ADELE CEHRS | The Convincing Company Co-
Founder, Serial Entrepreneur and Author
Crisis Communication Expert, World-Renowned
Publicist & Journalist, A Woman Who Means
Business
Honored by the Washington Business Journal as
“a woman who means business,” Adele Cehrs
owned and managed a Top 20 PR firm in
Washington DC for 17 years.
In that role, she served as spokesperson for a
variety of Fortune 100 companies, ranging from
DuPont to Lockheed Martin, to Verizon.
As a publicist, Adele landed her clients interviews
on Good Morning America, The Today Show and
The New York Times.
She has served as a PR strategist, corporate
counsel, and crisis management consultant for
such clients as Facebook, Johnson & Johnson,
Samsung, DuPont, Lockheed Martin, Verizon, and
President Joe Biden.
Today, as co-founder of the Convincing Company,
Adele speaks, consults, and advises companies
and associations.
Her presentations to the United Nations have
been broadcast worldwide. She has taught crisis
communications and business strategy at
Princeton, Cornell, George Mason, and
Georgetown universities.
Adele started her career as a journalist for
George Magazine, the Asbury Park Press and USA
Today. She maintains her writing chops as a
contributor to the Wall Street Journal, Inc., and
Entrepreneur magazines.