Maria Chrissovergis is an award-winning journalist who spent many years as a reporter and anchor for NBC, ABC and CBS affiliates covering stories across the country. During that time, she also collaborated with many newspapers and spent time writing articles to dive deeper into the stories she covered on television. From covering George W. Bush on 9/11 to award-winning investigative reports, Maria’s passion for writing is what fueled her love for the television news industry.
Her experiences include positions as a Sales and Marketing Director for both local and national home builders and a magazine publisher for one of the nation’s most recognized publishing companies of enthusiast magazines. Maria’s time spent in the newsroom coupled with her experience pushing the sales and marketing envelope have given her a unique perspective and skill set to help businesses craft an effective marketing, advertising and public relations campaign that tells a compelling story to their target audience. She has a working knowledge of every side of the public relations and multi-media industries.
Maria Chrissovergis returned to her TV roots in 2014 while also leading the agency. She spent a couple of hours each day in front of the camera hosting a daytime talk show, “The Chat” and often appears on a Jacksonville-based magazine show, “First Coast Living” both on First Coast News WTLV NBC 12 and WJXX ABC 25.
Maria Chrissovergis Public Relations & Marketing has clients across the country representing various industries from medical, financial, technology to home building, developing and environmental. MC PR & Marketing is probably best known for being the public relations and marketing lead of the HGTV Smart Home 2013 when HGTV executives complimented the team on its creative and successful approach to marketing the house; the media tours were some of the network’s highest attended media events of a showcase home. More recently, MC PR & Marketing also managed the public relations efforts for the 2019 Southern Living Idea House for their client, Riverside Homes. MC PR & Marketing collaborated with Southern Living’s team to gain maximum exposure for the stunning show home featured in a 20 page spread of August 2019 Southern Living Magazine.
Maria was featured in Family! Magazine as a top female entrepreneur and on the cover of Carousel Magazine in an article about her many roles in her community. She was also highlighted in 904 Magazine in an article featuring top communicators and successful agencies. In 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022, 2023 MC PR & Marketing was named one of the Top 7 Marketing Agencies by Expertise.
Maria is a former member of the Mayor’s Commission on the Status of Women in Jacksonville, Florida, Faculty Member of the Women’s Leadership Initiative and the North Florida Urban Land Institute, an honoree for the Cystic Fibrosis Annual Fundraiser, a recipient of the National Education Association “Quill Pen” award and has emceed events across the state of Florida for various organizations and fundraising events.
