Who We Are


Breakaway Communications was founded by Kelly Fitzgerald and Pamela Preston, communications professionals with a combined 20+ years of experience developing and implementing communications campaigns for startups, small & medium businesses, and Fortune 500 organizations.

Prior to establishing Breakaway Communications, the partners managed TSI Communications, a mid-sized PR firm with 160+ employees, and offices in New York, San Francisco and London. TSI Communications was purchased by IPG in 1997 and merged with Golin/Harris International in 2002.

While at TSI, they won several industry awards including the Gold “Best of Show” CIPRA for their work on IBM’s Deep Blue campaign, the chessmatch between the IBM supercomputer and Grandmaster Gary Kasparov. The team they led developed and executed this two-week campaign which resulted in three billion impressions worldwide.