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Weber Shandwick
Subsidiary of the Interpublic Group of Companies
909 Third Ave.,
New York,
NY
10022
212/445-8000; fax: 212/445-8001
Major practice areas: Food & beverage, financial services, government & public sector, health & wellness, mobility & transportation, technology, retail & CPG, lifestyle & leisure, media & entertainment, non-profit, energy, industry & manufacturing.
Specialty services:
- Strategy & analytics: research and insights; data intelligence, management and integration; strategic and channel planning
- Creative, design & content: creative concepting; creative development and production; creative technology; user experience and design
- Public relations & marketing: earned media strategy & media relations; influencer engagement; digital & social strategy and emerging platforms; paid and performance media
- Organizational transformation: culture transformation, change management, employee experience, DEI consulting
- Reputation & leadership: sustainability, social impact and ESG consulting; executive leadership; public affairs; crisis & risk management; geopolitical risk & strategy; capital markets communications
Founded: 2001.
Agency Statement:
Weber Shandwick is the global strategic communications and consulting network. Led by world-class strategic and creative thinkers and activators, Weber Shandwick has won some of the most prestigious awards in the industry, including being named to
Ad Age’s A-List in 2020 and Best Places to Work in 2019. Weber Shandwick was also awarded PR Agency of the Year by
Campaign US in 2021, honored as
PRovoke’s Global Agency of the Decade in 2020 and ranked #1 on
PRovoke’s Global Creative Index in 2021 and 2022. Additionally, the firm was named
PRWeek’s Global Agency of the Year in 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018 and was awarded
PRWeek’s Purpose Agency of the Year in 2020 and 2021. Cumulatively, the firm has earned more than 150 Lions at the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity. Weber Shandwick also received Honorable Mention (and the only PR agency) on the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Global Marketing Agencies in 2021. Part of the Interpublic Group (NYSE: IPG), Weber Shandwick is the anchor agency within The Weber Shandwick Collective – the earned-first strategic communications and consulting network. For more information, visit
www.webershandwick.com.
Gail Heimann, CEO, [email protected]
Susan Howe, pres., [email protected]
Jim O’Leary, CEO, North America, [email protected]
Joy Farber Kolo, chief brand officer, [email protected]
Chris Deri, chief corporate affairs officer & pres., C-suite Advisory, [email protected]
Judith Harrison, chief diversity, equity and inclusion officer, [email protected]
Pam Jenkins, chief public affairs officer, [email protected]
Sung Chang, chief impact officer, [email protected]
Tom Beckman, global chief creative officer, [email protected]
Chris Perry, chair of Weber Shandwick Futures, [email protected]
Laura Schoen, pres., global healthcare practice and chair, Latin America, [email protected]
Karen Pugliese, chief growth officer, [email protected]
Jill Tannenbaum, chief of staff, [email protected]
Jean Lee Swagert, chief people officer, [email protected]
Deb Nichols, chief financial officer, [email protected]
Tyler Kim, CEO of Asia Pacific, [email protected]
Michael Frohlich, CEO of Europe, Middle East and Africa and chief transformation officer, [email protected]
For a complete listing of our global offices please visit www.webershandwick.com.
