Michael Jensen

FESTIVAL ADVISOR & PR

Michael Jensen is the CEO and President of Jensen Communications (JCI). Formed in 1982, JCI is a strategic public relations management and marketing firm specializing in Music, Television & Film, The Arts, Non-Profit, Crisis Management, and Corporate world. From technology to the pop world, JCI has successfully guided, worked on and developed many of the “household names” you hear every day when you pick up your newspaper, turn on the radio, tune-in to your television or log onto the internet. Its mission is the development and delivery of sophisticated image positioning, strategy and public relations of its clients. Some of JCI’s long-time clients include Santana, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, Herb Alpert, Jackson Browne, and XM Satellite Radio among others. Michael Jensen has helped orchestrate major events such as Billy Joel’s historic tour of the Soviet Union, Mikhail Gorbachev’s State of the World Forum, President Bill Clinton’s first Inaugural ball, and many others. His firm currently represents two documentary films “Rock Prophecies” and “Crazy” (which will be shown at the Paso Robles Digital Film Festival).. Jensen previously was a national director of tours and special projects at Columbia Records. He began his career as a journalist for Knight-Ridder newspaper’s Star-News in 1974. He and the firm have received numerous industry and civic awards. He lives in Templeton, California.