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CityAndStatePA.com
December 14, 2016
TERESA M. LUNDY Principal
TML COMMUNICATIONS LLC TEMPLE UNIVERSITY Teresa Lundy lives for two things: community and faith. “I had a blue-collar worker father, and a mother who was an overseer in the local ministry,” she said. “I grew up doing a lot of community service and giveback.” She’s also a rising star in public relations, but that’s not mutually exclusive – as the head of TML Communications, the Abington native uses her talents to promote causes that will help the Philadelphia-area communities she grew up around. “A lot of that is still instilled in me,” she said. “I’m not thinking about the dollar sign. The money will come, but if the vision fails, then we fail.” Lundy got her start as an intern for Philadelphia City Council President Darrell Clarke’s office before moving over to Ceisler Media in 2014. Last year, she ran communications for mayoral longshot candidate Doug Oliver. “The campaign didn’t have any money, but we had a candidate who was young and fresh, and not connected to a political system,” she said. The experience led her to found TML as a side project, but her firm quickly grew into a full-time job. While running communications for candidates like former Congressman Chaka Fattah and Republican candidate for state treasurer Otto Voit, Lundy says she’s kept her eye on service. “We’re involved with helping a lot of communityrelated activities like protests – getting the media coverage they want,” she said. “My passion is for everyone to be engaged in media...making sure that neighborhoods have the right spokesperson for whatever they want to present to the public.” – R.B.
If you didn’t work in politics, what would you do?
I would become an author