Sharon Geltner’s career has spanned social work, social climbing, social media and more recently, social distancing. She is a 2023 finalist in the Society of Professional Journalists "Sunshine State Awards," for Arts Commentary & Criticism.

She was a Washington D. C. reporter, covering government regulation of business and writing for celebrity authors. She traveled on assignment, including Israel, Egypt, Lapland, Scandinavia, Singapore, Mexico and the Caribbean.

Geltner came to Boca Raton, Florida to write for the Knight-Ridder Tribune News, a national newspaper chain. She was briefly a war correspondent in the Mideast.

Her “So Boca” battle royal began when Geltner revealed that the town’s biggest philanthropist, who claimed to be a “countess,” had bought her illegitimate title, from a con man.

The “countess” retaliated for this expose. She announced she would cut local charities out of her $22 million will, unless Geltner and her editor left town. This high society “banned from Boca” edict appeared as far away as Europe. Geltner won a national award for “Outstanding News Reporting” from the Society of Professional Journalists.

Later, she publicized nonprofits, with national coverage in the Wall Street Journal, MSNBC, etc. One client, Estella's Brilliant Bus, was a Top 10 CNN Hero, honored by the Obama White House and Oprah Winfrey. Founder Estella Pyfrom received a free, $9 million Super Bowl ad from Microsoft.

Geltner also raised money for charities at the Four Seasons in Palm Beach, with televised fashion shows, including door prizes solicited from Worth Avenue shops, such as purses from Ferragamo.

Her pro bono campaigns include a “Barrier-Free Park” in Boynton Beach, Florida for people with disabilities and launching “National Net Needs News Day,” a journalism appreciation campaign. #NetNeedsNews Geltner also publicized the first time the World Art Deco Congress toured Palm Beach County, admiring its history, museums and architecture. #WorldArtDecoDay

Geltner teaches, consults and owns the award-winning, multimedia agency, Froogle PR. She is at work on an historic fiction novel, set in Washington, D. C., spanning 60 years and three continents.

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