Raise your organization’s brand awareness and secure yourself a dedicated partner to focus on your Public Relations.
“Bird Hill PR is extremely responsive, communicative and supportive. Ricki Weisberg has your back and is the best hype woman. Bird Hill delivered strategic press results that focused on building our community and increasing visibility for our organization. I would highly recommend any nonprofit to work with Bird Hill PR to help you get the word out about your mission.”
Melanie Bui Larsen
Director Of Communications, Religious Community of Reproductive Choice
Bird Hill PR is a boutique public relations agency founded in 2019 to help make the world a better place by leveraging our 20+ years of experience working in social impact public relations and strategic communications.
Since we have worked in-house at nonprofit organizations and mission-driven companies, we understand the unique challenges team members face in these industries. We know there is almost never enough time to implement a proactive PR strategy, yet PR is the key to growth in the social impact space.
We do not deliver cookie-cutter plans to our clients. We meet you where you are and become a passionate extension of your team.
Our services vary based on each client’s needs, your budget, and your growth goals.
- Development of a Proactive PR Strategy
- Securing Consistent Earned Media
- Influencer & Celebrity Partnerships
- Spokesperson Media & Public Speaking Training
- Social Media Strategy, Content Creation & Community Engagement
- And more!
Who we are.
of our clients say Bird Hill PR helped raise their brand awareness.
average audience reach annually from press coverage secured.
100 %
400 M
“Ricki goes above and beyond with how much she cares about the success of her clients. When we work together, we are a team. Bird Hill has 100% contributed to the success of my social impact business, and I would totally recommend them with any and all marketing, communications and PR endeavors!"
Ola Creston
Co-Owner, Taproot Farm
MEET THE TEAM.
MARIANA LEONE
COMMUNICATIONS PROJECT MANAGER
Ricki leverages over 20 years of experience in the nonprofit and corporate world to build nonprofit brands into household names through effective press relations and social media strategies. Her work has helped clients like International Medical Corps and Oshun Family Center increase brand awareness for their critical work.
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The backbone of Bird Hill PR, Mariana supports all agency activities from social media to public relations. Her passion for social justice drives her to over-deliver for our clients, and is always thinking outside the box.
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RICKI WEISBERG
PUBLICIST /
FOUNDER & CEO
COURTNEY SHAPIRO
MEDIA CONSULTANT
Courtney Shapiro is a freelance lifestyle writer and editor who was previously the Digital Associate Editor for First for Women and Woman’s World and an Associate Editor at Best Life. As a media consultant for Bird Hill PR, she uses her journalistic experience to help us shape stories and bring them to the perfect audience.
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RYAN SHELTON
PR ASSISTANT
Ryan Shelton is a rising junior at Penn State University, studying psychology and digital media trends & analytics. She is passionate about helping others. She started with Bird Hill PR in the winter of 2025, and her internship was extended through the summer because she is an exceptional intern. We are beyond lucky to have Ryan on the team!
The Bird Hill team is comprised of experienced dedicated freelancers driven by social justice and creating transformative change for our clients.
All accounts are personally staffed by our CEO, Ricki Weisberg.
KELLI MCNEILL-YELLEN
ENTERTAINMENT RELATIONS STRATEGIST
An author, Filmmaker, Publicist and Marketing Expert, Kelli is the connector for our clients and their celebrity partners. Kelli is passionate about using her 20 years of experience to help our clients build their unique audiences.
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SHANTAL KATANA
PR ASSISTANT / EAST AFRICA CONSULTANT
While Shantal is pursuing her B.A. in Conservation Biology at Makerere University in Uganda, she is also working with Bird Hill PR a digital assistant. She helps across many aspects of the agency, from business development to client projects. She is highly organized and always happy to dive into any project.
LIZ O'MEARA-GOLDBERG
DIGITAL MEDIA STRATEGIST
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Liz has over 20 years of experience across the nonprofit sector—with organizations large and small—using email, social media, and content marketing to grow their audience, revenue, and impact. Her areas of focus are content marketing, audience-centric messaging, brand engagement, and contributed revenue development. She offers Bird Hill clients invaluable insights and actionable ways to grow.
