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| Beth Silverman Founder & President Beth Silverman walks fast, talks fast and some say she's on the fast track to becoming Chicago’s next public relations maven. Representing a generational shift in the local PR arena, this gregarious 43-year-old professional follows in the footsteps of former boss Margie Korshak, for whom she worked 12 years (ultimately as a Vice President). Realizing that among her contemporaries in the business community were the next wave of theater producers, marketing directors and non-profit executives, Beth left MKI in 1999 to parlay her connections and launch the Silverman/LaCorte Group, a boutique firm specializing in hands-on public relations and promotions services for the entertainment and leisure markets (she subsequently bought out partner Marlo LaCorte in 2001, becoming the sole proprietor of The Silverman Group, Inc.). The firm’s plum client list attests to her signature style of hard work plus humor. As personable as she is professional, Beth was named one of Chicago Magazine’s “25 Most Eligible Singles” in 2000, while the Chicago Sun-Times proclaimed her to be “One of Ten Stars that will Shine Brightly” and New City designated the Silverman/LaCorte Group one of “Chicago Theater’s 50 Leading Characters.” With the help of seven phone lines, six employees, five local television stations, four rolodexes, three daily newspapers, two interns and one keen knack for not forgetting a face, Ms. Silverman shows no sign of moving, quite fast, in any direction but up! A graduate of the University of Illinois at Champaign/Urbana, Beth is a lifelong Chicago resident and one of the city's biggest proponents.  back to staff list |