
Dana Conti Vice President
Dana Conti has worked on a wide variety of award-winning healthcare PR campaigns. Since joining Schwartz in 2001, Conti has helped to build Schwartz’s biotech and pharmaceutical, medical devices and diagnostics, and healthcare IT practice groups. At Schwartz, Conti has provided global healthcare concerns and emerging health-technology innovators with business-impacting public relations programs.
Conti played an instrumental role in one of Schwartz's most recognized medical device campaigns, Philips Electronics. For Philips, Conti helped execute a national PR campaign to introduce the first home defibrillator, followed by the first over-the-counter clearance of a therapeutic medical device. The campaign won several prestigious industry awards, including a Communicator Crystal Award, a Silver SABRE and a Bronze Anvil. Conti currently manages a strategic PR programs for GE Healthcare's Monitoring Solutions and GE Healthcare IT, units within GE Healthcare's $17 billion business.
Conti provides counsel on corporate, investor and scientific communication, as well as partnership management, clinical trial recruitment and issue awareness. Conti has relationships with several of the nation's leading and most influential reporters and producers at outlets ranging from The Wall Street Journal, Reuters, Bloomberg, The New York Times and CNBC.
His responsibilities include developing corporate messaging and strategic PR goals; actively engaging in regular contact with top-tier media and industry analysts; and pursuing placements in the business, consumer, medical, local and trade press to secure positive coverage of his clients.
Prior to Schwartz, Conti worked at a boutique public relations and marketing firm in Chicago specializing in real estate and professional services companies. His responsibilities at Dickinson Group included public affairs projects, community and media relations, newsletter production and special events planning.
Conti received a B.S. in communication management, with a concentration in communication, politics and law, from Emerson College in Boston.
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