JOHN CIRILLO is an award-winning public relations executive based in New York for 40 years operating the company Cirillo World. Previously, he was Vice President of public relations for the New York Knicks and Madison Square Garden; public relations director at Yonkers Raceway; and producer’s assistant at Major League Baseball Productions. Cirillo taught sports communications as an adjunct media professor at Fordham University Rose Hill for 25 years (61 total semesters) at his alma mater. He has collaborated with Sidney Riley and Mickey Rosen as lyricist on more than 40 “records.” He is the author of "Marbles on an Unpaved Road: an Ode to Sheepshead Bay," a detailed memoir and history, and the children’s book “Tails From the Bronx: Life’s Lessons Taught by a Cat.” John and his wife Francine live in Westchester County, New York.