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PR for Education and Healthcare Institutions

Educational institutions such as Harvard, Stanford and Northwestern Universities, the University of San Francisco, San Francisco State University, the California Community Colleges System, City College of San Francisco and Saint Mary’s College have called on Larry for his problem-solving skills and media expertise.

In addition, he has deep experience working with major healthcare organizations to manage dynamic, controversial and crisis situations. Among them:

• American Medical Association
• American Psychiatric Association
• Blue Shield of California
• Children’s Hospital of Boston
• Crestwood Behavioral Health
• Delta Dental
• Genentech
• Hawaii Pacific Health
• Kaiser Permanente
• Roche
• Stanford University Hospital and Clinics
• Sutter Health

Career

From 2009-2011, Larry was Managing Director and Head of Public Affairs at The Glover Park Group, a strategic communications firm in Washington, D.C. He led the firm’s communications for Toyota Motor Corporation during the auto company’s recall crisis in 2009-2010. He also led Glover Park teams advising JPMorgan Chase, Visa, Sea World, Blue Shield of California, and First Solar.

Previously, he was Senior Partner and West Region Director for Fleishman-Hillard. He also served as North American President for Manning Selvage & Lee, overseeing the firm’s business in the U.S. and Canada. He co-founded Kamer/Singer & Associates, a California public affairs consultancy, and later sold the firm to Grey Advertising.

He headed west coast public affairs for MCI Communications following the divestiture of the Bell System in the mid-1980s, was a government affairs representative for the Illinois Credit Union League, and worked in the Illinois State Legislature.

He began his career as a political campaign manager and consultant, working for former U.S. Senator Paul Simon and Reps. Abner Mikva and Lane Evans of Illinois, and former

Teaching Experience

Larry is an adjunct professor in the Professional Communication Program at the University of San Francisco, the Chief Information Security Officer at Carnegie Mellon University, and the Annenberg School of Communication at the University of Southern California. He has also lectured at Georgetown University; the University of California, Berkeley; Mills College; Saint Mary’s College; the University of Munich, the University of Western Ontario and the University of British Columbia.

Non-Profit and Public Service

He is an appointed member of the Napa County Mental Health Commission, and serves on the boards of the American Red Cross Bay Area, Dreamcatchers Empowerment Network, and The Pathway Home. He is past president of Jewish Vocational Service (JVS) in San Francisco, and has served on the boards of the San Francisco Jewish Community Federation and the Bay Area Council.

Honors and Awards

Mr. Kamer has been honored as a “PR All-Star” (Holmes Report), and as one of “America’s Top 10 Crisis Busters” (PR Week). He received a Silver Anvil award, the PR industry’s highest honor, for his work on a national product recall for Castleberry’s Food Company in 2007.

Education

He earned his M.A. in Public Policy and B.A. in Political Science and Urban Affairs from Northwestern University.

Devereaux has a love of operations and facility development. She led a major project to relocate San Francisco’s Town School for Boys from its Pacific Heights location to the iconic Palace of Fine Arts. The new location served as an interim site during significant construction at the original campus. Devereaux created the layout and allocated resources to create a running school for more than 450 students, faculty and staff. The project was completed after a successful move back into the original campus and returning the property back to the San Francisco Department of Parks and Recreation.

Public Relations and Communications

She was a managing partner in a San Francisco public relations and public affairs firm. She moved on to run her own public relations and operations firm in the luxury goods market. She successfully produced cover stories and high-end placements for Ann Getty House, a museum quality interior design firm, and created the launch program for Les Mars Hotel in Healdsburg, California.

Non-Profit and Fundraising

Devereaux headed the development and fundraising team at The Bentley School in Oakland and Lafayette, California. As the Director of Development for four years at the K-12 institution she directed annual giving, numerous fundraising events and a capital campaign. She also established the weekly community newsletter and lead all communication efforts.

She served as the Executive Director of The Charlotte Maxwell Clinic in Oakland, California, which for 25 years has provided holistic medical care to low income women with cancer, free of charge. In addition to working with the Board of Directors and community partners, she led the fundraising team for the Clinic, which was funded solely by private donors and foundations. After leaving the Clinic, Devereaux worked independently as the capital campaign consultant for The Cancer Support Community San Francisco Bay Area.

Devereaux was the Director of Communications and Development at The Pathway Home, based in Yountville, California, a program serving veterans with PTSD, education, and reintegration. Sadly, that position lasted just a few months before the tragic shooting events of March 9, 2018.

Giving Back

Devereaux has been an avid volunteer during her long career. She has been a Board member at the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation, the Bentley School and the To Celebrate Life Breast Cancer Foundation. She is an active Rotarian and believes in the importance of supporting the community.