A seasoned public relations professional, Nan Sumski possesses over a quarter of a century of entertainment public relations experience. She recently consulted as the publicity lead on the Daytime Emmy Award-winning syndicated talk show The Real.  For the past several years, Sumski has mounted successful publicity and marketing campaigns for such varied clients as the CBS Television Distribution daytime series The Doctors, the American Forces Network children’s series Hey Wordy!, and its parent company, Slangman Enterprises, as well as the Dubai Documentary Film Festival and many others. She’s also held posts as PR managing editor at the Screen Actors Guild Awards and executive director of media relations for the Disney ABC Television Network, overseeing all television animation projects on numerous platforms. Currently, she is consulting with several clients, including a fitness organization, a web series, and an author, as well as guest lecturing.

Sumski has the distinction of being the first and only head of Publicity for Spelling Television Inc., hand-picked for the post by the legendary producer Aaron Spelling and reporting directly to him.  While there, she was responsible for publicity for such long-running series as Charmed, 7th Heaven, and the critically acclaimed Lifetime series Any Day Now, among others. Prior to that, she spent several years at Warner Bros. Television, where she launched such hit series as E.R., Sisters, Hangin’ with Mr. Cooper, The George Carlin Show, and the syndicated talk show The Jenny Jones Show.

Before her career on staff at a production company, Sumski was a personal publicist responsible for Linda Lavin’s Tony Award-winning role in the Broadway production of Broadway Bound and John Larroquette’s multiple Emmy wins in the long-running comedy Night Court.