PERSON: Howard Bragman

Reputation.com

Vice chairman

Howard Bragman is an American public relations practitioner, television pundit, writer, and lecturer.

Bragman was born and raised in Flint, Mich., and graduated with a B.A from the University of Michigan in 1978. After serving as a vice president in the Chicago and Los Angeles offices of Burson-Marsteller Public Relations, Bragman founded Bragman Nyman Cafarelli (BNC) in 1989. In 2001, BNC was purchased by Interpublic Group, a holding company for marketing firms. In 2005, Bragman established Fifteen Minutes, a strategic media and public relations agency. Bragman was an adjunct professor in Public Relations at the University of Southern California’s Annenberg Center for Communication from 1998 to 2003. He is the author of the book, "Where's My Fifteen Minutes?" (2008).

Serving as a crisis counselor, Bragman has provided litigation support for various cases and individuals including Joseph Steffan, the Lewinsky family, and Sharon Smith in Smith v. Knoller.

Bragman recently assumed the position of vice chairman of the management firm, Reputation.com.

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