Awards & Accolades

 

Awards and Recognitions

 

Distinguished Sales and Marketing Award, 1999
Sales & Marketing Executives International

President’s Award, 1997
Sales & Marketing Executives International

First Place - Community Relations/Public Service, 1995
American Hotel and Motel Association

First Place - Crisis Communications, 1993
American Hotel and Motel Association

First Place/Award of Merit - Newsletter Category, 1995
San Francisco Bay Area Publicity Club

Award of Excellence - Public Relations Campaign, 1994
San Francisco Bay Area Publicity Club

Award of Excellence - TV Commercials, 1994
East Bay Video Festival

Director’s Award - Outstanding Service, 1991
San Francisco Bay Area Publicity Club

Award of Excellence - Public Relations Program, 1998
San Francisco Bay Area Publicity Club

Certificate of Achievement - Point of Purchase, 1995
San Francisco Society of Communicating Arts

Award of Excellence - Public Relations Program, 1995
San Francisco Bay Area Publicity Club

Certificate of Excellence – Collateral/Room Brochures, 1992
Hotel Sales and Marketing Association

Award of Excellence - Direct Mail Campaign, 1992
The San Francisco Show

Award of Excellence - Collateral Materials, 1993
San Francisco Bay Area Publicity Club

Award of Merit - Direct Mail Campaign, 1991
Cable Car Awards

Second Place - Specialty Advertising, 1990
San Francisco Bay Area Publicity Club

Honorable Mention - Promotional Publicity, 1982
American Hotel and Motel Association

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Accolades

 

Kind Words from Our Clients...

I have worked with Sandie Wernick during my career at three hotels: the Grand Hyatt San Francisco, Newark-Freemont Hilton and The Donatello. I keep hiring her every time I change jobs! Over the course of our ten-year professional relationship, Sandie and her team have never ceased to amaze me with their efficient public relations programs, creative marketing strategies and incredibly inventive advertising campaigns, which have led to wide and positive media coverage. She made us always stand apart and most definitely 
impacted our bottom line.


Mike Hartnett
Director of Sales and Marketing
The Donatello Hotel, San Francisco

 

 

 

 

 

The value of your advise can only be exceeded by the results your work has garnered for us. Thank you for introducing us to effective and valuable public relations and marketing.

Jane Woodside, Attorney/Partner
Hanson, Bridgett, Marcus, Vlahos & Rudy

 

 

 

 

Your interaction with our staff was beautifully accomplished and sensitive to their needs and limitations. You were highly professional, thoughtful and a delight to work with. I especially appreciated the time you took during your "off hours" to make sure that all of the detail work was attended to. It made the event and the resulting publicity
 an outstanding success.


Mary Lou Muckler
Hotel Sofitel

 

 

 

 

Sandie!!!! Thank you! Thank you! As a result of Leah Garchik’s piece in the San Francisco Chronicle, we were also the lead story on last night’s 11 o’clock KGO TV news!  In a million years, we would have never been able to get press like that—good press that is! I am always impressed by your ability to zero in on the media plan that best targets our shoppers. Thank you also for being so responsive to our last minute event needs. It’s amazing how you never lose your cool in these situations, your professionalism and sense of humor 
helps all of us get through the chaos.


Ardis Jerome
Senior Director of Marketing
Goodwill of San Francisco, San Mateo 
and Marin Counties, Inc.

 

 

 

 

I want to recommend you for your fortitude, professionalism 
and loving care, which contributed to the success 
of our campaign, without any "fowlups" !


Cheri Dubey Warner
Walt Disney Productions

 

 

 

 

On behalf of Pacific Union Company and Pacific Union Hotel Company, Thank You! Thank You! Thank You! 
Your work on the opening of the Griffon Hotel and Bistro Roti was exceptional. I can’t remember when an event with so many different elements and personalities and of this magnitude turned out so smooth.


Patti Rollins
Pacific Union Company

 

 

 

 

I was extremely satisfied with the level of professionalism and commitment shown by The Wernick Marketing Group. 
Sandie Wernick is a talented writer who made important contributions to the Hebrew Free Loan Association’s publication, ‘Reflection’.


Rachel Jacobs
Hebrew Free Loan Association

 

 

 

 

In a short time, you have accomplished much for Cal PAL!  
You and your team are just what the doctor ordered 
for this very special organization.


Maureen Cunningham
California Police Activities League

 

 

 

 

Sandie’s commitment to her clients is second to none. She is resourceful beyond what I ever expected and has always been ready to bring her talents and resources enthusiastically to the task at hand. More than once, when our own speakers, who are instrumental in our membership generation, have canceled at the last minute, Sandie has had her own back-up ready. In the end, our events went off without a hitch! And we couldn’t imagine doing our major fundraiser without 
The Wernick Marketing Group! They provide invaluable connections to attractive high-end corporate alliances and auction items, which constitute the heart of our fundraising.


Joe Stasi, President
Sales & Marketing Executives of the Bay Area

 

 

 

 

Sandie, you have been an invaluable asset in providing us with skillful and virtuous public relations and publicity when we needed it the most. You took a crazy idea, Dr. Happy Tooth, and made it a national brand. The Dr. Happy Tooth comic book has been distributed throughout the United States and Canada—all because of your efforts. 
I greatly appreciate your services and professionalism, 
especially your sensitivity to details — for a smooth outcome.


Dr. Thomas Arnold
a.k.a. Dr. Happy Tooth, Berkeley, CA

 

 

 

 

Congratulations are in order. Our project was an unqualified success. The London telephone area code change received phenomenal national exposure, both trade and consumer. Thanks to your efforts, we got coverage in every major metropolitan newspaper in our eight target markets.

Christopher N. Spring
British Telecom

 

 

 

 

Your professionalism and efficiency were a pleasure 
to see in action. I believe that your work laid a solid foundation for the expansion of the condom program throughout the USA and into Western Europe.


Alan E. Woltz, CEO
 London International Group

 

 

 

 

Other Kind Words...

 

You do so much for me all the time 
that I find myself marveling at your thoughtfulness.


Dianne Feinstein
United States Senator

 

 

 

 

I think you are one of the most effective public relations 
professional that I have ever dealt with.


David Horowitz
NBC Network News

 

 

 

 

It’s always been a pleasure to find one of Sandie Wernick’s 
envelopes in my mail bag, crowded as it always is. That’s because I know I’ll be able to use it. I’ve been getting her mail for over fifteen years and she is one of the few publicists I can honestly say that I trust implicitly to not waste my time.


Lloyd Watson, Business Columnist
San Francisco Chronicle

 

 

 

 

Your professionalism and spirit of cooperation are unsurpassed.

Joanne Sutro, Producer
KPIX TV, San Francisco

 

 

 

 

In her years in San Francisco, Sandie Wernick has established a wide network of people who have come to trust her professionalism and understand that when she proposes an idea, there’s merit to it. She’s one of the most skilled and reliable, public relations professionals in San Francisco and as one who works in journalism, I’ve seen many.

Bea Pixa, Reporter
San Francisco Examiner

 

 

 

 

In a day when many public relations people get in the way 
rather than assist, it’s a treat
 to work with someone like Sandie Wernick.


Steve Ober, Producer
KRON TV, San Francisco

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