Joanne Lessner is a Vice President at Owen Blicksilver Public Relations, Inc., a position she has held since October 2004. Primary responsibilities include media outreach and analysis for clients such as TPG Capital, Colony Capital, Vestar Capital Partners, and Loughlin Meghji + Company. Before joining Owen Blicksilver Public Relations, she was a media manager for Miller DeMartine Group, where her clients included Guy Carpenter, PricewaterhouseCoopers Transaction Services and Zurich North America. Ms. Lessner began her public relations career at the corporate and financial public relations firm of Ogilvy Adams & Rinehart, where she worked from 1989 to 1996. Ms. Lessner holds a B.A. in Music from Yale University and is a regular contributor of recordings and performance reviews to Opera News. She is the author of the novel, Pandora's Bottle.