New York Area

mimedxJacobstahl, New York/MiMedx, processor, marketer and distributor of human amniotic tissue for use in healing, as AOR, following a competitive pitch. Work includes corporate and brand positioning, strategic alliances, patient advocacy and media relations. Partner Sandra Stahl leads the account, reporting to Marlene DeSimone, SVP, corporate strategic development, MiMedx.

Clearpath Health Communications, New York/Scioderm, lat stage clinical pharmaceuticals, for corporate, media, investor, patient and professional comms. The company is developing a treatment for epidermolysis bullosa, a rare genetic connective tissue condition affecting as many as 50,000 Americans and 80,000 Europeans. Clearpath is a venture of Russo Partners and Cooney/Waters.

GolinHarris, New York/NBTY, marketer of Nature's Bounty, Pure Protein and Vitamin World supplements, as AOR for PR, following a competitive review.

Shift Communications, New York/Socialbakers, social analytics, for media relations and comms. SB raised $26M in Series C funding last month.

5W PR, New York/Perky Jerky, beef jerky snack food, for consumer PR.

Havas PR North America, New York/Au Bon Pain, as AOR; EPIC; Impossible.com; Just Go Girl; Lehigh University'sBaker Center for Entrepreneurship, Creativity and Innovation, as AOR; MaleCare; National Brain Tumor Society; NOVA Chemicals; the Nugget Spot, takeout eatery, and Penn Wharton Public Policy Initiative, to pitch the institution as a go-to resource for information, analysis and deep understanding on key economic issues affecting the U.S. and government policy today and tomorrow.

M&C Saatchi, New York/Beyond Sport United, professional sports league confab slated for June 11 at Yankee Stadium, for PR for a fourth straight year. Senior VP Sandra Carreon-John leads the account.

South

Kelly Fletcher PR, Knoxville, Tenn./Baker Motor Company Charleston Fashion Week 2014, for national fashion media relations for the week-long event.

Southeast

TransMedia Group, Boca Raton, Fla./Wall Street Media Co., operator of Wall-Street.com, to promote the site and its "Top Six" list of rising public companies.

RockOrange, Miami/Gulliver Schools, for external, internal and executive comms.

Landmark Media Americas, Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla./Myrtle Beach Golf Holiday, golf marketing cooperative representing more than 100 golf courses, hotels and golf travel companies,for a PR campaign to attract visitors to the "Golf Capital of the World."

Balsera Communications, Miami/Our Kids of Miami Dade and Monroe, community care organization for foster care and adoption services, for PR, events, crisis comms. and digital.

Hanover|Elite, Sanford, Fla./UBL Interactive, local and mobile search visibility services, for PR and IR.

West

Global Results Communications, Irvine, Calif./INSTEON, home automation and control technology, for media and analyst relations, speaking engagements and industry awards.