Peter Shankman Biography

Peter Shankman merges Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and a dose of adventure and make it work to his advantage. Peter is an American entrepreneur, author, well-known for founding HARO (Help a Reporter Out), an online service for journalists to gather feedback from the public. HARO is currently the largest free source repository in the world sending out over 1500 queries from worldwide media each week. Peter is the founder of ShankMinds: Breakthrough, an online entrepreneurial community. Peter also hosts the award-winning podcast on ADD and ADHD Faster Than Normal which is helping to turn the conversation around ADHD. Peter’s clients American Express, , SAP, The US Department of Defense, Royal Bank of Canada, NASA, Haworth, Sheraton, Walt Disney World, Abercrombie and Kent, Discovery Networks, Napster, and many other. He is a frequent keynote speaker and workshop presenter at conferences and tradeshows worldwide. Peter started his career at America Online as a Senior News Editor helping found the AOL Newsroom and spearheading coverage of the Democratic and Republican 1996 conventions which marked the first time an online news service covered any major political event. Peter is honored to sit on the NASA Civilian Advisory Council appointed to his position by NASA Administrator Charles Bolden. Peter is frequently quoted in major media and trade publications including The New York Times The Wall Street Journal The Los Angeles Times The New York Daily News The Associated Press Reuters and USA Today. He graduated at Boston University.

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