Belinda Young is an award-winning public relations professional with 20 plus years of experience in a wide variety of industries, from consumer to high tech. Since 1995, I’ve had my own practice serving the needs of such companies as the Seattle Home Show, the nation’s oldest and largest home show, to LiftPort Group - The Space Elevator Companies.Over the years, I have worked with some of the biggest names in the business-to-business, consumer and technology markets, including Adobe Systems, Aldus Corporation, Xerox Corporation, Ashton-Tate, and Peter Norton Computing. I have also helped launch a number of startup companies, from LaserMotive, first-ever winner of the NASA-sponsored Space Elevator Games, to Cordant Inc., founded by instant messaging pioneer Sonu Aggarwal. My media placements include national and international media such as CNN, Discovery Channel, BBC, ABC, CBS, MSNBC, NPR, Wired Magazine, Entrepreneur, and Inc., to local broadcast and print media.