President and CEO of Colette Phillips Communications, Inc. (CPC), Boston’s first successful public relations and marketing communications firm owned by a person of color, Colette Phillips has succeeded by building business alliances that help her clients grow their market share and bottom line among the region’s fastest growing consumer groups-- Women, Blacks, Hispanics and Asians. Colette and her staff have managed public relations and diversity marketing projects for such distinguished institutions as Fleet Financial Group, Major League Baseball, The Boston Red Sox, State Street Corporation, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts, the Kellogg Foundation, and the Massachusetts Department of Public Health.

Colette, who’s been featured on CBS Morning News, National Public Radio, Emerge Magazine, Black Enterprise, Money, Newsweek, USA Today, Adweek and Entrepreneur, frequently speaks on public relations, multicultural marketing, and workplace diversity issues. Born and raised in Antigua, where she served as press secretary and publications manager for the island’s Prime Minister, Colette became a correspondent, host and producer on Antigua TV and radio. She attended Emerson College in Boston, graduating summa cum laude with a B.S. in Communications and then a Masters Degree in Business Communications.