Michelle Friedman, who was communications director for the New York City Coalition Against Hunger, has joined The Marino Organization strategic PR shop.
Via top-media placements, she handled the expansion of the Coalition's national footprint effort to combat domestic hunger.
Friedman also spearheaded its social media push and special events including a Thanksgiving press conference featuring Mayor Bill de Blasio and a spring benefit honoring Chelsea Clinton.
Earlier, she was press liaison for the New York State Majority Leader's Office and editorial staffer at City & State, Interview Magazine and The Chief Leader.
Frank Marino, who was ex-NYC Mayor Ed Koch's senior VP-PA to the predecessor of the New York Economic Development Corp., founded TMO in 1993.
Its clients include Brooklyn Navy Yard Development, Cathedral of Saint John the Divine, NYU2031, Walmart, Con Edison Solutions, JFK International Terminal 4 and Real Estate Board of New York.
DJE Holdings, parent of Edelman and Zeno, launches RUTH as an independent shop named after Ruth Edelman, mental health advocate, wife and longtime business partner of Dan Edelman.
New York City PR firms make up the largest slice of O'Dwyer's 147 firm overall ranking with 33 of 40 in the New York/New Jersey area either calling Manhattan their home or having a presence there.
Subject Matter+Kivvit, which joined forces in May, has rebranded as Avoq, an integrated shop with more than 200 professionals in Washington, New York, Asbury Park (NJ), Miami and Chicago.
While PR pros stationed at in-house comms. teams and those working for agencies share many of the same objectives, they also have markedly different top priorities, according to a recent report.
Edelman is cutting 240 employees or about four percent of its workforce to cope with the cooling down of the PR sector, according to a memo from CEO Richard Edelman.
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