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Professional Summary
With over 10 years of experience in PR and related fields, Mr. Gissen became Vice President of a top Westchester public relations firm and subsequently served on the communications staff of the McCall/Mehiel gubernatorial campaign. He has published articles in the Westchester County Business Journal and Westchester Commerce about online activities and graduated with a degree in Government from Harvard College.
Mr. Gissen's interests include chess, baseball and politics. He is an avid Bob Dylan fan and regularly attends Harvest Time, a church in Greenwich, Connecticut.
Contact Info
Hartsdale, NY 10530 (work)
Hartsdale, NY 10530 (home)
Work/Education
Work Experience
The President, Willy Gissen, trained for almost five years with a former SVP of the top New York City PR firm, Hill & Knowlton, and subsequently served on the communications staff of the McCall/Mehiel gubernatorial campaign. Mr. Gissen has published articles in the Westchester County Business Journal and Westchester Commerce about online activities. He graduated with a degree in Government from Harvard College.
Education
Willy Gissen posted a blog entry Feb 2, 2011
The Power of Protests
The lead article in today's New York Times, "Mubarak Won't Run Again, But Stays; Obama Urges a Faster Shift of Power," describes one of the most remarkable events in contemporary human history — and that's not an exaggeration.
Hundreds of thousands of Egyptian people, of all social, economic... more »
Willy Gissen posted a blog entry Feb 1, 2011
Millions to Protest Against Mubarak
The lead story in today's New York Times, "Mubarak's Grip is Shaken as Millions are Called to Protest," describes several important new developments in the gripping saga of the Egyptian people's rising up against authoritarian government.
The most important probably concerned the statement by a... more »
Willy Gissen posted a blog entry Jan 31, 2011
Incredible Egyptian Saga Continues
The lead article in today's New York Times, "In Egypt, Opposition Unifies Around Government Critic," represents the incredible continuation of a saga that has gripped the world. As Hosni Mubarak seems to be deliberately creating chaos as an excuse to clamp down on protestors, they are, in turn... more »
Willy Gissen posted a blog entry Jan 29, 2011
Egypt Erupts
The lead article in today's New York Times, "Mubarak Orders Crackdown with Revolt Sweeping Egypt," shows the power of an idea to change history. After the revolution in Tunisia that ousted an authoritarian government on January 14th, the youth of Egypt began and then expanded protests in Cairo... more »
Willy Gissen posted a blog entry Jan 28, 2011
Is Yemen the Next Domino to Fall?
The lead article in today's New York Times, "Waves of Unrest Spread to Yemen, Shaking a Region," shows that the successful rebellion in Tunisia is reverberating across the Arab world, as the country becomes the third to become beset with protests and calls for the government's ouster.
The second was... more »
Willy Gissen posted a blog entry Jan 27, 2011
Nassau County Goes Belly Up
The lead story in today's New York Times, "Nassau County has its Finances Seized by State," may be the first of a series of stories of government units in such deep financial distress that they go through, either voluntarily or involuntarily, the equivalent of an individual declaring bankruptcy.
The... more »
