Sissy DeMaria-Koehne
Founder & CEO
The finest taste paired with razor-sharp instincts are behind everything Sissy DeMaria-Koehne touches. As the Founder and CEO of Cultivate PR and Social Media, Sissy leads one of the most innovative and far-reaching boutique communications firms in the nation. With offices in both Miami and New York, Cultivate possesses the sophistication and expertise to help companies of every size and ambition elevate their image across the widest array of media platforms and channels.
Aided by support from WorldWise PR Affiliates — the global network of independently-owned public relations agencies she founded in 2013 — Sissy brings unrivaled reach and resources to her multi-national portfolio of leading luxury lifestyle brands.
Sissy has long been recognized as an unrivaled force in real estate public relations at the highest level. The New York Times has called her an “expert in real estate communications;” PR NEWS named her as a “Top Woman in PR;” The Commercial Observer described her prior firm as one of the “Best Real Estate PR Firms in New York” — and Sissy was heralded as one of South Florida’s most “Influential Business Women” by the South Florida Business Journal.
Sissy is an image-making powerhouse with decades of deeply-cultivated relationships across print, broadcast, digital/social media and live events.
Sissy was the former co-owner of Miami’s influential P.R. firm Kreps DeMaria, helping to craft bold media campaigns for best-in-class real estate and luxury lifestyle firms for more than 30 years. Rolls-Royce, Burgess Yachts —and DeBeers — are among the many global retailers who’ve relied on Sissy to burnish their images and refine their story-telling among leading consumers and tastemakers
Sissy’s portfolio of real estate clients is just as expansive and prestigious, having led comprehensive public relations campaigns for developer-clients including Four Seasons Residences Miami, The Setai, Ritz-Carlton Sunny Isles Beach, Paramount Miami World Center, and Continuum, The Avenue Naples among many others. In addition to an array of world renown architects and builders. Her experience representing real estate brokerages includes Douglas Elliman, One Sotheby’s International Realty, Premier Sotheby’s International, Russell Post Properties at Ocean Reef Club. Fortune International, and Coldwell Banker Mason Morse in Aspen, Colorado.
Sissy has represented some of the world’s most exclusive private island destinations, Musha Cay — along with The Fisher Island Club, the most renowned private-island residential club community in the world.
Under Sissy’s leadership, Cultivate does far more than merely strengthen brands, it ensures their continued relevance, longevity and impact. With decades of crisis management experience, Sissy has helped clients navigate everything from fatal accidents, to battles between developers and neighbors to company break ups, mergers and acquisitions. Sissy’s solutions-oriented approach allows clients to control narratives, engage stakeholders and maintain long-term brand integrity.
