Rick Frishman
President, Planned Television Arts

Rick Frishman, president of Planned Television Arts, since 1982 is the driving force behind PTA's exceptional growth.

In 1993 PTA merged with Ruder*Finn and Rick serves as an Executive Vice President at Ruder*Finn. While supervising PTA's success, he has remained one of the most powerful and energetic publicists in the media industry.

Rick continues to work with many of the top editors, agents and publishers in America including Simon and Schuster, Random House, Harper Collins, Pocket Books, Penguin Putnam, and Hyperion Books.

Some of the authors he has worked with include Bill Moyers, Stephen King, Caroline Kennedy, Howard Stern, President Jimmy Carter, Mark Victor Hansen, Hugh Downs, Henry Kissinger, Jack Canfield, Alan Deshowitz, Arnold Palmer, and Harvey Mackay.

Rick joined the company in 1976 after working as a producer at WOR-AM in New York City.

He has a B.F.A. in acting and directing and a B.S. from Ithaca College School of Communications.

Rick is a sought after lecturer on publishing and public relations and is a member of PRSA and the National Speakers Association.

He and his wife Robbi live in Long Island with their three children, Adam, Rachel and Stephanie, and a cockapoo named Rusty.

Rick is a regular contributor to Peter Montoya's Personal Branding Magazine and is the co-author of GUERRILLA MARKETING FOR WRITERS: 100 Weapons for Selling Your Work with Jay Conrad Levinson and literary agent Michael Larsen (Writers Digest Books 2000), and co-author of the national bestseller GUERRILLA PUBLICITY: Hundreds of Sure-Fire Tactics to Get Maximum Sales for Minimum Dollars with Jay Conrad Levinson and Jill Lublin (Adams Media Corp 2002).

Rick's new book NETWORKING MAGIC: Find the Best- from Doctors, Lawyers, and Accountants to Homes, Schools and Restaurants will be released by Adams Media Corp. in September of 2004.