KEVIN CURRY
CREATOR CONSULTANT
Kevin Curry is an entrepreneur, content creator, thought leader, and founder of FitMenCookTM, the highly popular food blog, cookboo, and app that has inspired millions of people to live healthier. He provides invaluable first-hand insights on the creator economy and the future of media.
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Ricki Weisberg
PUBLICIST / FOUNDER & CEO
Ricki Weisberg (she/they) is a Nonprofit Publicist and CEO of Bird Hill PR. She is passionate about making the world a better and more equitable place and has spent over two decades developing and implementing communications strategies and building brands in the nonprofit and private sectors.
Ricki started her career as an activist in Washington, DC, working for nonprofit organizations, Women for Women International, The Landmine Survivors Network and Green for All, focused on
global women's rights, disability rights and building a more equitable green economy. That is where she learned about fundraising, donor relations, media relations and that she loved the challenge of communication. How do you get people to care? How do we capture their attention? Those are the sparks that light the fire in her brain.
In 2019 Ricki launched her boutique PR agency, Bird Hill PR, to help nonprofit organizations increase their brand awareness and grow their community of supporters by securing consistent press. Her clients range from the preeminent global disaster relief organization, International Medical Corps, to Philadelphia’s Oshun Family Center, fighting for Black maternal and mental health. 2023 year-to- date press efforts for Bird Hill PR’s nonprofit clients have reached over 1 billion people.
She has recently been known as the “Terrible Sandwich Mom” after a video of her son, telling her
“terrible sandwich, by the way” after his first day of school, went viral. The video gained national
attention and featured Ricki and Abe on national news broadcasts such as Good Morning America and The Today Show. Always a social justice advocate, Ricki used the spotlight to highlight the fight against childhood hunger and raise funds to support Feeding America.
Ricki graduated from George Washington University with BAs in Women’s Studies and Psychology. She lives in Ardmore, PA, with her husband, Moni Ndege and her son, Abe Ndege.
Connect with [Ricki on LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/rickiweisberg/) to read more about her career, from filming for The Oprah Winfrey Show in the Democratic Republic of the Congo to leading global corporate rebranding efforts.
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MARIANA LEONE
Communications Project Manager
Mariana (aka Mara) is originally from Philly and grew up a 10 minute walk from the original La Colombe coffee shop. Fun fact, she actually went to the same high school Ricki attended in Bryn Mawr, PA. Mara recently graduated from Northwestern University with majors in Political Science and Theatre. She has interned on Pennsylvania political campaigns and Chicago non-profit organizations, mostly working on digital communications or social media.
She has always wanted to work within an advocacy/social-justice space, and gets the chance to be involved in a small way in everything Bird Hill does! Mara works on social media for our clients, prepares pitch decks, conducts research, and assists Ricki.
A typical day for Mara looks like getting up and scheduling out her day in her planner, having coffee, working on Bird Hill projects, and taking occasional breaks to cook lunch (she’s a big couscous fan) and meet with the team!
Her values are consistency, kindness, and being willing to learn. Pet peeves include BAD WIFI, people who aren't considerate, Romaine Lettuce (don’t ask her why, there's just something about it!). And when she isn’t working she can be found distance running or painting!
When asked what Mara loves most about her job, she said,
“I love getting to work with multiple non-profits, advancing many different missions all united under a common set of principles. It's exciting to be a part of publicizing the great work these organizations are doing. The Bird Hill team is also tremendous. They are all so welcoming, encouraging, and great at what they do. Ricki is an absolute powerhouse!”
