Rita Tateel
Rita Tateel is an American businesswoman. She is the founder and President of The Celebrity Source, a celebrity booking agency that matches celebrities with corporate and non-profit clients for public relations, marketing and advertising campaigns, and special events. She has also taught classes at UCLA Extension.
Early life and education
Tateel was born in Loma Linda, California; her parents were Holocaust survivors who owned an egg farm in Fontana, California at the time. She grew up in Los Angeles. She has a bachelor's degree in child development and a master's degree in social work. She worked for nonprofit organizations for 15 years.Sample celebrity matches
- She has recruited celebrities for the Hollywood Christmas Parade and the Los Angeles Marathon, among many other events.
- For 20 years she has procured celebrity racers for the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach, Pro/Celebrity Race, which benefits Miller Children's Hospital Long Beach and Children's Hospital of Orange County.
- When Purina wanted to support animal-rescue organizations, Tateel recruited Emily Procter, a star of “CSI Miami,” because she knew that Procter “lives and breathes animal rescue.”
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