Genevieve Anton is the principal of Anton Communications, Inc., a public relations firm in Southern California that specializes in real estate development.

Ms. Anton has 27 years experience as a journalist, editor, public affairs consultant and media relations specialist. The firm's emphasis is on home building, land use, entitlement and development of master-planned communities and resort properties, including multi-family and mixed-use projects.

Clients served include The Irvine Company, Wood Partners, Lennar Homes, Makar Properties, LNR Property Corporation, Fieldstone Communities, Starwood Capital Group, Foremost Communities, The Moote Group, Sukut Construction, The Hoffman Company, American Dream Development, the Hilton Waterfront and The Robert Mayer Corp.

A former journalist with more than 20 years of print and broadcast experience - including several years as a producer at Cable News Network - Genevieve now specializes in media

strategy, outreach and training, as well as issues and crisis management.

Prior to becoming a journalist, Genevieve was a member of the Executive Staff of the White House, where she worked on the political team that briefed Congress. She graduated from Duke University in 1982 with a degree in public policy studies and did post-graduate work at the Sorbonne in Paris and the Institute of Political Science in Strasbourg, France.