North America Locations:
944 Brady Ave., Atlanta, GA 30318
404/266-7500; [email protected]
Melissa Golden, exec. VP & gen. mgr., Atlanta
3600 O’Donnell St., #250, Baltimore, MD 21224
410/558-2100; [email protected]
James Walker exec. VP & gen. mgr., Baltimore
33 Arch St., 14th flr., Boston, MA 02110
617/661-7900; [email protected]
Michael Byrnes, gen. mgr., Boston
300 Gleed Ave., 2nd flr., Ste. J, East Aurora, NY 14052
212/300-6806; [email protected]
Greg Wittmann, chief operating officer, Resolute Digital
875 N. Michigan Ave., #2400, Chicago, IL 60611
312/988-2400; [email protected]
Adam Wall, head of integrated operations, North America
13455 Noel Road, 11th flr., Dallas, TX 75240
469/917-6200; [email protected]
Melissa Golden, exec. VP & gen. mgr., Atlanta
One Detroit Center, 500 Woodward Ave., #1800, Detroit, MI 48226
248/203-8000; [email protected]
Katie Adams, exec. VP & gen. mgr., Detroit
1840 Century Park East, 6th flr., Los Angeles, CA 90067
310/854-8200; [email protected]
William Ludlam, pres., Weber Shandwick West
510 Marquette Ave., 13F, Minneapolis, MN 55402
952/832-5000; [email protected]
Dave Collett, exec. VP
209 10th Ave. South, #214, Nashville, TN 37203
615/742-7242; [email protected]
Chris Bevolo, CEO, ReviveHealth
909 Third Ave., New York, NY 10022
212/445-8000; [email protected]
Michael Wehman, exec. VP & gen. mgr., New York
1700 Market St., 29th flr., Philadelphia, PA 19103
215/790-4242; [email protected]
Joy Farber Kolo, chief brand officer
600 Battery St., San Francisco, CA 94111
415/262-5600; [email protected]
Will Ludlam, pres., Weber Shandwick West
The Cloud Room
1424 11th Ave., Suite 400, Seattle, WA 98122
206/576-5500; [email protected]
Will Ludlam, pres., Weber Shandwick West
1831 Chestnut St., St. Louis, MO 63101
314/436-6565; [email protected]
Dave Collett, exec. VP
Powell Tate
733 Tenth St., NW, Washington, DC 20001
202/383-9700; [email protected]
Paul Massey, pres., Powell Tate, Washington, DC
460 rue McGill, bureau 200, Montreal, Quebec H2Y 2H2
514/447-3940; [email protected]
Marie-Eve Noel, VP, client experience
351 King St. E, #800, Toronto M5A 1L1
416/642-7963; [email protected]
Greg Power, CEO, Weber Shandwick Canada and pres., Weber Shandwick North
2015 Main St., Vancouver, BC V5T 3C2
604/681-7557; [email protected]
Shafiq Jamal, sr. VP & mng. dir.
Clients Include:
Anheuser-Busch InBev
General Motors
GlaxoSmithKline/Haleon
IBM
Kellogg’s
Mars
Mattel
Novartis
Weber Shandwick in the news with O'Dwyer's:
• | On the Move: Beekeeper Names Louisnord CMOWed., Feb. 21, 2024...chief communications & public affairs officer at Yum! Brands, and has held positions at Weber Shandwick , Edelman and FleishmanHillard. “Jerilan and Kathy are both strategic leaders with valuable experience navigating... |
• | On the Move: Nickerson Hires Reinert as CMOThu., Feb. 15, 2024...as senior VP, GM Boston and digital practice lead. He has also worked at Weber Shandwick , Cone Communications and Wolters Kluwer. “Gerard has been a big part of expanding an... |
• | On the Move: Highwire PR Hires Weber Shandwick's CoteTue., Feb. 13, 2024...insights and analytics. Cote most recently served as SVP, analytics and intelligence lead at Weber Shandwick . Her previous roles include director of insights at Havas Media Group and senior manager,... |
• | Interpublic Posts 1.3% Q4 GrowthThu., Feb. 8, 2024...percent decline in 2023.
IPG’s specialized communications, sports, entertainment & experiential solutions division, which includes Weber Shandwick , Golin, Current Global, R&CPMK, DeVries Global, Jack Morton, Momentum and DXTRA Health, showed 3.8... |
• | PR's Top Pros Talk: Jamie DowdThu., Feb. 1, 2024..."I have a lot of optimism for what 2024 will bring us," Weber Shandwick North America health lead Jamie Dowd tells Doug Simon. "At ... |
• | Auto Pro Terry Drives to TelemetryWed., Jan. 17, 2024...
Chris Terry
Chris Terry, who co-founded Weber Shandwick ’s global automotive practice, has signed on at Telemetry Agency shop as VP-communications strategy.
