Sunshine Sachs Morgan & Lylis: PR Agency Profile

Sunshine Sachs Morgan & Lylis is an entertainment, talent, social impact and corporate communications agency founded in New York by Ken Sunshine, with Shawn Sachs as CEO and Keleigh Thomas Morgan and Heather Lylis as co-presidents. Variety, Deadline and The Hollywood Reporter date its founding to 1992, while a YesPress profile says 1991. Deadline reported nearly 250 employees across seven offices in June 2025.

Originally published June 2015. Updated October 18, 2026.

Who founded Sunshine Sachs?

Ken Sunshine founded the firm in New York, according to Variety, which dates it to 1992. A YesPress profile of Sachs says Sunshine established his communications firm in 1991, and says Sachs and Sunshine launched the sister company Madica Productions in 2013. Sachs joined in 2000 and was named partner in 2007, per his IADAS biography, which describes earlier work with Senator Byron Dorgan and the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee.

What is the firm's history and timeline?

Year	Milestone	Source
1991 or 1992	Ken Sunshine founds the firm in New York	Variety; YesPress
2000	Shawn Sachs joins the firm	IADAS biography
2007	Sachs named partner	IADAS biography
2013	Sachs and Sunshine launch the sister company Madica Productions	YesPress
2015	Scrutiny after employees edited clients' Wikipedia entries without disclosing paid relationships	YesPress
March 2022	Morgan and Lylis become co-presidents; firm renamed Sunshine Sachs Morgan & Lylis	Variety; The Hollywood Reporter
2022	Five executives promoted or appointed; firm reported at more than 250 employees across six offices	Variety; IMDb
June 2025	London office led by Sarah Corney; firm reported at nearly 250 employees across seven offices	Deadline
2026	Ranked fourth in Observer's PR Power List	YesPress

Why did the firm become Sunshine Sachs Morgan & Lylis?

The firm changed its name in March 2022 when partners Keleigh Thomas Morgan and Heather Lylis were elevated to co-presidents, according to Variety and The Hollywood Reporter. Founder Ken Sunshine and CEO Shawn Sachs announced the change in a memo to staff and clients. In the following months the firm promoted Amelia Makin and Andrew Stein to executive vice presidents, elevated Gabrielle Lee to senior vice president of diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility and multicultural communications, named Brooke Blumberg senior vice president of awards and content, and named Alejandro Grau to lead its San Francisco office.

Name	Role
Ken Sunshine	Founder
Shawn Sachs	Partner and CEO
Keleigh Thomas Morgan and Heather Lylis	Co-presidents since March 2022
Sarah Corney	Managing director, London office
Amelia Makin	Executive vice president; manages the Washington and Atlanta offices, per The Hollywood Reporter
Andrew Stein	Executive vice president

How big is Sunshine Sachs Morgan & Lylis?

Deadline reported in June 2025 that the firm had nearly 250 employees across seven offices, when it named former Netflix executive Sarah Corney managing director of the London office. Deadline said Corney spent nearly 10 years at Netflix as a senior PR director for the UK and EMEA, and that she will lead international expansion with a focus on the UK and Western Europe. Variety reported that the London office opened with former employees Bec Macfie and Anoushka Yousuf as its first hires, alongside the promotion of five veteran employees to senior vice president. Earlier coverage gave different counts: Sachs's IADAS biography cites over 160 employees in four offices, and a 2022 Variety report cites more than 250 employees across six offices.

What does Sunshine Sachs do?

Deadline describes services across public relations, earned, owned and paid marketing, and in-house creative and content development. Variety adds that the firm's work spans entertainment, talent, social impact and corporate clients. The Hollywood Reporter's 2022 coverage names social impact and corporate clients served from the Washington and Atlanta offices, including Microsoft, National 4-H Council, Rotary International and Decolonizing Wealth Project, and brand clients such as Webex, Arrived, Supernatural and Canon. EPR's entertainment and media PR and crisis PR pages cover the disciplines.

What has been reported about the firm's reputation work?

A YesPress profile says Sunshine Sachs faced scrutiny in 2015 after employees edited clients' Wikipedia entries without disclosing their paid relationships. AOL, syndicating a GB News report, says the firm built its reputation managing publicity crises for major Hollywood figures and has worked with Meghan Markle, whose publicist Keleigh Thomas Morgan became a partner at the firm.

How does Sunshine Sachs compare with other entertainment PR firms?

Sunshine Sachs competes in independent entertainment PR with firms such as 42West, Rogers & Cowan PMK and Vision PR. The corporate side overlaps with Edelman and Brunswick Group, and EPR's Los Angeles PR firms and New York PR firms pages list more. For the wider market, see the EPR PR firm rankings.

Firm	Ownership	Source
Sunshine Sachs Morgan & Lylis	Partner-led	Variety; Deadline
42West	Subsidiary of Dolphin Entertainment	Dolphin
Rogers & Cowan	Part of Interpublic Group	EPR directory

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