Leigh Anne Varney
With more than 16 years of experience in high-technology communications, Leigh Anne Varney heads up Stage One's public relations practice. She is skilled in dealing with the full spectrum of trade and business press and analysts. Over the years, Leigh Anne has served in agency, freelance and corporate roles, including eight years as a journalist and a stint as public relations manager at Oracle. As the founder of Varney Business Communication, she has focused on building leadership recognition for CEOs and companies throughout business, consumer, online and broadcast media.
Leigh Anne's clients have included Ashton-Tate, Bay Partners, CyberStar, Digital Research, Eba Systems, Exodus Communications, Fujitsu, GarageBand, Globalstar, Ingres, InterTrust, Iomega, Microrim, MyPlay, Netcentives, New Enterprise Associates, PlanetOut, PublishOne, Seagate, SkyTel, Sun Microsystems, Verity, Video-7, and Visioneer. She has netted her clients feature coverage in The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, The Economist, Fortune, Forbes, Business Week, San Francisco Chronicle, San Jose Mercury News, San Francisco Examiner, CNet, ZDTV, National Public Radio, Bloomberg, Reuters, Associated Press, Industry Standard, Upside and Wired. In addition, Leigh Anne has been a manager or key member of communications teams that have won awards from Fortune, Business Marketing, PC Magazine, Infoworld, as well as the coveted PRSA Silver Anvil Award.
Leigh Anne graduated magna cum laude with a Bachelor of Science in Journalism from University of Massachusetts at Amherst.
