Photo courtesy of Virginie K Photography.

Sharon L. Goldmacher

President & CEO

Sharon L. Goldmacher is a veteran in the marketing public relations industry, beginning her career in Atlanta in 1987. She develops integrated, results-oriented marketing PR and interactive campaigns for clients in industries from consumer products and real estate to food/beverage, sports and technology.

Competitive by nature, she created communications 21 in 1992, at the naïve age of 28 to see if she could do it. Within the first two years, she won the DeKalb Chamber's Stargazer award for "Small Business Start-Up of the Year" and the Young Advertising Professional Award presented by the Atlanta Ad Club, and in 20 years the company has garnered almost 70 awards.

Sharon loves to talk, and as a result has spoken on marketing PR and interactive strategies and tactics across the country at various organizations such as the Association of Public Gardens, the American Marketing Association's Annual Summit, the Exhibit Design and Producers Association, NewComm (Society for New Communications Research conference), MBA Conclave Curriculum and Teaching Conference, PRSA chapters in Washington, D.C., and Florida and more.

Corporate responsibility permeates c21's company culture, and Sharon currently volunteers on a number of industry and community boards, including the Atlanta Convention & Visitors Bureau, the American Marketing Association - Atlanta Chapter, Leadership Buckhead and The Blue Horse Association. She also has held volunteer positions with the Green Chamber of the South, Literacy Volunteers of America and Hands On Atlanta. Currently, Sharon is the executive director of the Atlanta Local Organizing Committee for the planning and execution of the 2013 Men's Final Four taking place in Atlanta April 6 - 8.

Sharon attended college in "The Big Easy" (a.k.a. New Orleans), graduating cum laude from Newcomb College/Tulane University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science and communications (and almost a dance minor). During school, she worked at the NBC affiliate, WDSU-TV, which convinced her to choose a different career path.

While a love-hate relationship, golf is her current passion, and her favorite golf saying is "fairway-play is for sissies."