As Marketwire's EVP of Marketing/Media/Editorial Operations, Paolina Milana is instrumental in issues related to the Company's day-to-day activities, closely providing feedback to the CEO. Milana manages product and customer support services worldwide, including: branding, advertising, public relations, marketing communications, field and channel marketing, Internet search and social media strategies, media and community relations, editorial and client relations, and other corporate support organizations. Along with other senior executives, Milana also serves on the Company's strategic leadership team, and has been instrumental in growing the business from a start-up model to that of a dominant global newswire and communications service provider in fewer than four years. With two decades of industry expertise in journalism, public relations and marketing, Milana has worked with and provided services for several companies including McDonald's, ABC-TV/Chicago, American Airlines, University of Southern California, the Film Industry Network, Marian Rees Associates, N.O.W., Paddock Publications, B.U.I.L.D., Northern Illinois University, University of Phoenix, The Lighthouse for The Blind, the Green Energy Collaborative, and more. Paolina holds a B.A. and M.A. from Northern Illinois University and has earned several national and international awards for her work.