JEANNETTE HEKTOEN

PAST BOARD MEMBER (2019-2023)

THE ASSOCIATION OF FOREIGN PRESS CORRESPONDENTS IN THE UNITED STATES

Jeannette Hektoen is President of JH Media & Marketing, which specializes in marketing and promotion strategies for television, film and the internet as well as other media platforms. She is a compelling professional who has vast experience in communications, public relations, production as well as media, presentation and executive training. Jeannette developed marketing strategies and has media-presentation-executive trained a multitude of clients from Time, Inc., Dow Jones & Company, The Hallmark Channel, NBC Universal, Perseus Book Group, Invisalign, authors, musical artists and others. She has personal experience as an on-air Reporter-Producer for NBC Mobile.

She continues to be in front of the camera in print ads, commercials and films. In feature films, she played a doctor in “NY84” and a University President in “The Heart Stays”. Jeannette has been a producer for NBC Universal for electronic press kits which promote the shows on all media. She developed and executed strategic marketing promotions for MGM and Universal films. For seven years, she was Associate Producer for “Michael Douglas and Friends” a televised celebrity golf tournament, which benefited the Motion Picture and Television Fund. She was Executive Producer of a documentary, “The Power of Small Change,” which focused on the microcredit revolution with women in Egypt, India, Bangladesh, Indonesia, and the U.S.

Jeannette is the former Vice President of Media Services and Talent Relations at NBC where she had first-hand knowledge of the media. For two decades, she worked on both east and west coasts developing very successful marketing strategies and publicity campaigns for NBC programs. Jeannette attended New York University and is a graduate of The American Academy of Dramatic Arts. She is a member of the Producers Guild of America, New York Women in Film and Television, the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences as well as an Associate Member of the historic and renowned Amateur Comedy Club.