Molly Livingston, Marissa Schwartz

Molly Livingston and Marissa Schwartz have joined the staff at The Abbi Agency, a public relations and marketing firm, as senior account executives.

Livingston previously worked for The Hatch Agency, a public relations firm in San Francisco, where she started out as an intern. Livingston also worked on the student newspaper and the student-run public relations firm while attending California State University, Chico.

Marissa Schwartz interned at CNN’s Boston affiliate where she had the opportunity to cover the 2008 presidential election. She worked as an account coordinator for San Francisco PR firm, Shift Communications and later with Switchback Public Relations in Truckee, Calif. She enrolled in the University of Nevada, Reno’s Reynolds School of Journalism graduate program, and interned with KRNV Channel 4.

Schwartz earned her communications degree from Northeastern University in Boston, and her master’s degree in interactive journalism from UNR.