Marsha Middleton is president and owner of M-Squared Public Relations. The company was formed in 2005 when Marsha recognized the strong need for an agency that understood the discerning needs of the real estate, luxury, and retail industries.
In her 14 years of public relations experience, Marsha has worked within the corporate, non-profit and hospitality industry, most recently as the director of public relations at Four Seasons Hotel Atlantathe city's only five-star, five-diamond hotel. In this role, she was responsible for positioning the hotel amongst media, marketing and partnership opportunities that attract new and repeat guests to the hotel and its four-star restaurant, Park 75.
Marsha’s media relations efforts have yielded national placements in The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, New York Times and other local, regional and national media outlets.
After graduating cum laude with a degree in journalism from Florida A&M University, Marsha began her career as a public relations manager at The Edmundite Missions, a small, Catholic, non-profit organization in Selma, AL. From there, she joined Habitat for Humanity International as public relations manager, where she was responsible for the promotion of world-wide projects such as the Jimmy Carter Work Project and Women Build, the first-ever building project led by the First Ladies of the United States.
After a number of rewarding years spent in the non-profit arena, Marsha made the switch to corporate America when she joined The Home Depot as their Southeast Public Relations Manager. There, she led the internal and external communication function for more than 200 stores and worked alongside the company’s real estate division during land acquisitions, contract negotiations and store openings. Additionally, she helped organized the company’s monumental 1,000th store celebration at the New York Stock Exchange.
Marsha has been active in the Public Relations Society of America's Georgia chapter, a board member of the Atlanta Community Food Bank, CliqueAtlanta.com, the Public Relations Chair for Flavors of Atlanta and one of only six members of Mayors (jewelry) Advisory Board.