Elizabeth Cowles, President
ecowles@kotchengroup.com

Barbara Carpenter, Senior Associate
bcarpenter@kotchengroup.com

Paula Fischer, Senior Associate
pfischer@kotchengroup.com

Brie Barash, Associate
bbarash@kotchengroup.com

Robert Piazzaroli, Account Coordinator
rpiazzaroli@kotchengroup.com

Michele Brysgel, Office Manager
mbrysgel@kotchengroup.com

Deborah Kotchen, Consultant
dkotchen@kotchengroup.com

Deborah Kotchen

Deborah Kotchen, consultant and former president of The Kotchen Group, is a specialist in creating results oriented media campaigns for retail, entertainment, fashion & beauty, home, DIY, crafts, publishing, and non-profit organizations.

Prior to forming TKG, she was Marketing Director for Women's Specialty Retailing Group, which comprised over 1400 stores including Casual Corner, Petite Sophisticate, August Max Woman, Capezio and Papagallo. There she planned and implemented advertising, sales promotion, research and PR for five apparel brands.

Earlier, Kotchen held the position of Marketing Director with Aetna Property Services. pioneering nationally recognized programs which received four marketing awards from the International Council of Shopping Centers. Kotchen also served as Director of Public Relations for G. Fox & Co., a May Co. department store chain, now renamed Filene’s. Also, as founder of Designs Ltd., she invented and patented an original product line of craft accessories, distributed nationally through catalogs and retailers.

Kotchen graduated from Boston University and is an Honorary Docent of the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum. She is a frequent speaker on retail marketing issues.