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Quartararo & Associates (Q&A) is an event-driven public relations and marketing agency bringing together the talents of award-winning creatives, account managers and event specialists from national accounts and focusing those skills on the unique Southern California marketplace.
     
     
     
 

Todd Quartararo
Principal

Todd Quartararo has more than 14 years of public relations experience and founded Quartararo & Associates (Q&A) in 1997. Before starting Q&A, he worked on national accounts at Bozell Worldwide, Foote Cone & Belding, and Alcone Marketing Group. Quartararo brings his account experience along with an entertainment, fitness and lifestyle focus to Q&A. He has worked with clients ranging from Action Sports Retailer to Sprint PCS. Quartararo received his Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from California State University, Northridge and is the recipient of several national and international awards for his work for the Newport Beach Film Festival. He also was named 8th-best break-dancer at Lakeside Middle School.

     
     
     
 

Saba Shirazi
Account Executive
Saba has more than five years of experience in marketing, event planning and advertising in the publishing industry. In her most recent position as Marketing Coordinator with Riviera magazine, she was responsible for branding the new luxury lifestyle publication in the San Diego community. She launched the first ever “Men of Style” and “Sexy San Diego” parties in San Diego and has collaborated with numerous restaurants including Confidential, Nine-Ten and Jack's along with fashion retailers like Neiman Marcus, Saks Fifth Avenue and JEP boutique to create signature magazine events. Before her move to San Diego, Saba worked as the Marketing Assistant at Sacramento magazine. She graduated with a Bachelor of Art's in Apparel Marketing in Design from CSU, Sacramento. Saba is a modern day hoola hooper with ambitions of becoming the next national champion.

     
     
     
 

Jordan Kaye
Account Coordinator

Jordan's previous experience was an account coordinator at The Rose Group in Los Angeles, where he worked with SKYY Vodka to launch their new ultra premium vodka SKYY 90 and a summer celebrity bash with Maxim & SKYY Flavors at the Cabana Club in Hollywood. He also worked on the grand opening of Dave Navarro and Tommy Lee's new Hollywood club ROKBAR. His other experience includes the Newport Beach Film Festival, Bock Communications a high-tech public relations firm and film/tv product placement with Starbucks Coffee Company. Jordan is a recent graduate from Chapman University, where he was also president of the Public Relations Student Society of America (PRSSA). Jordan spends his weekends working as a traffic school instructor and adding to his collection of sci-fi memorabilia.

     
     
     
 

Ian Wright
Account Coordinator

Ian Wright joins Q&A with over 6 years experience in the customer relations and creative sales / marketing arenas. Most recently, his account management experience is with one of San Diego’s premier biotech companies, where he was the sole liaison for over 200 laboratories in the industry. Ian moved to San Diego in 1999 to attend the University of California in La Jolla, where he received his Bachelor’s Degree in Cognitive Neuroscience and was awarded by the department and his peers for excellence as an instructional assistant. Throughout his tenure in San Diego, he has been active in the art / fashion industries, participating in premieres for Let’s Go Clothing, Magnolia Salon, Breakfree Clothing, and Voice 1156 gallery. Stimulated by recent advances in shaving technology, Ian spends his free time feverishly working to expand the vibration-based personal hygiene empire.