Sandy Lish
Founder & Principal
The Castle Group, Inc.

Sandy Lish is the principal and co-founder of PR, events and incentives firm The Castle Group and is responsible for the agency’s business development and strategic management, with particular emphasis on the PR division. Sandy works closely with her teams to provide a unique blend of service and results for clients such as Friendly’s, Virgin Money, the City of Boston and MassArt. She also provides senior counsel on crisis and transition communications, and leads media and presentation workshops for senior executives.

Now in its fifteenth year, Castle has received numerous industry and business awards, including twice being named one of Boston’s Best Places to Work. In addition to the Progressive Business Leader’s Network, Sandy serves on a number of boards, including: Center for Women & Enterprise and is chair of the March of Dimes Massachusetts board. Sandy also serves on the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce Women’s Advisory Network and WGBH Corporate Executive Council. A former director of the Public Relations Society of America, she now serves on the executive committee of the Public Relations Global Network. She lives in Walpole, Mass. with her husband, two children and Wheaten Terrier.

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