New York Area
Lou Hammond & Associates, New York/Bristol, R.I.; Hotel Saint-Barth Isle de France (St. Barth, Caribbean); Laucala Island Resort (Fiji); Gaillard Center (Charleston, S.C.), future home of the Charleston Symphony Orchestra and a venue for arts education; The Haunted Attraction Association, and The Garden City Hotel (Long Island, N.Y.), for PR.
Cohn & Wolfe, New York/Children's Health Fund, provider of mobile pediatric medical care for kids in need in the U.S., as pro bono AOR, including creative and digital support for its 25th anniversary benefit concert with co-founder Paul Simon.
5W PR, New York/Vinod Gupta, entrepreneur and philanthropist and CEO of Everest Group, parent to companies like expresscopy.com and infofree.com, for PR.
Susan Blond, Inc., New York/Intigold Mines, Canadian mining company, for media relations in the U.S. IM trades on the TSX Venture Exchange.
East
Burness Communications, Bethesda, Md./Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues, for public outreach and engagement, following an RFP.
Young & Associates, Washington, D.C./Interfolio, higher education credential management and committee-based decision-making services, and Wolfe Domain, generic top level domain brand advisory firm, for PR, including media, analyst and blogger relations, corporate marketing and social media.
Articulon, Raleigh, N.C./Nagoya University, Japan, a previous client of the firm, for PR and marketing efforts including online advertising and media relations for its third annual roundtable event, Diagnostics and Molecular Therapeutics, in N.C.
Southeast
Trevelino/Keller, Atlanta/eVerifile, employee background screening, for PR. The company was acquired earlier this year by entrepreneur, Mark Wilson, along with partners, Frontier Capital, The Yucaipa Companies, Magic Johnson Enterprises and Plexus Capital.
Oberhausen Marketing & PR, Miami/Critical Care of South Florida (PCCSF), group of pediatric intensivists who specialize in treating hospitalized children, as AOR for PR and marketing.
West
Public Communications Worldwide, Garden Grove, Calif./NYNE, audio and multimedia acoustic products for mobile devices, for consumer, trade and online PR.
Bolt PR, Irvine, Calif./Smashburger, for PR in Orange County, where are least 20 new eateries are planned over the next five years.
aLine media PR, Los Angeles/StyleSaint, fashion media and e-commerce company, for PR.
Blaze, Los Angeles/Hangar 24 Brewery, Redlands, Calif., as AOR, including media relations and an integrated blogger strategy for the brewery and its products.
International
Grayling, London/Brintons, 200 year old British carpet manufacturer bought by The Carlyle Group in 2011, for corporate comms. in the U.K. and U.S. following a three-way pitch. Mary Whenman, managing director of Grayling's U.K. corporate & financial practice, and Sophia Harrison, director, financial & professional services, lead the account.