John Moscatelli, APR, Fellow PRSA

John Moscatelli is senior vice president and chief operating officer at Anne Klein Communications Group (formerly Anne Klein & Associates), a national public relations firm based in the Philadelphia region. His responsibilities include strategic planning and counseling, client service, account supervision and staff management.

Prior to joining the firm in 2001, John spent 15 years with Earle Palmer Brown Public Relations, Philadelphia, where he served as senior vice president and associate general manager.

John has an extensive background in crisis communications, media relations, product publicity and promotion, community relations, internal communications, spokesperson training and video production, and is an accomplished speech and script writer. He has been intimately involved in strategic communications planning for major acquisitions, mergers and divestitures, relocations of corporate headquarters, and internal and external communications for major corporate structure changes.

His areas of experience include natural gas and water utilities, chemicals manufacturing, building products, banking, healthcare and healthcare information systems, property and casualty insurance, real property mass reappraisals, telecommunications and the nonprofit arena.

John also is experienced in developing new product and service introductions, such as the grand opening of Filene’s Basement in Center City Philadelphia; premiering IncrEdibles, a comfort convenience food; debuting BeyondBooks.com, an online provider of course-relevant educational content for secondary schools; announcing the launch of the first new U.S. daily newspaper of the millennium, Metro, in Philadelphia; and promoting the grand opening of the Kvaerner Philadelphia shipyard, the first new shipyard to be built in the United States in 30 years.

Prior to joining the Earle Palmer Brown agency, John completed a career as a U.S. Air Force public affairs officer. Among his assignments, John was an advertising and publicity officer with the USAF Recruiting Service, managed the communications for the Installation Restoration Program for Tactical Air Command nationwide (the Defense Department’s version of the Superfund), and served as the Department of Defense on-scene spokesman for the joint task force dispatched to Guyana to recover the remains of U.S. citizens following the Jonestown mass suicide.

In 2002, John received the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA) Philadelphia chapter's Maxine Elkin award honoring his leadership, professionalism, integrity, volunteerism, creativity and commitment. In 2004, he received the chapter's Anthony Fulginiti award for outstanding contributions to education, recognizing his commitment to the public relations profession through teaching and shaping the careers of future professionals. John has won two Bronze Anvil awards from PRSA, and more than a dozen Pepperpot Awards from the Philadelphia chapter. He also has won an Epic Award from the International Association of Business Communicators' Philadelphia chapter, and an Eastern Pennsylvania Better Business award. Print ads created for his clients have won six Addy awards from the Philadelphia Ad Club.

John is an accredited member of the Public Relations Society of America and PRSA's Counselors Academy, a member of PRSA’s College of Fellows and past president of PRSA's Philadelphia chapter. An adjunct faculty member with the Rowan University School of Communications, he holds a bachelor of science degree in history from Philadelphia's St. Joseph's University.

John serves as a public relations advisor to the Barra Foundation. He is a member of the Pen & Pencil Club and serves on the advisory boards of Travelers Aid Philadelphia and Integrity Search Inc. John is a contributor to "PR News' Best/Worst PR Advice Guidebook," published in October 2008.