Andrea Schnoor

Andrea Schnoor launched ASC in 2003. She was born into a family of hoteliers and grew up in her parent’s hotel on the coast of the Baltic Sea. Along the way, she gained a deep appreciation of different cultures and the people, traditions and ideas within them. Launching ASC was a continuation of her interest.

Before ASC, Andrea was managing director of SDA International in Manhattan. Heading the company’s New York operations, she focused on consumer and business communications, with particular expertise on travel, lifestyle and the real estate businesses. She also managed customer and financial communications for the fine art portal artnet.com, an auction price database, auction house and online gallery. She defined artnet’s vision for communications throughout the US and Europe, including a widely publicized collaboration with eBay.

In addition to her communications experience, Andrea spent three years at Bozell Sawyer Miller Group (now Weber Shandwick) in New York and Hamburg, assisting media relations campaigns for clients including Merck, Cendant, the National Center for Children in Poverty, and the Film Commission of the Islands of the Bahamas. She also worked for Regent International, executing all communications efforts for the 1999 opening of the group’s hotel on Wall Street – the first luxury hotel in lower Manhattan.

Andrea was drawn to communications through the Department of Public Information of the United Nations, where she worked as a liaison with NGOs. She has also written and produced educational films on German culture for the Goethe Institute in New York and gained narrative experience as production manager for the renowned documentary production company, Maysles Films. Andrea studied in Germany, France and the US, earning a bachelor’s degree in German Literature and History from the University of Hamburg, as well as a master’s degree in American History from Ball State University, Indiana. She is fluent in German and English and gets by in French.

Stephanie Eng

After sharpening her marketing chops in the corporate world, Stephanie Eng is now right where she wants to be at the boutique end of the industry with Andrea Schnoor Communications. She brings a lot of experience to the table, having engaged in digital product design and mobile strategy for American Express, and in consumer marketing for Time Inc., including developing and executing strategic marketing plans across a range of mediums for titles such as InStyle, Entertainment Weekly and Essence. New Jersey born, raised, and right at home again after time living in New York City and Washington, D.C., she graduated cum laude with a bachelor’s degree in marketing and psychology from Georgetown University. Then as now, she is drawn to both the creative and analytical aspects of marketing and enjoys connecting with clients to size up their customers and figuring how to incentivize them to respond to ASC’s campaigns. Meantime, Stephanie counts herself a devotee of music, art and culture, whether she’s plucking her ukulele and creating works at home, or simply losing herself in a good book.

Neal Santelmann

Neal Santelmann’s work includes magazine and Internet journalism as well as public relations writing. He began his career as a reporter for Forbes in 1987. As a founding member of Forbes FYI (later, Forbes Life) in the early 1990s, he spent more than a decade as a senior editor covering all sorts of topics appealing to a high-end readership, including health, travel, adventure, art, leisure, collecting and executive profiles. He joined ASC in 2003, and has written for every client to date. With his clever viewpoint and engaging prose, Neal brings an entertaining and persuasive voice to ASC.

Islem Taveras

A founding member of the ASC, Islem Taveras worked extensively in communications prior to joining our team. Her experience in managing public relations includes work with the artist Steve Maloney, the Palm Springs Museum of Art, explora in Chile, Absolute Travel, and Asia to Africa. Islem has widespread experience in organizing promotional events and press trips, as well as maintaining ASC’s digital content design. A native of the Dominican Republic, she is fluent in Spanish and English and has a degree in Business Administration from Queensborough College, New York.