Merilee Kern, MBA is an internationally-regarded brand and product marketplace strategist, analyst and pundit focused on marketplace trends and cultural shifts as well as noteworthy industry change makers, movers, shakers and innovators across all categories, both B2C and B2B. This brands, products, services, destinations, includes field experts and thought leaders and events. As a prolific industry voice of authority and tastemaker, Merilee keeps her finger on the pulse of the marketplace in search of new and innovative must-haves and exemplary experiences at all price points, from the affordable to the extreme. Her work reaches multi-millions worldwide via broadcast TV (her own shows and copious others on which she appears) as well as a myriad of print and online publications.
Merilee also works with companies, agencies, C-suite thought leaders and subject matter experts worldwide across a wide array of B2B and B2C sectors through Kern Communications—her public relations, communications and branding consultancy and advisory firm; her role as a Publicity Strategist at an industry-leading personal and CEO branding agency; and via her own cross-media platform international news syndicate.
In addition to being a lauded branding and communications strategist, Merilee is an influential business and media voice of authority, prolific writer and seasoned TV personality. She has contributed editorially to over 450 business and consumer media outlets, including Forbes.com, Newsweek.com, RollingStone.com, FastCompany.com, Impact Wealth, , Food & Beverage Magazine, Resident.com, Coastal Home Life Magazine, Mann Report Print & Online, ThriveGlobal.com, JustLuxe.com and a wide array of other premier media outlets.
For nearly three decades, Merilee has strategized and managed innovative initiatives that have driven visibility, growth and profitability for throngs of B2B and B2C companies, agencies, C-suite thought leaders and subject matter experts that she has served around the world.
Through various agency affiliations, including her own consultancy, Merilee avails industry-diverse clientele with a combination of entrepreneurial creativity and her breadth of marketing and PR experience both on and offline. Among other deliverables of note, she is known for strategizing timely and compelling campaign concepts, writing powerful communication vehicles and securing top-tier national and regional press placements across all mediums: online, print, and broadcast TV and radio.
Also as the Founder and Executive Editor and Producer of “The Luxe List International News Syndicate,” she's a revered business and consumer marketplace trends voice of authority who spotlights noteworthy marketplace change makers, movers and shakers. Through this cross-media platform, Merilee's insights regularly reach millions through multiple editorial and broadcast syndication channels.
In addition to making regular TV guest appearances on copious programs throughout the U.S., Merilee is also the creator, executive producer and host of multiple TV shows, including Savvy Ventures—a national business-focused show that airs weekend daytime across America. She also created, produces and hosts Savvy Living—a lifestyle and travel TV show that airs in top U.S. markets, in addition to making regular guest appearances on dozens of other TV shows from coast to coast.
Merilee holds a Master of Business Administration degree with a marketing specialty and a Bachelor of Science degree, both earned from Nova Southeastern University in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.