Alison S. Kurtzman
Communications Strategist | Storyteller | Content Leader
Hello,
a bit about me:
Alison Kurtzman is a senior communications professional with more than a decade of experience spanning executive communications, editorial strategy, employee engagement, corporate social media, and live events.
A graduate of the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University, she earned her B.S. Dual Degree in Broadcast Journalism and Psychology summa cum laude (GPA: 3.87) and has spent her career putting that foundation to work across newsrooms, corporate communications teams, and everything in between.
She most recently served as Senior Communications Manager at Kaplan, where she wrote thought leadership content for C-suite executives, produced company-wide events and leadership town halls, led corporate LinkedIn strategy, and partnered with HR on high-impact internal communications. She's equally at home building culture from the inside and shaping how an organization shows up publicly.
Before moving into corporate communications, Alison spent years in broadcast news. She served as Senior Coordinating Producer and primary Field Producer at i24NEWS, where she led coverage of major live events including the State of the Union and UN General Assembly. Prior to that, she was a Segment and Booking Producer at Fox Business Network on Varney & Company, and got her start producing daily newscasts in Albany, New York for WXXA Fox 23 and WTEN ABC 10.
Alison also takes on freelance work with PR firms, media companies, and marketing technology clients, creating press releases, scripts, digital content, and short-form video. She continues to serve as Marketing & Communications Director for Royal Star Theatre in Queens, where she leads promotional campaigns, audience engagement, and community outreach for their biannual productions.
She's a news junkie, pop culture enthusiast, and lifelong animal lover and years of horseback riding to her name. She lives in Queens with her very opinionated cat, Mellie. In her spare time she works on community theatre productions across Queens and Long Island and also deckhands and bartends in the summer on her friend's boating business, Freeport Water Taxi.