Spring 2025

David Armanasco Celebrates 40 Years of Impact B Y R ENE E B R I NCK S D avid Armanasco worked in wine-industry sales and marketing before he decided to open Armanasco Public Relations (APR) in 1985. ±- started oJJ [ith a t[o dra[er file cabinet and an answering machine and a lock. I locked the closet so my kids couldn’t get into the answering machine,” says Armanasco, with a laugh. Four decades after signing a private jet charter service as his first client, %rmanasco counts one of those now-grown children, Andrew, as a team member. The agency founder credits many talented employees for contributing to the com- pany’s success, including Vice President Elizabeth Diaz, who has been on staff for 27 years. Since 2013, Armanasco has been a partner oJ the state[ide public aJJairs consulting firm California Strategies. Locally, APR lists Cannery Row Company among its longest-served clients, and the firm has also led everything Jrom bagged spinach launches to residential development openings to capital campaigns for recreational facilities like the Monterey Sports Center. %rmanasco enNoys helping people, nonprofits and companies advance their missions, and he has no plans to retire Jrom [orO that he finds so rewarding “I love this community. It feels so great to have my oJfice and e\ercise this proJession here in the community where I was born,” he says. “I love what I do.” For more information, visit www.armanasco.com or call 831/372-2259. SHORT CUTS NEIGHBOR David Armanasco and APR are celebrating 40 years of providing public relations services to area businesses and nonprofits and they are still going strong. 88 C A R M E L M A G A Z I N E • S P R I N G 2 0 2 5 Photo: Kelli Uldall