Alicia Jacobs, President/CEO of AJ Management, is an Emmy Award Winning TV Producer with more than two decades of experience in public & media relations, marketing, corporate communications, and special events. Jacobs forte is bringing ideas and people together from concept inception to completion.

Jacobs has worked with a variety of industries such as entertainment, sports, news, healthcare, higher education, charities, renewable energy, agriculture, and hospitality. 

From TV producer to event producer, her integrated approach to a creative communications helps business reach their strategic goals while buildling relationships and driving results in attendance, participation, sales, and fundraising. 

Jacobs has worked on strategic communications implemention plans with executives, CEO’s, celebrities, sports teams, charitable organizations, and small business owners. 

Jacobs is a graduate of both the University at Albany and Western New England University. She earned her Master of Arts in communication with concentration in public relations.

Jacobs was part of the original launch team for Capital News 9, a 24-hour news station in Albany, NY. During this time, she won an Emmy Award for outstanding business and consumer programming. As Executive Producer of Special Projects, she was responsible for 40+ weekly TV feature segments, and half-hour specials airing in multiple Upstate New York markets.

Her work with media continues today by helping individuals, causes, and organizations tell their story to educate and inform the public. 

Campaign examples include:

• Leading an advocacy and media relations campaign to save 37 acres of land for public use in the Town of Clifton Park, NY. By keeping this issue in the news, she helped increase public understanding of facts that eventually reversed a contentious decision to save the land for public use. 

• Leading a seven-month PR campaign as Saratoga County Fair Publicist. She was responsible for all media coordination, an opening day ribbon cutting ceremony, building naming ceremony, writing feature stories, conducting advance interviews,  creating and impleming a social media campaign, on-site media promotions and interviews with radio, tv and newspapers for Fair coverage. 

Jacobs is very community-minded and passionate about making a difference in the life of others. She spends time volunteering for various causes, serves on committees, and boards. 

Jacobs was presented with the 112th NYS Assembly District Women of Distinction 2020 award. She was honored for outstanding volunteer work and positive impact on the quality of life in the community.

Beyond volunteering, Jacobs integrates board, staff, and volunteer perspectives while coaching non-profit organization's. Her first-hand experience working for three international charities provides a keen understanding of challenges and opportunities. She maximizes resources to engage volunteers in meaningful work with appreciation of diversity, equity, and inclusion.

Her volunteerism includes:

• Playing flag football and raising money for the Blondes vs. Brunettes to benefit Alzheimer's Foundation. 
• Serving on the Town of Clifton Park Open Space, Trails and Riverfront Advisory Committee  
• Volunteering on A Toast ToLife! event committee to help raise money for local breast cancer services. 
• Serving as Chapter Past President of the $2 million Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF) of Northeastern New York.
• Creating the annual JDRF Golf Classic and serving as co-chair. 
• Designed and developed Moolah for Men and Women, "A Fashion Show with a Twist" to benefit JDRF that raised $20,000 for Type 1 diabetes. 
• Serving as co-chair of the President's Commitee on Inclusion.
• Serving as Board Member of Public Relations Society of America Capital Region.
• Past board member for Rebuilding Together Saratoga County.