Luquire George Andrews, Charlotte, NC-based advertising, digital and public relations agency, has promoted Barry Finkelstein to senior VP/directory of PR.

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The 30-year veteran will take over for Judi Wax who held the top PR spot for more than 10 years.  She remains on though as an executive VP.

Since joining LGA in 2015, Finkelstein has cut his chops working with clients such as American Tire Distributors, Barings, BB&T, Bojangles', Frontier Capital and the 2017 PGA Championship to be held at Quail Hollow this summer in Charlotte.

Finkelstein had his own firm, Reveal Communications, and held senior positions at FleishmanHillard, MSLGroup, MARC USA and Erwin Penland.

“This transition has been underway for more than a year, and we are genuinely excited for Barry,” said Steve Luquire, CEO and founder of LGA. “We are confident our clients and internal team will benefit from Barry’s expertise and are grateful Judi will continue in a senior role at LGA.”