He joins... |
• | On the Move: Current Global's Devlin Steps DownWed., Jan. 17, 2024...past 18 years. Prior to Current Global, Devlin spent nine years at IPG agency Weber Shandwick , and she has also worked at Selz Seabolt and EvansGroup Public Relations (both now... |
• | Better Labor Relations Begin with AIMon., Jan. 15, 2024...movement where it stands and on equal footing.
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Eric Blankenbaker is an Executive Vice President at Weber Shandwick . Keisha McClellan is a Vice President at ... |
• | On the Move: Gilley Takes Over as Clarity CEOThu., Jan. 11, 2024...the Emirates National Oil Company, and she has also held positions at firms including Weber Shandwick and Golin. Diesch also comes to TrailRunner from Edelman, where he was most recently... |
• | PR Firms Seek to Regain Financial FootingFri., Dec. 29, 2023...in the wake of a business slowdown, especially in the technology and financial sectors.
Edelman, Weber Shandwick , Ketchum, Zeno Group and BCW were among the big firms to lay off people... |
• | Weber Shandwick Alum Bargar Joins GCI HealthThu., Dec. 14, 2023...
Lilit Bargar
Lilit Bargar, who was most recently an EVP in the healthcare practice at Weber Shandwick , comes on board at GCI Health as EVP, corporate practice lead.
At ... |
• | BPD Acquires ReviveMon., Dec. 4, 2023...
Revive, which became part of Weber Shandwick in 2016, has been formally acquired by BPD, a health system marketing services company... |
• | On the Move: BCW Names Naden Health & Wellness ChiefFri., Dec. 1, 2023...chief engagement officer at Lippe Taylor, and she has also held senior posts at Weber Shandwick , MSLGROUP and Allidura Consumer. In her new post, she will be responsible for building... |
• | PR's Top Pros Talk: Jim O'LearyFri., Nov. 17, 2023...that it is just more complex to be a leader than it's ever been," Weber Shandwick CEO, North America Jim O'Leary tells Doug Simon.
In addition to such tasks as "managing... |
• | News of Firms: Zeno Partners with Ex-BCW China ChiefThu., Oct. 26, 2023...joining BCW, Qu Hong was chief consultant at the Beijing offices of Edelman and Weber Shandwick , and led public policy consulting at Burson-Marsteller China. He has also worked with China’s... |
• | Interpublic Posts Flat Q3 RevenuesFri., Oct. 20, 2023...the period.
On the PR front, IPG’s specialized communications & experiential solutions division, which includes Weber Shandwick , Golin, Current Global, R&CPMK, DeVries Global, Jack Morton, Momentum, and DXTRA Health, reported 7.7... |
• | On the Move: FGS Global Adds KirkmanWed., Oct. 11, 2023...Earlier in his career, he was managing director, consumer marketing UK and EMEA with Weber Shandwick and head of media with Porter Novelli. Gaona was most recently executive VP, LatAm,... |
• | On the Move: Gennaro Takes New York Life PostThu., Oct. 5, 2023...recently executive director, strategy and insights at VMLY&R. He previously held strategy roles at Weber Shandwick , Havas, FCB, and Commonwealth/McCann, working with such clients as AutoZone, Chevrolet, Coca-Cola, TracFone Wireless... |
• | On the Move: Stevens Group Adds Gamer, AltschulerThu., Sep. 28, 2023...previously led marketing at True Food Kitchen and has held senior leadership roles at Weber Shandwick and PMK*BNC. The company has also named Tony Querciagrossa as CFO. Pinstripes is in... |
• | A Labor Day Lesson LearnedSat., Sep. 2, 2023... #
Bob Brody is a public relations consultant and former senior vice president at Weber Shandwick , Ogilvy and Rubenstein. He is also an essayist who contributes to The Wall Street... |
• | Consumers, Employees Are Engaged on Social IssuesFri., Aug. 11, 2023...be engaged on social topics, according to the results of a new survey from Weber Shandwick , KRC Research, Powell Tate and United Minds.
