Howard E. Daniel, APR:
Currently:
- Principal, Pen-for-Rent (founded in 2000, based in Santa Rosa, Calif., since 2013)
- Previously:
- Vice President, Editorial Services, Communications Pacific (rebranded as CommPac in 2017) (Hawaii’s premier public relations/integrated communications firm)
- Publications Manager, Alexander & Baldwin, Inc. (One of Hawaii’s top five companies, involved in transportation, real estate and food products)
- Speechwriter for former Hawaii Governor John Waihee
- Foreign Service Officer, U.S. Information Agency (served in USSR, Brazil, Japan, Washington, D.C.; served earlier in India as a Peace Corps volunteer)
- Engaged full-time in writing and editing since 1994
- Engaged in public relations/public diplomacy, with significant component of writing and editing, since 1971
- Honored as Public Relations Professional of the Year (2013) by the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA), Hawaii Chapter
- Past president of PRSA’s Hawaii Chapter (2002)
- Member of Santa Rosa Metro Chamber‘s Web Content Team (2017)
- Accredited in Public Relations (APR – professional designation earned in 1993)
- Harvard University, MA (Soviet Area Studies)
- Yale University, BA (Russian Area Studies)
- Familiarity with foreign languages (Russian, Portuguese, Hindi) has contributed to strength as writer/editor in English
Sandra Kelley:
Partner, Pen-for-Rent
- Retired Professor of English, Leeward Community College (University of Hawaii System), Pearl City, Hawaii
- Taught college-level writing 1988-2012 to thousands of students wishing to advance in the workforce
- University of California, Santa Barbara, MA and doctoral work in Educational Psychology (specialty in writing instruction)
- University of California, Santa Barbara, BA, English
Get In Touch
Info@pen4rent.com
+1 (707) 888-4724
Santa Rosa, California, USA

Howard Daniel, Pen-for-Rent Principal