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

Career

Bragman was born and raised in Flint, Michigan

Flint, Michigan

Flint is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan and is located along the Flint River, northwest of Detroit. The U.S. Census Bureau reports the 2010 population to be placed at 102,434, making Flint the seventh largest city in Michigan. It is the county seat of Genesee County which lies in the...

 and graduated with a B.A from the University of Michigan

University of Michigan

The University of Michigan is a public research university located in Ann Arbor, Michigan in the United States. It is the state's oldest university and the flagship campus of the University of Michigan...

 in 1978. After serving as a vice president in the Chicago and Los Angeles offices of Burson-Marsteller

Burson-Marsteller

Burson-Marsteller is a global public relations and communications firm headquartered in the United States. Burson-Marsteller operates 67 wholly owned offices and 71 affiliate offices in 98 countries across six continents...

 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

University of Southern California

The University of Southern California is a private, not-for-profit, nonsectarian, research university located in Los Angeles, California, United States. USC was founded in 1880, making it California's oldest private research university...

’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

Joseph Steffan

Joseph Steffan is an American lawyer and gay activist. He was expelled from the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis in 1987 after revealing his homosexuality to his commanding officer. At the time he was six weeks from graduation and one of the six highest-ranking midshipmen in the Academy...

; the Lewinsky family, and Sharon Smith

Sharon Smith

Sharon Smith is an American socialist writer and activist. She is the author of Subterranean Fire: A History of Working-Class Radicalism in the United States and Women and Socialism: Essays on Women's Liberation....

 in Smith v. Knoller.

Bragman recently assumed the position of Vice Chairman of the management firm, Reputation.com.

Community work

Bragman, who is openly

Coming out

Coming out is a figure of speech for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people's disclosure of their sexual orientation and/or gender identity....

 gay

Gay

Gay is a word that refers to a homosexual person, especially a homosexual male. For homosexual women the specific term is "lesbian"....

 has been active in the AIDS

AIDS

Acquired immune deficiency syndrome or acquired immunodeficiency syndrome is a disease of the human immune system caused by the human immunodeficiency virus...

/HIV

HIV

Human immunodeficiency virus is a lentivirus that causes acquired immunodeficiency syndrome , a condition in humans in which progressive failure of the immune system allows life-threatening opportunistic infections and cancers to thrive...

 community, on lesbian and gay civil rights, Jewish causes and First Amendment

First Amendment to the United States Constitution

The First Amendment to the United States Constitution is part of the Bill of Rights. The amendment prohibits the making of any law respecting an establishment of religion, impeding the free exercise of religion, abridging the freedom of speech, infringing on the freedom of the press, interfering...

 protections. He has received awards and honors from AIDS Project Los Angeles, Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation

Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation

The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation is a non-governmental media monitoring organization which promotes the image of LGBT people in the media...

, and Congregation Kol Ami. Bragman has founded the Jewish Image Awards, honoring positive portrayals of Jews in television and film.

Public appearances

Bragman has made appearances on local and network news programs including the Oprah Winfrey Show, Good Morning America

Good Morning America

Good Morning America is an American morning news and talk show that is broadcast on the ABC television network; it debuted on November 3, 1975. The weekday program airs for two hours; a third hour aired between 2007 and 2008 exclusively on ABC News Now...

, the Today Show, Larry King Live

Larry King Live

Larry King Live is an American talk show hosted by Larry King on CNN from 1985 to 2010. It was CNN's most watched and longest-running program, with over one million viewers nightly....

as well as in national magazines and local newspapers. He has been a speaker for numerous groups including the US Conference of Mayors and the UJC Youth Congress. Bragman is a News Consultant with ABC News and has a regular segment on Showbiz Tonight - "The Spin Doctor is in."

External links

• Fifteen Minutes PR
• LA Weekly: The Secret Lives of Queer Leading Men
• “Amaechi Becomes First NBA Player To Come Out” ESPN.com, by Chris Sheridan. February 9, 2007.
• “Paula's Tale of the Tape” E!Online by Sarah Hall. June 1, 2007.