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Our team's wealth of experience in strategic communications, journalism, government, law, and economic development helps our clients communicate effectively in a wide variety of international settings.

Susan Tomai    Bill Connor    Sally Romansky    Claudia Vaca    Alejandro Alvarado    Daniel Rocha

Susan Tomai

Looking at a row of monitors in the control room of "Good Morning America" one day in the late eighties, producer Susan Tomai had an epiphany. Too many CEO's and politicians were squandering a priceless opportunity on national television - failing to get their key messages across in a way that would sell products, advance and agenda, or win votes.

So she started the media training and presentation training business that would become Oratorio and has since built a reputation as one of the world's leading communications training specialists, counseling hundreds of business executives and public figures for interviews, crisis situations, speeches, presentations, and encounters with financial analysts and investors.

Susan has won several Emmy awards for her television work, as well as public relations industry awards including two Silver Anvils, the IABC Gold Quill Award, and several PRSA Certificates of Excellence and Commendations. She holds degrees in speech and drama from Marymount University and in mass communications from Emerson College, as well as a Certificate in Organization Development from Georgetown University.

Bill Connor

Bill Connor hates to see executives and officials waste their time and there's no bigger waste of time, no greater missed opportunity, than a badly written, lackadaisically delivered presentation. So Bill specializes in helping high-level professionals crystallize their key messages and deliver them in clear and compelling ways, in interviews, speeches and presentations.

Before joining Oratorio in 1997, Bill worked as a White House television correspondent and anchorman for twelve years. He has received numerous professional awards for his work, including an Associated Press citation for excellence in investigative reporting. He holds a B.A. in French Literature from Vassar College and an M.S. from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.

Sally Romansky

In eleven years of practicing law and nine years on the board of a fast-growing non-profit, Sally Romansky regularly addressed large and small audiences on everything from the interpretation of complex laws to organizational change to fundraising - so she knows first-hand the value of delivering a memorable and cogent presentation. In her practice at Oratorio, Sally coaches attorneys, executives and professionals of all kinds, showing them that powerful presentation skills are an essential ingredient of professional development.

Sally joined Oratorio in 2005. Previously, she was a Partner in the health law/public policy practice at McDermott, Will and Emery. She is also the former President of the Board of Imagination Stage, a non-profit children's performing arts center. Her children's middle-grade novel, Invincible! , was published in Spring 2006. Sally graduated summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa with a BA in American Studies from Yale University and received her JD from Harvard Law School, cum laude.

Claudia Vaca

Claudia Vaca has a keen sense of what it takes for foreign officials, diplomats, businessmen, and lawyers to communicate effectively in a multitude of international settings. Her twenty years of experience in corporate, government and diplomatic circles informs her clear understanding of how to craft messages for the ears of investors, U.S. and international government policy makers, environmental and social interest groups.

Before joining Oratorio, Claudia served as Executive Vice President and General Counselor of an independent oil company in Colombia; as an Investment Promotion Manager in Moscow, Russia; as Minister Counselor of the Colombian Embassy in Washington and Investment Promotion Director in Bogotá, Colombia. She also worked as General Secretary of the Ministry of Planning in Colombia, and as a legal consultant in New York. She has been a speaker in a wide of academic, business and economic forums, and has also been a lecturer on public finance and conflict resolution.
 
An attorney, Claudia is a graduate of Los Andes University in Colombia and holds a Master’s in Law, LLM from Harvard Law School.

Alejandro Alvarado

Alejandro Alvarado is passionate about preparing executives and politicians to face the news media and sharpening their communications skills. Using his 25+ years of experience as a journalist, TV producer, analyst and government executive, he assesses his trainees' strengths and provides them with strategic counsel that helps them advance their agendas.

Born in Mexico City, he came to the United States in 1993 as a diplomat and has worked as a reporter, anchor and producer for CBS Telenoticias and editor and producer for the #1 Hispanic TV network Univision as well as the technology website ZDNet. At Univision he received an Emmy award for his writing on special programming covering the events of 9-11. His book "Mexicanos Al Grito De Guerra" was published by Random House in 2005, and his articles can be found in leading Hispanic newspapers in the U.S.

As a Vice-President in the Miami office of Porter Novelli, Alejandro served clients in the technology, consumer and pharmaceutical industries with a special emphasis on Latino markets. For 15 years he worked for the Mexican government serving in strategic positions, from Public Finance to National Security Affairs.

Alejandro holds a Bachelor's degree in Political Science from the Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico and a Ph.D. in International Studies from the University of Miami.

Daniel Rocha

Daniel Rocha understands that in the world of communications, it’s not just important to be informed, but also to know how to inform. Globalization has forced professionals in communications to use a universal style, with assurance, truth, but also to be fluent to obtain the best results.

Daniel is a veteran Latin American journalist and broadcaster, having worked as correspondent for such networks in Washington DC as CBS Americas, BBC London Radio, CNN radio in Spanish, RCN radio from Colombia, News Siete (TV) and Voice of America (VOA). During his 16 years of professional experience he has interviewed many important dignitaries, including Alvaro Uribe, President of Colombia, Leonel Fernandez from the Dominican Republic, Elias Antonio Saca from El Salvador, Alberto Fujimori from Peru and many other personalities from the international political arena. Daniel is also an expert in narration of documentaries, corporate videos, commercial spots for radio and television and his voice is used in national and international radio networks. His experience also extends to training journalists in Latin America, specifically TV Azteca in Mexico.

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