In reality, public relations firms only have one thing to offer: people. Our team brings a high level of energy, enthusiasm and professionalism to every assignment. We get excited about innovative business plans, relish the opportunity to uncover hidden stories and thrive in the no-nonsense world of business media.


Mike MacMillan
During the course of his 24-year career, MacMillan has provided counsel to many of the country’s leading financial services and law firms, as well as leading financial technology innovators. In 1996, he directed the media relations campaign for Dow Jones/The Wall Street Journal in celebrating the 100th anniversary of the Dow Jones Industrial Average, an event which generated worldwide press coverage.

Prior to founding MacMillan Communications, MacMillan was a managing director at a mid sized New York based public relations firm, where he headed the financial services group. He began his career at Makovsky & Company where in 1986 he led the firm’s team in publicizing the New York City Marathon’s first-ever use of computer-generated postcards to distribute race results to more than 20,000 marathoners. MacMillan later moved on to the corporate team at Manning, Selvage & Lee, one of the top five public relations agencies in the world.

In addition to his client work, MacMillan's articles and opinion pieces on communications topics have appeared in a number of publications including The New York Times, Mutual Fund Market News and the Raleigh News and Observer.

MacMillan is a 1979 graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.


Karen Seaman
Karen Seaman has substantial experience providing public relations counsel to a range of financial, technology and legal industry clients.

Seaman has garnered media coverage for various technology start-ups as well as several well known financial technology providers, international banks and industry advisors. She focuses on program management and media relations and has placed clients in publications such as Financial Times, BusinessWeek, The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times.

Prior to joining MacMillan Communications, Seaman served as an account executive for financial technology and banking clients at Intermarket Communications, a boutique public relations firm in New York. She was responsible for media and analyst relations, event planning, writing bylined articles and overall strategy and support. Seaman has also has broad experience with firms involved in Internet B-to-B marketing, business process outsourcing and customer resource management.

Seaman received a B.A. in Communication from State University of New York at Geneseo.


Andrew Schiff
Andrew Schiff specializes in media strategy, counseling and intensive analysis of the news environment to create highly specialized communications campaigns.

Throughout his ten years in the industry, Schiff has worked with many bulge bracket asset management firms and investment banks, as well as more specialized professional and financial service providers.

Prior to joining MacMillan, Schiff served as vice president of media relations at Towers Group in New York, providing primary media representation for all lead portfolio strategists at Lehman Brothers. He also created and distributed regular economic and financial commentary for leading global asset managers such as Baring Asset Management and Henderson Global Investors.

Earlier in his career, Schiff served as an account supervisor for Golin/Harris where he managed accounts for a number of high-profile financial firms including Bessemer Trust, a private wealth management company with more than $35 billion in assets, Archstone Properties, one of the nation’s largest apartment real estate investment trusts (REITs), Generation Partners, an innovative private equity firm and KPMG Consulting, the leading global technology consultant. For these clients, he was responsible creating media strategy, securing high-profile media placements, writing and placing by-lined articles, liaising with industry analysts and securing speaking opportunities for client executives.

Schiff graduated from the University of California at Santa Barbara with a B.A. in English in 1988.


Chris Sullivan
Chris Sullivan specializes in developing and executing targeted media campaigns designed to build brand awareness and promote key issues.

Since first entering public relations in 1998, Sullivan has provided counsel and managed media relations campaigns for a diverse array of clients including Wal-Mart and the four major North American sports leagues. For three years Sullivan worked in-house at First Investors Corporation, a $5 billion mutual fund company and life insurance provider.

Prior to joining MacMillan, Sullivan was the communications manager for the New York Regional Association of Grantmakers (NYRAG), a membership organization representing the largest concentration of philanthropic capital in the world. He was responsible for handling NYRAG’s public, media and government relations projects, writing and editing policy alerts, newsletters and bylined articles.

At MacMillan, Sullivan works closely with the firm’s clients to monitor industry coverage and trends, and has developed relationships with key reporters at top-tier and vertical outlets resulting in placements in The Wall Street Journal, American Lawyer, Barron’s, and CNN.

Sullivan graduated from The Johns Hopkins University with a B.A. in English. He earned a Master’s degree in liberal studies from The New School.