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Liz O'Meara-Goldberg
Digital media strategist
Liz O’Meara-Goldberg is a strategic and thoughtful consultant with over 20 years of experience in marketing and communications strategy, planning, and implementation. Her areas of focus are content marketing, audience-centric messaging, brand engagement, and contributed revenue development. Liz works across the nonprofit sector—with organizations large and small—to use email, social media, and content marketing to grow their audience, revenue, and impact. She has recently created and led significant email campaigns, including fundraising and list growth initiatives, for organizations such as the Atlanta-Fulton Public Library Foundation, the National Council of Jewish Women, the Religious Community for Reproductive Choice, and the Washington Office on Latin America (WOLA). She holds a BA in American Studies and Theatre from GW and an MS in Arts Administration from Boston University.
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KeVIN CURRY
CREATOR
CONSULTANT
Kevin Curry is an entrepreneur, content creator, thought leader, and founder of FitMenCookTM, the highly popular food blog, cookboo, and app that has inspired millions of people worldwide to live healthier, happier, and more balanced lives through food.
With millions of social media followers worldwide, Curry has become one of today's most sought-after personalities in the fields of nutrition, wellness, and social impact. In 2025, he was named the #1 Instagram Male Influencer to follow by Influencer Marketing Hub.
Curry’s FitMenCookTM App, has consistently been ranked as one of the top Food & Drink apps globally. His app has been downloaded by more than 2 million people worldwide and has received over 15,000 five-star reviews.
In 2018, Curry released his first cookbook, where he shares 100+ quick & easy meal prep recipes to help jumpstart your wellness journey. The cookbook was featured on Amazon's Top Seller List immediately after going on sale.
Curry has become one of the most sought-after personalities and thought leaders in Nutrition and Wellness. He is a regular contributor on TODAY and has made frequent appearances on GMA, Live with Kelly & Ryan and many others.
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Courtney shapiro
Media Consultant
Courtney Shapiro is a lifestyle writer and editor with more than three years of experience across print and digital media. She's currently freelancing and serves as a media consultant for BirdHill PR. Before that, she was a Digital Associate Editor for First for Women and Woman’s World, where she covered wellness, lifestyle, and books—along with occasional beauty and fashion features.
Previously, Courtney was also an Associate Editor at Best Life, where her work spanned topics from astrology and retail to pest control. Beyond her editorial roles, she is an active book influencer who enjoys photography, travel, and exploring new experiences.
Her writing has appeared in First for Women, Woman's World, Best Life, BizBash, Long Island Weekly, and Cupid’s Pulse, and her photography has also been published. Courtney earned her master’s degree in Journalism with a concentration in Magazine and Digital Storytelling from NYU in 2021, following her bachelor’s degree in Journalism from Hofstra University in 2020.
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Kelli McNeill-Yellen
Entertainment Relations Strategist
Kelli McNeil-Yellen is a twenty-year marketing and public relations professional with stints at Fortune 50 Companies and startups alike as both a marketing and creative director. She made the leap to independent filmmaking with her feature film DARUMA, which she wrote and produced. After debuting the film at one of the top festivals in the US to a sold-out screening and securing media coverage in all of the major trades as well as CNN, she was approached by a number of filmmakers, creatives and distributors for her assistance with their projects.
She founded KLA Media Group in response and currently helps her clients create marketing and public relations efforts to build their unique audiences while continuing to develop her own film and television projects with her husband and producing partner in Los Angeles.
She's also a published author with Scholastic, and sold the book unagented to the publishing giant via the same methods she used to get her feature film out into the world. Kelli is a graduate of the University of Southern California.
Kelli is excited to work with Bird Hill PR on a variety of initiatives that align her passion for entertainment and philanthropy in the non-profit space to create exciting, story-driven initiatives that make the world a better place.
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Bird Hill combines Ricki's last name, Weisberg, which means white hill, and her husband and son's last name, Ndege (pronounced in-day-gay), which means Bird.
The Ndege bird is also our mascot, a little yellow weaver bird found in Uganda.
Like the Ndege bird, we work together to weave beautiful stories to help attract new audiences to support your mission.
Our clients often say the Bird Hill nest feels like a safe space on their busy days.
Why are we named Bird Hill?
