provides outreach to parents of children with myriad growth disorders, adults with growth hormone issues, and the allied health care professionals who care for these individuals.

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