Liz H Kelly is the Goody PR and Goody Business Book Awards Founder, Award-Winning Author (8-Second PR) and Podcast Host (8-Second Branding) with 15+ years of experience promoting authors and brands with a WOW Story who are making a positive impact. She loves connecting her client’s stories to current headlines, and finding a story that moves audiences. As a published author, Kelly had over 500 media interviews (TV, radio, print and syndication) over 5 years for her first book about dating (“Smart Man Hunting”). Her work and books have been featured on CNN, Lifetime, USA TODAY, The Chicago Tribune, Thrive Global, KTLA, KNBC News, KABC News, BBC Radio, ESPN Radio, NPR and thousands of media outlets.

As a public relations agency leader, Kelly’s Goody PR clients have been featured in thousands of mega media interviews – including on the TODAY Show, CNN, BBC World News, CBS Health Watch, FOX Business, PBS Postcards, Black News Channel, TMZ, and in The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, The Chicago Tribune, TIME, USA TODAY, Psychology Today, WebMD, BBC Radio, WOR Radio, and hundreds of local TV stations and podcasts.

Kelly also teaches digital marketing at UCLA Extension, developed 8-Second PR classes online (available on Teachable), and is grateful that her 8-Second PR book was selected as a textbook by Instructors at two California universities (California State University San Bernardino and UCLA Extension).

As “fun facts”, Kelly is a University of Maryland, College Park, and Johns Hopkins University Carey School of Business alumna from Baltimore, Maryland. She is also an Autism Advocate, who loves living near the mountains and ocean in Santa Monica, California, feels fortunate to have attended the Sundance Film Festival for over a decade, and had a darkroom for processing photographs in her basement at age 17.