Amy B. Simon Executive Director - as@njai.org
Amy B. Simon is the President of A Simon Says, LLC a Public and Community Relations and Public Information firm based in West Orange, New Jersey specializing presentation and media training and, proactive and reactive information services for public figures, business, government, education, entertainment and the arts.
A Simon Says, LLC provides services in Public and Community Relations, Marketing, Print and Radio Spokesperson services, Media and Presentation Training, Public Speaking and Voice and Speech Coaching, Broadcast and Radio Production, Print Design, Copy, Feature and Commercial Writing for all mediums, Web Design and Content Building, Strategic Media and Communications Planning and Placement, Emergency and Crisis Communication, Information Management, Press Conferences, Event Planning, Publicist Services, and public-private partnership consulting.
Amy B. Simon has a Bachelors of Arts Degree from the State University of New York and an advanced education degree from the National Shakespeare Company Conservatory. Amy has earned certificates in crisis and emergency information management, including Incident Command for Executives, ICS 17, ICS 200, Incident Response to Terrorist Bombings, Community Emergency Response Team and the State of NJ Department of Law and Safety Public Information Officers Course. Her affiliations include Public Relations Association of America, the National Information Officers Association, Women in Communications, 3CMA – city-county communications and marketing association, New Jersey Association of Women Business Owners, the NJ Chamber of Commerce, the West Orange Chamber of Commerce and the Screen Actor’s Guild.
Amy is a published author and editorial writer, a radio host and cable television producer. She began her career as an actor and writer in NYC appearing in theater, television, commercials and film and writing for theater, radio and comedy troupes.
Amy is Executive Director of the New Jersey Arts Incubator, a member of the New Jersey State Council on the Arts, a Legislative Aide to Assemblyman John F. McKeon D27 and a 2008 NJ Biz recipient of the New Jersey’s Best 50 Women in Business award.
Joseph Gardner Artistic Director
A resident of the Valley section of West Orange, Joe has produced and/or acted in a variety of commercial and industrial film, television and audio programs. Credits inlcude work on: Shining Time Station with Ringo Starr, a TV pilot featuring Rusty Staub and Jon Weitz, and commercials for Mercedes Benz. As an acor, Joe has appeared in a number of New York Theatre Productions at the Bouwerie Lane and Classic Theatres, among others, where credits include roles in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Twelfth Night, Night of the Burning Pestle, and An Evening at the Racoon Lodge. Joe is a publisher of children’s books, and as a producer/director has created over 100 audio and/or video programs for children, including Pepito’s Dream, a film for the United Nations celebrating the World Summit for Children. Joe is a cum laude graduate of Vassar College and the National Shakespeare Conservatory.