Our Team
Binay Curtis has nearly two decades of integrated marketing experience with a strong focus on public relations. She has represented the nation's top private and public companies including eBay, Handspring, InterWest Partners, Legacy Bank N.A, and New Schools Venture Fund. Binay has coached spokespeople from E-Loan, Hofstra University Law School, Madison Capital, San Francisco Magazine and Yahoo! She has successfully assisted clients in getting quoted and covered in Business Week, CNN, Fortune, Forbes, Newsweek, New York Times, Today Show, USA Today and The Wall Street Journal.
Prior to founding Galaxy Six Strategies, Binay honed her skills at major public relations firms Edelman Public Relations Worldwide and Neihaus Ryan Wong. She has traveled with celebrities and spokespeople, overseeing thousands of media interviews through local market media tours, national and satellite media tours.
Binay has won numerous awards for her work including The Mercury Silver Award for Publicity, The Eleanor Award for Creativity and IPRA Golden Globe Award. She is also an accomplished speaker at events, including the keynote at the InfoCom Group Media Relations Forum and PR101 for Wine Industry Professionals.
Binay holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Journalism from the University of Wisconsin at Madison.
Wendy develops and directs multi-faceted marketing and corporate communications programs for biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies as well as marketing, PR and community relations firms. Her experience spans diverse therapeutic areas, including: oncology, infectious disease, ophthalmology, migraine, epilepsy, rheumatoid arthritis/Crohn"s disease and sexual health.
Previously, Wendy served as senior manager of corporate communications at Genentech, Inc. At Genentech, Wendy created and managed product communications programs for several marketed and investigational biotechnology therapies. Wendy also previously held the position of senior account supervisor in the healthcare division of Edelman Public Relations Worldwide.
With a continued passion for health writing, Wendy has published articles in magazines for the American Medical Association and other not-for-profit organizations, and served as past editor of Time for Balance, a national health and work/life balance corporate employee newsletter. Wendy holds a B.S. in Journalism from the University of Missouri School of Journalism.
Stephanie has over a decade of experience in marketing and communications. While her specialty is media relations and strategy development, she has a background in everything from product launches to crisis communications to political campaigns. She initially discovered her love of communications by chance as a member of President Clinton's Advance Team where she had the opportunity to travel alongside the White House Press Corp. From there, she moved into the exciting world of high-tech PR during the glory days of the tech boom. While at Neihaus Ryan Wong Public Relations (NRW), she led teams for clients including Yahoo!, Netflix, Planet RX, Creative Technologies and many more.
Post NRW she was a Director at Green Car Marketing & Communications in San Luis Obispo, CA where she assisted both local and national accounts in their marketing programs, including the launch of the GEM car for DaimlerChrysler. Stephanie has enjoyed much success for her clients and has placed stories in everything from Elle Magazine to Business Week, CNN and the Wall Street Journal.
Stephanie graduated with a BA in Political Science from Lewis & Clark College in Portland, OR.
Laura Malick is a public relations consultant specializing in lifestyle brands. Previously, Malick was the Senior Publicist for Time Inc.'s lifestyle public relations department. In this role Malick managed all media for Health, Cooking Light, and Coastal Living magazines, oversaw the re-launch of Health.com and also helped publicize All You and Life magazines. She was instrumental in the successful re-branding of the Health franchise and consulted on its extension into social media platforms.
Before joining the lifestyle group, Malick was the Public Relations Coordinator for Time Inc.'s In Style magazine where she worked on celebrity and fashion projects. She also assisted in publicizing the annual In Style Golden Globes after party as well as other celebrity events for the magazine.
Malick received a BA in Communication Design from Pratt Institute. She is currently pursuing a second degree in Food and Nutritional Science.
Laura Sutphen has 15 years of professional communications experience with strong emphasis in creative marketing and public relations. From strategy, to positioning, to media training and media relations, to events planning, to creative marketing, Laura has touched just about every aspect of professional communications.
Laura has managed large-scale public relations programs for clients such as Yahoo!, Turner Network Television, Planned Parenthood, and The EPA's Energy Star Program, and The Feldenkrais Guild of North America. Additionally, Laura has launched several products and programs including the emergency contraceptive drug "Plan B" and The Population Program for The Packard Foundation. Currently, she is launching Healthy Kids, a new health program for low-income children in San Francisco with the San Francisco Health Plan, and launching the Iris Fund, a national foundation that raises awareness and solutions on issues of teen depression and suicide.
Laura is a graduate of Syracuse University, holding a B.S. in Critical Theory and a double minor in Speech Communication and Public Relations from the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communication. She is a certified non-profit consultant through CompassPoint's Institute for Nonprofit Consulting, and volunteers with children through the San Francisco City Schools Volunteer Program.
Erin brings more than a decade of strategic public relations and marketing communications experience to Galaxy Six Strategies. From creative campaigns and special projects to national product launches, media tours and ongoing media relations activities, Erin is experienced in identifying target audiences and building specific programs to achieve success and meet business objectives.
Previously, Erin spent eight years at Ruder Finn West, where she managed an assortment of successful product launches, strategic media tours and press conferences. Her results-focused media relations acumen translated to powerful media relations programs for Ruder Finn clients and beyond. She maintains deep relationships with top-tier technology, consumer, business and social media contacts.
Prior to joining Ruder Finn, Erin was an Account Supervisor at Switzer Communications, where she spent her time managing creative programs, media relation campaigns, product reviews and product launches for technology and consumer clients such as Handspring, Gyration and LEGO. Before joining the Switzer team, Erin was an account executive at Hill and Knowlton in San Francisco, focusing on consumer technology products and services. She began her public relations career at Planet Hollywood San Francisco, where she was responsible for local and national media coverage and oversaw numerous celebrity events and promotions.
A website designer and programmer since 1995, Tim has developed websites and promotions for businesses such as Yahoo!, The McKenna Group, Foundation Capital, Trinity Ventures and InterWest Partners, and has helped many small-to-medium-size business develop an effective presence on the Web. Tim has also developed websites for many artists, including musicians Tuck & Patti and Zakir Hussain, and painters Stanley Goldstein and Mel Adamson, and TV actress Kathryn Foster ("The Education of Max Bickford").
Tim is also expert at search engine optimization for websites, optimizing clients' web pages so that they come up at or near the top of searches on their most relevant keywords.
Tim has a BS in Music Composition, and has been a musician and composer for many years. Before the coming of the World Wide Web, Tim was, among other things, a legal secretary, office manager, and book editor.