“Pulse on America: Public and Employee Opinions on... |
• | Real Chemistry Taps Edelman’s Crisis ChiefWed., Aug. 2, 2023...a 30-year PR veteran, as global practice leader, social impact.
He spent 13 years at Weber Shandwick ’s London office in two stints, exiting as executive VP, health & social impact.
He... |
• | On the Move: APCO Ups Crowder, DoCantoMon., Jul. 31, 2023...the Matrix Professional haircare brand at L'Oréal. She previously was a group manager at Weber Shandwick . In his eight years at Taylor, Finn has led the account management of such... |
• | IPG Records 2% Dip in 2Q RevenuesFri., Jul. 21, 2023...growth” in the PR and experiential solutions offerings, according to Krakowsky.
That unit, which includes Weber Shandwick , Golin, Current Global, R&CPMK, DeVries Global, Jack Morton, Momentum, and DXTRA Health, posted 3.1 percent... |
• | Weber Shandwick's Janin Joins CIWed., Jul. 12, 2023...
Melanie Janin
Melanie Janin, who was executive VP at Weber Shandwick , has joined Conservation International as chief communications & marketing officer.
She is responsible for PR... |
• | On the Move: Notre Dame's Curran Exits for USCThu., Jun. 8, 2023...FleishmanHillard, where she was a senior vice president. She was previously a VP at Weber Shandwick and has also worked at Ketchum. Jenna Matthews was most recently a senior VP... |
• | Real Chemistry's Clark Takes Narrative Strategies PostWed., Jun. 7, 2023...at the Food and Drug Administration. She previously worked in the healthcare practices at Weber Shandwick and Edelman.
Gartner Clark also chairs the Patient Advisory Council for the Diabetes Patient Advocacy... |
• | United Minds Unveils MyriantThu., May 18, 2023...to business strategy,” said Ben Kalevitch, Myriant managing director..
United Minds is part of the Weber Shandwick Collective.... |
• | On the Move: Current Global Adds Ward as EVPFri., May 5, 2023...a senior VP at the firm, she has also served as a VP at Weber Shandwick .
Tyler Watson
The Atlantic names Tyler Watson executive VP of marketing. Watson was most recently global VP of production... |
• | IPG's Q1 Revenues Slide 2.3%Thu., Apr. 27, 2023...across each of our operating segments.”
Interpublic’s specialized communications and experiential solutions unit, which includes Weber Shandwick , Golin, Current Global, R&CPMK, DeVries Global, Jack Morton, Momentum, and DXTRA Health) posted 1.2... |
• | On the Move: Revive's Speer Moves to MerrymanMon., Apr. 17, 2023...director. Speer joins Merryman after more than 12 years at Revive (part of the Weber Shandwick Collective), where was he was executive VP, strategy. He was previously a vice president... |
• | Health PR Firms Post 24.8% '22 GrowthThu., Apr. 6, 2023...impact practices.
Bernstein, who joined the firm in January 2022 after a dozen years at Weber Shandwick , led the year of transformation with new leadership taking the helm.
Peter Matheson Gay joined... |
• | On the Move: US-China Biz Counsel Names Elliott PR ChiefWed., Mar. 22, 2023...succeeds Doug Barry, who had been with USCBC for four years.
Adam Wall, Jodi Phillips
The Weber Shandwick Collective promotes Adam Wall to chief integrated operations officer of its North American operations, and hires Jodi Phillips as... |
• | Why I'm Seeing Double Tue., Mar. 14, 2023...do just a little better.
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Bob Brody is a public relations consultant, a veteran of Weber Shandwick and Ogilvy, and an essayist who contributes to The Wall Street Journal, The New... |
• | On the Move: Paul Werth Ups Granillo to PresidentWed., Feb. 22, 2023...director of global communications at eBay Marketplaces and senior vp, global consumer marketing at Weber Shandwick . In her new post, Chadwick will continue to oversee all team member and franchisee... |
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